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I listened to both songs again, and I agree that this was a defining night of Dionne's late career. This is the "Park West" of her 70s!

Dionne is definitely enjoying a bit of a vocal Renaissance right now, and I love it! What do you think is going on? As much as I love her, I was ready to call for her retirement about 3 or 4 years ago, yet now she is kicking ass all over again! I'm not sure that "I'll Never Love This Way Again&...

Good work, team! I figured it out pretty immediately, since I've gone through periods of listening to the Very Dionne album quite heavily. It's always exciting for me to hear this wonderful music in new contexts!

Notice anything familiar? I heard this song on the radio this morning and was momentarily very confused! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD92-vOEUG8.

It looks like I'm kind of talking to myself here, but I just thought I'd point out that someone uploaded her full concert from two nights after I saw her. It is an exact replica, except she was in even better voice here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS82QEPlhnI. Enjoy!

I just remembered a question that I meant to pose: does anyone know what those little white tablets are that Dionne takes during her concerts? She has had them laid out on the piano each of the three times that I've seen her, and she makes no effort to conceal that she's taking them. Whatever it is,...

I had the pleasure of seeing Dionne's show last night at the Bethesda Blues and Jazz Club, and I thought I'd share a few details for those of you who haven't seen her lately. It was a great evening, and Dionne was in strong voice, even though there were a couple of hiccups. Below is her setlist, alm...

So colleagues, what do you think it is most complex BB song ever? You will all say Promises Promises with its changing time signatures, but I'd like to propose Captives of the Heart - layer after layer of sound and rhythms. "Captives" is a nice song, and certainly complex, but it doesn't ...

I'm going with "Is There Another Way To Love You" and "Looking With My Eyes." Both are beyond any mere mortal's imagination.

Sorry for the double post, but here is a corrected version of the performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc78ar5d7xY I reduced the speed of the playback by around 2% and that seems to have brought the pitch back to the original, or at least very very close to. It sounds the same as the origin...

Funny story: my wife likes to say that Dionne's voice has always had an "old" (mature) quality to it, even when she was very young. I agree, to an extent. However, I rushed to show her this concert because I felt that Dionne has a decidedly "young" tone here, and she concurred. B...

Not to mention "Any Old Time of the Day." What a treat! While watching this, I was struck by how many of BB/HD's best and most enduring songs were written during those early years, as opposed to the late 60s and 70s. They were really on a creative role between 1962 and 1966 or so. Great st...

Don't miss this footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YKT9Sz3NGI. It's amazing how confident and flawless she was at such a young age. Wow.

Get ready, folks: https://www.amazon.com/Theyre-Playing-O ... 1501153269. Based on her contributions to Burt's book, she is pretty frank ... but I think she still has love for the maestro. I hope she kept it classy!

Rest assured, none of us around here will ever tire of discussing Dionne! She and Burt are forever intertwined in our hearts and minds. Thank you so much for the video! Wow! You have given us fans something to show people who erroneously claim that Dionne can't belt or doesn't have range, and for th...