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God bless metal

Becoming the Archetype with Bermuda, The Burial, Horror Cosmic and Veil of Suffering
6 p.m. Saturday
The Conservatory
8911 N. Western
conservatoryokc.com
607-4805
$12-$14
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Here for the party

Gretchen Wilson with Outlaw Son
6 p.m. Thursday
Newcastle Casino
2457 U.S. 62, Newcastle
mynewcastlecasino.com
387-6013
free
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Bright stripes

Tiger High with Cosmonauts and The Garden
10 p.m. Monday
Kamps 1310 Lounge
1310 N.W. 25th
kamps1310lounge.com
819-6004
$5
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Reverb brotherhood

Basile Benefit Bash with The True Believers, The Fortune Tellers, The Reverb Brothers, DJ Jon Mooneyham and more
9 p.m. Friday-Saturday
VZD’s Restaurant & Club
4200 N. Western
vzds.com
524-4203
$20 Friday, $10 Saturday
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Back to basics

O Fidelis with Chelsey Cope
9 p.m. Thursday
Wormy Dog Saloon
311 E. Sheridan
wormydog.com
601-6276
free
05/08/2013 | Comments 0
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Michael Summers — More


Louis Fowler January 9th, 2013

This honky cat is really something else! Need proof? Just take a listen to his swingin’ version of the Elton John classic. Deep bass grooves, jaunty piano, smooth trumpet and sexy, crystalline vocals: This is the version to which all others now must live up.

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Plus, I just like writing “Honky Cat.”

This winning formula that has made Michael Summers the Michael Bublé of the 405 carries throughout the entirety of More. So slip on your finest cocktail dress, load up on olives and pour yourself a tumbler full of the perfectly blended tunes. 

“Secret Love Affair” is the way love songs used to be, and still should be: joyously sweet, privately flirty and loaded with fedora-tipping scat-swagger. The title track manages to out-Sinatra Ol’ Blue Eyes himself, drenched with a playful 2 a.m.-at-The-Brown-Derby appeal that would’ve made a killer duet with Sammy.
Really killer, man.

Speaking of Sinatra, Summers delivers an extremely sensual version of “Night and Day” that, if it isn’t used in diamond commercials soon, is a total whackadoo crime.

Finally, “On My Mind” is a wedding reception slow-dance favorite just waiting to happen, with lyrics that will hold many a newly married couples’ blissful gaze until death do they part.

Or divorce. Whichever comes first. —Louis Fowler

Hey! Read This:
Michael Summers interview  


 
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