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“It’s a
testament,”
said
Jane
Eugene,
frontwoman
and
original
member
of the
band.
“[I
tell]
the
young
people
that
when you
go out
on stage
and
they’re
not
buying
your
record,
they
will
still
come and
see you
live if
you put
a good
show
together.”
(Photo
by
Montez
Miller/Tell
Us
Detroit)
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Loose
Ends
featuring
Jane
Eugene
Sells
Out The
Aretha
By
Ellen
Chamberlain
Tell Us
Detroit
DETROIT
- Summer
temperatures
have
officially
settled
upon the
Motor
City.
Equally
hot
performances
at The
Aretha
have
followed
closely
behind.
Rahsaan
Patterson
opened
for
Loose
Ends on
Wednesday
for the
latest
installment
in the
Jazzy
Nights
concert
series.
The show
sold out
earlier
in the
season,
with
both
acts
having
die-hard
fan
bases,
locally.
Patterson
released
his
seventh
studio
album
this
past May
and has
enjoyed
a
resurgence
of media
attention
and
airplay
as a
result.
“Heroes
& Gods”
was the
first
time
fans
heard
new
music
from the
singer
since
2011
when his
last
album
seemed
to be
overshadowed
by his
renewed
interest
in his
sexuality.
The
crowd
rocked
to songs
that are
now
standards
on the
ballroom
scene.
People
sang
along,
turning
the
aisleways
into
dance
floors.
The mood
was set
for a
holiday
weekend
for the
books.
UK-based
Loose
Ends hit
the
stage to
roaring
applause
and a
crowd on
its
feet.
Like
many of
their
contemporaries,
the band
has not
needed
to
produce
new
music in
order to
continue
to
entertain
sold-out
crowds.
“It’s a
testament,”
said
Jane
Eugene,
frontwoman
and
original
member
of the
band.
“[I
tell]
the
young
people
that
when you
go out
on stage
and
they’re
not
buying
your
record,
they
will
still
come and
see you
live if
you put
a good
show
together.”
Loose
Ends
knows
how to
put a
good
show
together.
In a
time
when a
live
show can
easily
consist
of a
vocalist,
a DJ and
a hype
man –
experiencing
a band
that
completely
fills
the
stage is
refreshing.
Eugene
says
that in
the
band’s
early
days of
recording
and
touring,
they
often
looked
to their
processors
for
guidance
in
creating
their
live
experiences.
“That’s
a way to
give
back and
it’s it
feels
really
important
to me to
be able
to take
out a
real
band,”
she
says.
“You
learn so
much
from
that.”
If
performing
is Loose
Ends’
way of
giving
back,
The
Aretha’s
audience
gave
back
too.
Even
with a
13-piece
band,
Detroit’s
vocals
were
loud and
powerful
for
memorable
songs
like
“Hangin’
on a
String”
and “You
Can’t
Stop the
Rain.”
Guitarist,
Craig T.
Cooper,
impressed
the
crowd
with a
solo
that
brought
some
people
to their
feet.
Fortunately,
this
level of
musicianship
is not a
lost
artform.
Eugene
has kept
her
finger
on the
pulse of
music
today
and says
that
Stokely
is her
favorite
vocalist.
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