The New Yorker ran a piece on LaVette in November 2010. The full online piece requires a subscription, but there is a summary with some Bettye LaVette You Tube videos here. She is 66 and can still bring it.

And here’s some Tommy Castro to brighten the day.

The Northern Lights Theater at the Potawatomi Casino is one of the best venues in town if you don’t die of smoke inhalation while making your way past all the slot machines.