AFTER a seven year wait, the legendary ‘Stevie Wonder Tribute Night’ is back for one gig on Saturday, December 17th, this time in The Klub Gastro Bar at the Kerins O’Rahillys Clubhouse.

The night started originally in Horan’s Members Bar in 2006 by Paudi Cronin and Rob Condon and continued to run until 2015.

This was one of the most popular events of the year with a capacity crowd on every occasion. Celebrating early Motown and all the music of Stevie Wonder, the night went from strength to strength over the years with the addition of the brilliant saxophone player Mossie Shea which pushed the sound to new levels.

You can expect to hear all Stevie’s early Motown hits with most of the focus on his best period of production, the 1970’s.

There will also be some re-edits that people may not have heard before so a very exciting mix of funky music in store where Paudi & Rob will be joined by Mossie Shea on live saxophone. Local master of groovy sounds Steve Horan will get the night kicked off.

Limited tickets are available now and can be bought at The Klub at Kerins O’Rahillys for €15 in advance. This is an over 28s event and doors are open at 9pm.

Stevie Wonder is one of the most notable popular music figures of the second half of the 20th century and his sound is still as popular as ever with today’s music generation.

He recorded several critically acclaimed albums and hit singles, and also writes and produces songs for many of his label mates and outside artists as well.

Stevie was just 11 yrs old when he was signed to Motown and in the mid 1960’s had his 1st big hit with “Uptight (Everything’s Alright),” which reached No. 1 on the R&B charts. Over the next few years he continued to churn out such classics as “My Cherie Amour”, “Signed, Sealed, Delivered” and a rework of the Beatles hit “We Can Work It Out”.

As the 1970s unfolded, the musician went through an unrivaled period of production. 1971’s “Where I’m Coming From”, with its groovy top 10 single “If You Really Love Me,” marked the first time Wonder took complete control of his work and had writing or co-writing credits for every song on an album.

His 1972 album “Talking Book” offered two No. 1 hits, the classic “Superstition” and “You Are the Sunshine of My Life,”. Both these tracks are classics and continue to rock dancefloors all over the world 50 years later.

Next up was Innervisions, which produced “Higher Ground” and “Living for the City,” which were again huge worldwide hits. It was the double album “Songs in the Key of Life” that many have hailed as Wonder’s most legendary project and one of the greatest records of all time. This album also contains “Sir Duke” and “Another Star” which are always crowd favorites, two of the biggest tracks of The Stevie Wonder tribute nights.

Stevie worked in the 1980’s to produce more commercial songs with icons such as Paul Mc Carthney and Michael Jackson. Stevie Wonder continues to be relevant today 60 years later as he still influences modern artists such as Pharrel Williams and Daft Punk and Dj’s like Danny Krivit remix and re edit some of his classic songs. Mr K’s remix of “If You Really Love Me” rocked dancefloors and festivals all over the world this summer.

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