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Moodiesfanalways · 07-23-2011, 05:13 PM

I saw Stevie Wonder in concert in June of 1972. He was the opening act to the Rolling Stones 1972 worldwide tour. It was only one year previous that he released an interesting lp called "Music Of My Mind".

This was one of those concert tours that wasn't just a concert tour, but an event! "Talking Book" was just released and both am and fm stations had "Superstition" high on the charts.

Stevie played a spirited set; going back and forth between past classics ("Uptight", "I Was made to Love Her", "My Cherie Amour",) with newer material off Talking Book and a new lp that he said "might be released later this year" (actually released that next Spring) The lp would turn out to be Innervisions. At his age at that time he was SUCH a talent! And though he hasn't released a lot of product over the last decade, that talent hasn't waned.

There's lots of great sites online regarding Stevie, Wikipedia has a decent overview of his career.

Stevie Wonder is one of the great recording artists of the past fifty years.

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Moodiesfanalways Groupie Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Mountain Time Zone Posts: 18	I saw Stevie Wonder in concert in June of 1972. He was the opening act to the Rolling Stones 1972 worldwide tour. It was only one year previous that he released an interesting lp called "Music Of My Mind". This was one of those concert tours that wasn't just a concert tour, but an event! "Talking Book" was just released and both am and fm stations had "Superstition" high on the charts. Stevie played a spirited set; going back and forth between past classics ("Uptight", "I Was made to Love Her", "My Cherie Amour",) with newer material off Talking Book and a new lp that he said "might be released later this year" (actually released that next Spring) The lp would turn out to be Innervisions. At his age at that time he was SUCH a talent! And though he hasn't released a lot of product over the last decade, that talent hasn't waned. There's lots of great sites online regarding Stevie, Wikipedia has a decent overview of his career. Stevie Wonder is one of the great recording artists of the past fifty years.