Charles Bradley, backed by The Menahan Street Band, is coming to Soho this Friday.  If you never saw Otis Redding (guilty), James Brown (caught him tear the roof of The Rodeo in ’81 in San Diego) or Wilson Pickett (caught him in ’85 at Bumbershoot in Seattle) live, and you want to know what you missed (or if you just love great R&B), don’t miss this show.  You can get tickets over at Club Mercy.  Reviews of Bradley’s live shows are pegged at “Rave!”

For further evidence and motivation, check out the video below of Bradley and Band performing his song, Why Is It So Hard?, live from Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop (Lance’s) in Austin, TX, during KEXP’s broadcast at SXSW this past March.  Sold.