

By visiting The Home Depot Backyard premises, attendee voluntarily assumes all risks related to exposure to COVID-19. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, senior citizens and attendees with underlying medical conditions are especially vulnerable. COVID-19 is an extremely contagious disease. NO EXCEPTIONS.Īn inherent risk of exposure to COVID-19 exists in any public place where people are present. Food vendors will be accessible right downstairs from the Suite.ĪLL TICKET SALES ARE FINAL. The Suites include sofas, cocktail tables, a cash bar and a video monitor for you and your guests to see the concert. FRONT LAWN (Reserved Seating) $99 & $175.Umbrellas are allowed.Įntrance allowed only with ticket. No coolers allowed.įOOD AND BEVERAGES WILL BE ON SALE ON SITE. General Admission is STANDING ROOM ONLY or you can BRING YOUR OWN CHAIRS. The long-awaited, live performances of the most iconic groups of our time come together for one night under the Atlanta skyline at The Home Depot Backyard. HOSTED BY: CLASSIX 102.9 THE MIDDAY QUEEN NIECEY SHAW.presents The Saturday Nite Old School Music Festival on Saturday, September 11th at The Home Depot Backyard featuring: Gil Scott-Heron wrote achingly about alcoholism in the Black community on "The Bottle," while TLC sang about the impact of AIDS on "Waterfalls." Marvin Gaye ("What's Going On") and Bill Withers ("I Can't Write Left-Handed") spoke out against the Vietnam War using different perspectives.įrom timeless love songs to heartbreak healers and surefire uplifters you'll want to dance to, these 30 songs illustrate where R&B was in its early days, how it has developed since, and where it's going in the future.S.E.M.G. While many an iconic song has been written about blossoming love (Etta James' "At Last," Al Green's "Let's Stay Together") or romantic strife (Nina Simone's "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," Teddy Pendergrass' "Love T.K.O."), plenty more R&B records carry urgent social and political messages. Some of the most fruitful periods in modern music came in the world of R&B, including Motown, the Philly soul scene, and even the 21st century wave of alternative R&B. Like jazz before it, and hip-hop in the ensuing years, R&B came out of Black America, bringing previously marginalized stories and perspectives into the ears of millions of listeners, first in the U.S. Whether the instrumental is a lush Motown arrangement with swooning horns and strings or a slinky digital creation, it has to add depth to the record and make the singer sound better. A powerful, vulnerable vocal performance-the kind that artists like Marvin Gaye, Gladys Knight, and Solange have delivered in spades-is key. The sound of R&B has changed tremendously in the last 75 years, but the ingredients that make a timeless soul track remain the same.
