An Intimate Evening with Bettye LaVette
Vashon Center for the Arts
Friday, November 22
7:30 pm

With a career that spans over 60 years, Bettye LaVette is a “Soul Survivor.” She burst onto the Detroit scene in 1962 with her single My Man—He's a Loving Man. Her single climbed to #7 on the R&B charts as she was signed to Atlantic Records and sent on tour with the legendary Ben E King, Clyde McPhatter, and another newcomer, Otis Redding.

Her 2024 LP, LaVette! has earned her a Grammy™ nomination for “Best Contemporary Blues Album” (we’ll be rooting for her on February 24, 2025)!

Bettye had an eventful summer opening for the Rolling Stones on their HACKNEY DIAMONDS TOUR ’24 in front of 60,000 fans packed into Chicago’s Soldier Field. This winter she’s changing gears to visit Vashon Center for the Arts for An Intimate Evening with Betty LaVette. This is sure to be a special night not to be missed!

“When Bettye gets a hold of a song, it becomes her song. It’s like she wrote it.” — LaVette! Producer Steve Jordan

“One of the great soul interpreters of her generation” — The New York Times

"One of R&B's greatest under-acknowledged vocalists.” —Elvis Costello

“She is the greatest female soul singer, in a hard-core vein." — Ry Cooder

“Bettye is one of the most incredible R&B singers singing today. Ache has never sounded so funky. Weary, wise, defiant, and vulnerable, Bettye’s a force of nature.” — Bonnie Rait