Wynonna Judd presents her gift for song and gab during Atlanic City concert
A Wynonna concert is a combination of great music and a gabfest with fans.
Wynonna Judd has one of the most expressive and powerful voices in all of music, but she made it clear in her performance Saturday night at Harrah’s Resort that country music is her first love. For Judd, who chats with the audience nearly as much as she sings, it is the fellowship with fans that sustains her. She sees that as a fundamental difference between country music and other musical genres.
Of course with that said, it is her remarkable way with a song that has made her a country icon celebrating 25 years as a recording artist this year. Her concert was an enjoyable combination of great music and a gabfest with her fans that might give Jeff Foxworthy a run for his money in the laugh-getting department.
Wynonna opened the evening with some of her top hits, beginning with the dynamic uptempo balled “Tell Me Why, then her first hit as a solo artist, the tender “She Is His Only Need.” This was followed by the sassy “Rock Bottom” and the brilliant emotionalism of “Only Love.”
The next portion of the show was devoted to her current album, a tribute to, “my she-roes and heroes,” Sing Chapter 1. She opened this set with the 1930s swing tune (complete with trombone solo) “That’s How Rhythm Was Born.” Having told us earlier that when her mom used to send her to her room as punishment, she dreamed that Bonnie Raitt showed up and took her away on the road, she sang the tasty Sippie Wallace blues number made famous by Raitt, “Women Be Wise.”
She scolded country music fans who don’t know who Tammy Wynette is before singing the plaintive Wynette hit, “Till I Get It Right.” She completed this portion of the show with two of the best interpretations from the album, the Merle Haggard rant, “Are the Good Times Really Over” and her magnificent take on Bill Withers’ “Ain’t No Sunshine.”
Other songs in Wynonna’s show included her Elvis sneer for “Burning Love,” her version of Foreigner’s I Wanna Know What Love Is” and during the encore, two of the most popular hits from The Judds' catalogue, “Grandpa (Tell Me ’Bout the Good Old Days),” and “Love Can Build A Bridge.”
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