Motown still lives in Detroit

Motown left Detroit in ’72 but Detroit never left Motown. Through musicians, radio stations, and the memory of Detroiters everywhere, Motown still lives on here in the city.Excerpt:Detroit’s working musicians, young and old, use words such as “integrity” and “reverence” to describe their emotional bond to Motown. It’s not just the R&B cats: Kid Rock has name-checked the label in his hit songs, and garage-rockers such as the Detroit Cobras keep a repertoire of Motown tunes.The city’s musical roll call includes people such as Tony Womack, a tenor who linked up five years ago with Sylvester Potts’ Contours. The old Motown group is a living endurance feat, having survived the decades with a revolving cast of singers. At gigs in Detroit and across the country — state fairs, oldies shows, corporate shindigs — the quartet plays a 90-minute revue of Hitsville fare, including Contours chestnuts such as “Do You Love Me.”Read the entire article here.