teena marie is exactly my age, and i have always loved both of them, Rick and Teena. as soon as i heard that concert advertized, i told my hub, we are GOING! i have seen the Commodores and the Temptations at my hub's annual conferences the past few years. i would love to see EW&F. the cool thing is that my 15 yo daughter is totally into 80s music. i wanted to take her to the rick james concert but glad i didn't, bc the language was a little bit ....blue, esp that comic at the beginning.
Now with Rick James gone, I'm very happy we went to the concert. I was expecting Rick James to be more mellow given his age and rough life. Nope, he was crass. He had the audience chanting "we're going turn this M* F* out". That comic was not funny, just disgusting. If you go see EW&F, see them in Baltimore. Last month we saw them at both Nissan Pavillion in Virginia and Pier Six in Baltimore. The folks in Baltimore know all the songs and are 110% into the concert. You get a lot more from the performers in that kind of environment.