![]() ![]() “No, I call it the goodbye tour - in Hawaii, ‘aloha’ means both. “I don’t call it the farewell tour - that sounds like you’re dying, like after this we’re all dying,” he said. Next year, with Collins retiring (Strain retired in 2004 - since 2010, Robert DeBlanc has filled his place), The Imperials are embarking on a goodbye tour, although Gourdine wouldn’t rule out possible Imperials reunions at later dates. This may be the last chance for Capital Region audiences to see the group live for some time. The Imperials were last at Proctors in February of 2009. The hardworking group will close out its year with a few one-off shows, including a headlining appearance at the Golden Oldies Spectacular at Proctors on Saturday, which also features The Duprees, The Brooklyn Bridge, David Somerville of The Diamonds and LaLa Brooks of The Crystals. “We have repeat people come back all the time, because we always do something different.” “One of the things that many people have told me is that they don’t know what we’re gonna do,” he said. Gourdine prides his group on being able to deliver shows that still surprise audiences. The reason Ella Fitzgerald lasted so long was because of that.” For the sake of dropping names, Sammy Davis is one that really bestowed upon me to start thinking that way - you start big, you end big and then there’s the middle of the show. ![]() You can’t live on your records, and a lot of artists do. . . a bevy of great performers, and one of the things I learned watching them - they were older, we were younger - is how well they did their craft. “We performed with people like Redd Foxx, The Flamingos. “We’re not recording stars anymore, but we have transitioned into performing stars,” he said recently from his home in Las Vegas. ![]()
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