ELKIE BROOKS Concert (Sight & Sound 1977)

[@annebrown6856]

One of the Best female Singer's 🙏🎶👌

[@markwilliams6014]

She is the greatest singer in the world no one can touch her

[@PhillipW12]

Simply superb 👌

[@Jake-oc5xz]

The UKs FINEST

[@Ashley389100]

Wonderful

[@Ashley389100]

What a talent wow wonderful costume at the end

[@stix9641]

i love this clip with Trevor Morais on drums thanks for posting this amazing vocals

[@kenmortimer7958]

Awesome backing vocals by Jimmy Chambers, Tony Jackson and Ruby James

[@paulmayle4374]

Shame it's not the full concert, she did a great version of Sophisticated Lady, can't find it anywhere.

[@bernardrudd9058]

I backed the Elk for a couple of years back the sixties, her brother Tony played drums for the Dakotas, Billy J. Kramers backing band. I liked her vocals but see was very nervous in those days we used to watch her legs shaking. Ian Mclagen played keyboards in my band back them and he liked to give Elk the wrong note to cue her songs, she go bananas.

[@Jake-jr2zh]

Pathetic.

[@bernardrudd9058]

@@Jake-jr2zh What's pathetic me or the Elk. I always thought she was okay, very ambitious.

[@fixfoxilupo1]

Oh, she cooks alright. Fantastic concert. I think, being solo Elkie Brooks is absolutely doing her thing here. In Vinegar Joe there was not so much room for Soul, Gospel, Ballads. Before Vinegar Joe Elkie Brooks and her then Husband Peter Gage (together they later formed Vinegar Joe) had a Band called Dada. There the musical range was much broader - including gospel and jazzy arrangements. Dada was sort of a soulful jazz rock big band - check out their rendition of the Stones' Last Time - it will blow anybody's mind (kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3aQg5eNjJ2ib5o). The male singing partner b.t.w. is Paul Korda or Jimmy Chambers (the credits on the Dada album are not specific at that point). If you love Elkie Brook's singing (and maybe her cooperation with Robert Palmer, too) check out also Keef Hartley's album Lancashire Hustler. The arrangements are from Peter Gage (like with Dada), the background singers - which shine! - are (you guessed it) Elkie Brooks and Robert Palmer. For me at least the A side of the album is a worthy sequel to the one Dada album. That A side makes me happy. Side B is fine (the Sly & The Family Stone cover is i.m.o. too "loud" compared to the rest of the album (which as a whole is great, though). Elkie Brooks' performance here in consistent with an already long and versatile musical career.

[@brianhammer5107]

Hate to be contrary here folks, but this material is just awful. Want to hear Elkie cook? Check out the Vinegar Joe albums. An English Joplin with a better voice. She was amazing on stage in those days.

[@acarna6669]

How can this be awful? Band are tight and her voice is on point. You must be tone deaf.

[@brianhammer5107]

@@acarna6669 because compared to her band, Vinegar Joe, this is lightweight schmaltz - you must have not been there back in the day ...

[@acarna6669]

@@brianhammer5107 Fair enough but ‘awful’ isn’t less than something else it’s down right a terrible thing as in 0 talent, 0 appeal which is on the contrary imo - BUT anything in particular by Vinegar Joe to check out? I was born in the 90s so no haha.