Kathy Lamar is back in the Black Box! LaMar has displayed her vocal talents from Vegas to Shang-hi for the past 20 years and is a favorite performer in the Black Box at the Dogwood. Kathy has supplied her vocal talents to the likes of Lola Falana, Wayne Newton, Gladys Knight, The Four Tops, and even Todd Rundgren in 2010!
Her style ranges from Billy Holiday, Nancy Wilson, Anita Baker, Tina Turner, Sade and Ella Fitzgerald with her sultry Jazz, R/B, and Blues sound. Kathy sings with Ronald McNeir, of the legendary Motown group the Four Tops, on his CD Ronnie Mac & Company.
With a smoky evocative voice, she has mesmerized audiences and captured the hearts of Jazz and R/B lovers around the globe. She was born and raised in Grand Rapids and is back in Michigan!
Accomplished accompianist Bob Van Stee started playing piano by ear at the age of 7. Some of the bands he has worked with are The New World Singers during the 1960’s, Kenny Gordon & the Sound Gathering and Checkers Morton during the 1970’s, Turning Point in the 1980’s, and Madhouse in the 1990’s.
Tickets $12. 7:30 p.m. Black Box. Tickets available now!
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The Dogwood Center Box Office is open Monday – Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. and one hour prior to an event. For information, phone 231.924.8885.