This weekend in the Heights the theatre on W.19th will be welcoming an American music man that we can say has captured a music genre that has entertained us for generations. Robert Cray.
One music journalist noted "If you define 'blues' by the rigid 
categories of structure rather than the flexible language of feeling allusion, Robert Cray... Larry Garner, Joe Louis Walker and James Armstrong are a new and uncategorizable breed, their music blues-like rather than blues, each of them blending ideas and devices from a variety of sources – soul, rock, jazz, gospel – with a sophistication beyond the reach of their forerunners"
Berry Gordy is credited with bringing America R&B music, starting back in the 1950's. Gordy out Detroit, ILL created Motown Records. The music factory that mass appealed R&B music to America's suburbs.
It was Gordy's Motown Records who discovered The Commodores at that time in 
Alabama. It was 1968 the group was formed while all the members were at Tuskeegee Institute (Now Tuskeegee University). After being discovered by Berry Gordy, (The group initially opened for the Jackson 5) the Commodores went on to sell over 60 million records for Motown. With hits like “Machine Gun” and “Sail On”, the Commodores became proven artists. For five decades, the Commodores have remained a force in the music industry. The Commodores aren’t just any group. They have staying power. Just like their hit song "Brick House," the Commodores have created a foundation that just won’t budge.
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