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By Cousin Justin:

On Wenesday Max and I made the trip down to the Majestic complex in Detroit after being put through the rock and roll blender the previous night.  We got there early and had a drink and got in line once the doors opened at 8pm.  We snagged a table along the wall of the dance floor because we knew we would have some merch to protect.  When I first saw they had the entire Daptone catalogue on vinyl, my first reaction was to buy it all.  I went back to the table, smoked a cigarette and thought better of it.  My nicotine aided brain held my purchase to Sharon Jones first and third albums.  The other album I bought was the Bob & Gene album, which is an album of unreleased material from these two young teenagers in the 60’s.  I also got three of thier 45’s.  The “opening act” was a DJ that played some deep soul cuts off of his I-Pod.  At about 10:30 the Dap kings came out to warm up and get the crowd dancing.  The stage at the stick is smallish and was packed with the 8 piece  band.  They started off with a couple of Instrumental tunes before band leader and bassist Bosco Mann sang a tune or two.  You could feel the crowds energy grow as the dancing got easier.  Once Sharon Jones hit the stage the already live crowd got more hyped.  Her prescence on the stage is awesome.  The show was filled with on-stage crowd participation. Sharon Jones is a very talented performer whose voice does not falter during a very active stage show.  I have often made the comment to Max that I wish there was a concert I could go to and feel the need to dance.  By the end of this show I was ready to boogie, unfortunately both of our significant others are more responsible on a Wed night.  They came back on stage for an excellent encore that included a little Tighten Up.  After the concert Max and I agreed that Daptone is doing the indie thing perfect.  The formula they are following is very similair to that of Stax.  I hope they can continue to put out great music and I will see them next time they are in town.

Here is a short video of the show