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Movin’ Melvin Brown back in Austin performs at One World Theatre , 7701 Bee Caves Road with his hit show/musical Me, Ray Charles and Sammy Davis Jr. on Saturday, November 16, 2013, at 8 p.m. A fundraising event to benefit the non-profit organization Rosarie's Children. (click for additional information at AustinLiveTheatre.com)
Melvin Brown is a big, serene tornado, a walkin', talkin', singin' and tap dancin' history of rhythm and blues, soul and entertainment. He comes from Cincinnati but traveled all over the country and abroad on the entertainment circuits, then settled near Austin after a long and eventful career. This man has a vital energy and irrepressible joy in life. He's 65 years old but he is strong, fast, funny and attractive. He's got a fine mellow tenor voice like an oboe in full swing, and he does Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, Chubby Checker and James Brown. With those magic feet and his powerful physique he will dance you Bo Jangles, Texas clogging, Gregory Hines and Michael Jackson's full repertoire. Then let him do you a Southern revival preacher ("Amen!") before launching into "When The Saints Come Marching In!" He balances that one with a number taken directly from three years on the road as a male stripper, and we can tell you that he's in fine physique still.We clapped along, we swayed, we shouted and applauded. Movin' Melvin will tell you the story of his life and give you a "highlights" show of mid-century African American music and entertainment that will leave you wanting more. So buy a CD at the stand, because the funds go for the "Change The World" project in Elgin where he plans to build a home for homeless children and the elderly.
UPDATE: Comments by Lois at AustinPost.com, January 23UPDATE: Movin' Melvin Brown sings and tap-dances for Lisa Scheps' KOOP program "Off Stage and On The AIr," January 18 (click to listen -- full program is one hour long)
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Movin’ Melvin Brown
presents
A Man, A Magic, A MusicFronteraFest 2010 at the Blue Theatre
Friday, January 22, 7 p.m.
Sunday, January 24, 4:15 p.m.
Monday, January 25, 8:45 p.m.
Saturday, January 30, 10:15 p.m.
Show length: 90 minutes
Tickets ($12) are available at 512-479-7529 or online at www.hydeparktheatre.org
Movin’ Melvin will take you on a musical journey of his life through black music history from the 1950’s to the 1990’s, with singing, tap-dancing and clogging, storytelling, and humor.
Covering everything from gospel, soul, rhythm & blues and jazz, the infectious song and dance show has the audience movin' and groovin' along, with songs of Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, James Brown, Jackie Wilson and more, as well as Melvin Brown's original songs. Melvin tap-dances from Bo Jangles style to Gregory Hines style in his unique way and he clogs to Texas music.
Read more and see additional images at AustinLiveTheatre.com . . . .
