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The Motels at the Whisky: When we reviewed the Motels in 2022, we said that, “The Motels are fronted by their one original member, Martha Davis. And having the right voice on songs like ‘Suddenly Last Summer’ makes all the difference in the world. Davis has assembled a great band that can do ‘So LA’ and of course ‘Only the Lonely’ justice. We’re sure that’s still the case.

In 2019, for one of our “The Best Gig I Ever Saw” columns Davis told us about her Roy Orbison experience.

“I believe it was at The Roxy, in Hollywood. I had loved Roy Orbison since I was young in fact had never stopped, but for a while it seemed Roy had disappeared. Thanks to a bunch of scruffy dudes called the Traveling Wilbury’s, once again Roy Orbison was making music. When I saw him that night he wore his usual all black clothing and very dark sunglasses, he did not move, there were no stage antics of any kind, but then he sang… tears started falling from my eyes. The beauty and purity of the notes was otherworldly, it was as if you felt his joy and sorrow and he understood yours. His voice and melodies could explain the emotions that i felt, that some how he knew.”

Sarah Orloff, Jennie J, Pinktastic Plastixx, Jasmine Dennis & Cruise Control and Jeff Greenleaf also perform.

The Motels at the Whisky: The event takes place at 6 p.m. on Friday, February 16 at the Whisky.

Photo licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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