Johnny Mathis At Thunder Valley. It Was Like The Best Of Weddings

By Michael P Coleman The legendary Johnny Mathis was the guest of honor last Saturday night at The Venue At Thunder Valley, just outside of Sacramento. As is fitting with someone of Mathis’s ilk, the evening was very romantic and quite classy. In fact, as the night went on, I was reminded of a beautiful …

Diana Ross Rocked Sac: A Concert “Review”

By Michael P Coleman In the spirit of full and total disclosure, this is far from an objective review of last weekend’s Diana Ross concert in Sacramento, a stop in her modestly named Music Legacy Tour. Combining her solo hits with those as front woman of The Supremes, Ross has more #1 hits than any …

Remembering Tina Turner

“She was taking soul, black, the church into the rock arena. So I used her as inspiration when I was cutting Aretha’s vocals.” – music producer Narada Michael Walden