Luther WHO?

The year was 1984. I went to a concert at the Universal Amphitheatre with my best friend Vivian and...my parents...and I should probably say my brother Donald as my mother was quite pregnant with him when we went to the concert. Now YOU tell ME...how cool could I have been to have attended a concert with...my PARENTS!?! Sooo not cool! But here was the deal... Me & Viv were there to see DeBarge (our future husbands), and my parents were there to see some guy named Luther Vandross. Luther WHO??? Luther Vandross. Whatever. So anyhoo...the concert begins and out comes the opening act...this Luther guy. Me & Viv huffed & puffed hoping that he'd hurry up , do his thing and get off the stage so that we could see DeBarge. The music starts and it's the prettiest piano music I'd ever heard. Then out come these women dressed in beautiful ball gowns...really classy. And then...the Luther guy starts singing. Whoa! We were blown away after the first song. This guy was pretty good. Then he sang another song, and another, and another. Wow! Where'd this dude come from? He was amazing! He sang his last song and I wasn't ready for him to go. He could've done the whole show for all I cared. Who was that other group that we came to see? DeBarge WHO? DeBarge WHAT? I wanted more Luther...Luther VANDROSS. This man was a STAR, and in just a short span of time, all the world came to know that. Luther Vandross was not only a star, but he became a LEGEND. Luther had a style that was solely his. I find it funny when I talk to people about his music and they ask, "Who do you like better, BIG Luther or Skinny Luther?" I'm a BIG Luther girl all the way. I loves me some BIG Luther!!! In honor of his birthday today, I listened to my favorite CD of his: Live at Radio City Music Hall 2003 If you are a Luther fan and don't have this CD, you MUST get it. It is FAAANTASTIC. I can listen to it on repeat and never get tired. So there you have it folks. The story of how I was introduced to the lovely sound that was (and thankfull, still is) Luther Vandross. He would have been 61 today. Let the DIALOGUE begin: Are you a Luther Vandross fan? If so, which do you prefer, Big Luther or Skinny?

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