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The venue was Central Park, Huntington Beach, California, USA. It
was held on the beautiful day, September 9th, 2006. |
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Before the show in the artists area in the backyard. Tony is talking
to one of the backvocalists along with Shannon (vo, guitar). |
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Kevin Murphy in the artists area!! |
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Tony and Betty!! |
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Bill (bass), Michiko (keys, not me!! haha), and her husband!! |
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Ray Parker Jr. on stage!! |
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Bill at the stageside before the Rufus show. |
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Michael Lington, Mitchaelle (Tony's manager), and Tony at the stageside
before the Rufus show. |
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Rufus show has started!! Tony plays hard from the beginning! |
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Kevin plays hard, too!! |
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Tony jumped down to the ground and was playing the guitar right in front
of me!! |
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Gorgeous!!! |
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Tony and the background singers! They were having fun on stage!! |
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Go Tony!!! |
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Go Kevin!!! |
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Tony's voice is smooth, silky, and yet soulful!! |
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Tony's guitar!!!!!!! |
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Funky and soulful........it rocks!! |
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The drummer was great, too! |
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Michael Lington appeared to jam a bit!! |
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Here comes this young lady, Shannon!! She surprised the audience with her powerful vocal and the funky guitar!! |
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Yes!! The bassist is the "Rubber-hand man" Bill Sharpe!!
He doesn't have bones in his right hand!! :p |
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Go Bill!!! Blow out the audience!! |
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Tony, Bill, and Shannon. Rufus is one of the first mixed raced bands
back in the day. They still are and now the band is even generation
mixed!! Amazing!! |
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The chemistry they made was more than wonderful! |
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Funky sound under the sky!! |
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Go Shannon!!! |
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The other special guest was Tony's daughter Amanda!! |
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Her performance is dynamic!! I can't believe she is only 21 years
old! |
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Her voice is so soulful and strong!! She really knows how to perform.....she
is great!! |
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Tony looks so happy to perform side by side with his beloved daughter!!
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...Wow, now Tony is so delighted!!(lol) The stage was full of love! |
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Amanda CAN dance!!! Wow!!! |
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Phew!!! Amazing, Amanda!!!!!!! |
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Tony said Amanda reminds him of Chaka in her young days. |
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Go Daddy!!!!! |
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The show is getting even more and more exciting!! |
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Tony played the guitar so hard that he hurt and lost his nail
of his forefinger!! |
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The end of the show!! It was fabulous!!! I couldn't believe
I was listening and seeing all those legendary hit songs *live*!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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The headliner was Jeffrey Osborne. Tony appeared at the end of his
show and sang&dance a bit! |
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Wow, Tony is really photogenic anytime!! |
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The end off the festival!! Thank you very much for this wonderful
event, Betty!! |