Smokey Robinson

July 24th Tonight we went to see Smokey Robinson at Coney Island. We arrived an hour early but already there was a long queue but we managed to get good seats about 20 rows back. The New Stylistics were meant to be opening the show but in their absence Smokey performed for nearly 2 hours! From the beginning he had the audience in the palm of his hand. He began with Going to a Go Go and then ran through all his big hits and a few lesser known tunes. The songs that got a huge response were Ooh baby baby, Just to see her, Tears of a clown, Tracks of my tears, I second that emotion, You've really got a hold on me, My girl and Cruisin' his final song in which he had the audience in two sections competing for who could sing the loudest! As is the norm these days he had a ten piece band with 3 backing singers and two dancers. John thought that maybe he would have lost popularity as he's now 68 but I think that there was an even bigger crowd than for Brian Wilson last week and clearly he's a crowd favourite! The weather had improved and it was a perfect night for the concert.