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.
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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."
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