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Originally posted by Bella Figura
bravo to both Marty and blackcat for all the hard work. What a great interview, detailed, interesting, personal and professional!!!
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A fantastic read, all of it. It was intriguing to hear that Waddy tried to talk Stevie into opening her shows last year with "Talk to Me." Waddy likes to shake things up a little; he's a good influence on Stevie even though she probably vetoes a lot of his suggestions.
And that bit about the choreographed moves of the backup singers was a hoot! That cheese was nice back in the days when Stevie vibrated & twirled & kicked a lot---it was a humorous visual balance, a foil to Stevie's spontaneous epileptic-like fits. But now that Stevie plants herself there like an oak tree, the backup singer moves seem way out of place to me. They ought to just move freely & sing more call-and-response parts. More interaction.