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