{"id":132377,"date":"2024-02-27T11:49:40","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T16:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=132377"},"modified":"2024-02-27T11:49:40","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T16:49:40","slug":"legendary-rb-singer-retiring-after-54-years-its-been-a-great-ride-through-the-decades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=132377","title":{"rendered":"Legendary R&B Singer Retiring After 54 Years: \u2018It\u2019s Been A Great Ride Through The Decades\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Frankie Beverly, the charismatic frontman of\u00a0Maze<\/a>, has announced that he\u2019ll retire this year, after a farewell tour with the R&B band that made him famous.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Six shows were announced this week for Beverly\u2019s \u201cI Wanna Thank You Farewell Tour,\u201d including an April 6 concert at the Mobile Fairgrounds, also known as\u00a0The Grounds<\/a>. The dates start on March 22 at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, and end on May 12 at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles. More tour stops will be announced in the weeks and months to come, according to a press release.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Beverly, 77, is a\u00a0favorite in Alabama<\/a>, playing to cheering crowds at concert venues and festivals throughout the state. His signature tunes with Maze range from electric funk to romantic jams to classic R&B, and include \u201cSouthern Girl,\u201d \u201cBack in Stride,\u201d \u201cWe Are One,\u201d \u201cGolden Time of Day,\u201d \u201cCan\u2019t Get Over You,\u201d \u201cThe Morning After,\u201d \u201cJoy and Pain\u201d and \u201cHappy Feelin\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Fans needn\u2019t worry, however, that the band will be defunct when Beverly makes his exit. He plans to hand the microphone to\u00a0Tony Lindsay<\/a>, best known as the lead singer for Santana. The band name will change when Beverly leaves, transitioning from Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly to Maze Honoring Frankie Beverly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI want to share with my lifelong fans and associates that I\u2019ll be going out on the road one last time, then retire,\u201d Beverly said in a\u00a0statement to Billboard magazine<\/a>. \u201cThank you so much for the support given to me for over 50 years as I pass on the lead vocalist torch to Tony Lindsay. The band will continue on as Maze Honoring Frankie Beverly. It\u2019s been a great ride through the decades. Let the music of my legacy continue.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Frankie Beverly Frankie Beverly, the charismatic frontman of\u00a0Maze, has announced that he\u2019ll retire this year, after a farewell tour with the R&B band that made him famous. Six shows were announced this week for Beverly\u2019s \u201cI Wanna Thank You Farewell Tour,\u201d including an April 6 concert at the Mobile Fairgrounds, also known as\u00a0The Grounds. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88889,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/88889"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=132377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132379,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132377\/revisions\/132379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=132377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=132377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=132377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}