1990’s blued eyed soul singer, Michael Bolton crooned and swooned his way back into the heart of his fans during a performance at the American Music Theater in Lancaster on Monday Aug.27. Bolton broke up his performance look through his career thus far. Opening with songs from his “Timeless… The Classics” album, Bolton sat on a stood with acoustic guitar in hand playing thorough “Sitting on the Dock of the Bay” and “When You Love Someone”.
As Bolton introduced the songs from his “Vintage” album, he commented that these songs have outlived their composers. “The compositions are by composed who are now decomposing”, he said. During the “Vintage” album set, Bolton left the stage near the end of the “It’s Summertime” only to return to the stage shortly later in a tuxedo outfit without the tie.
Bolton rolled into his versions of songs made famous by the late Frank Sinatra. “I’ve got to dress the part,” said as the backing band started into “For Once in MY life.” Always engaging the crowd and encouraging them to sing along or even
take over singing the songs themselves. Bolton crooned his way through “Fly Me to the Moon”, “A Summer Wind”, Cole Porter’s “That Life”, and a song which he says he was hesitant about including on his “Bolton Swings Sinatra” CD because it is a song that defines a city. “I decided what the heck if people in Dallas can enjoy this song then it deserves to be on the CD. Dallas was the first place he performed, “Start Spreading the News”. After these songs Bolton left the stage to change closes.
While he off stage left, the band played an instrumental song. When he returned to the stage in a shirt and blue jeans, he entered through a side door in the venue and walked through the crowd and started into the Percy Sledge classic, “When a Man Loves a Woman”. The crowd absolutely enjoyed that highlight moment. Camera flash bulbs were going off left and right as he walked through the aisle back to the stage to finish his performance.
Bolton proceeded to go into his classic hits, “How Can We Be Lovers”, “Time, Love, and Tenderness”. As he left the stage to end his performance audience members were on their feet clapping and cheering more, with shouts of “I love you Michael” rang out throughout the audience. Michael Bolton returned to the stage for one more song. “This was the 1st song I wrote for another person. This was when I could stop worrying about my rent check bouncing. As they say the rest is now history.” Bolton ended his performance with that song, “How Am I Suppose to Live without You” to the delight of the concertgoers.
As Bolton introduced the songs from his “Vintage” album, he commented that these songs have outlived their composers. “The compositions are by composed who are now decomposing”, he said. During the “Vintage” album set, Bolton left the stage near the end of the “It’s Summertime” only to return to the stage shortly later in a tuxedo outfit without the tie.
Bolton rolled into his versions of songs made famous by the late Frank Sinatra. “I’ve got to dress the part,” said as the backing band started into “For Once in MY life.” Always engaging the crowd and encouraging them to sing along or even
take over singing the songs themselves. Bolton crooned his way through “Fly Me to the Moon”, “A Summer Wind”, Cole Porter’s “That Life”, and a song which he says he was hesitant about including on his “Bolton Swings Sinatra” CD because it is a song that defines a city. “I decided what the heck if people in Dallas can enjoy this song then it deserves to be on the CD. Dallas was the first place he performed, “Start Spreading the News”. After these songs Bolton left the stage to change closes.While he off stage left, the band played an instrumental song. When he returned to the stage in a shirt and blue jeans, he entered through a side door in the venue and walked through the crowd and started into the Percy Sledge classic, “When a Man Loves a Woman”. The crowd absolutely enjoyed that highlight moment. Camera flash bulbs were going off left and right as he walked through the aisle back to the stage to finish his performance.
Bolton proceeded to go into his classic hits, “How Can We Be Lovers”, “Time, Love, and Tenderness”. As he left the stage to end his performance audience members were on their feet clapping and cheering more, with shouts of “I love you Michael” rang out throughout the audience. Michael Bolton returned to the stage for one more song. “This was the 1st song I wrote for another person. This was when I could stop worrying about my rent check bouncing. As they say the rest is now history.” Bolton ended his performance with that song, “How Am I Suppose to Live without You” to the delight of the concertgoers.
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