K.C. & the Sunshine Band, Rose Royce, Dazz Band to play in Tuscaloosa

Mark Hughes Cobb, Tuscaloosa News
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KC & the Sunshine Band, Rose Royce, Dazz Band will play Tuscaloosa's Mercedes-Benz Amphitheater at 6:30 p.m. June 7. Tickets go on sale at noon Friday through www.ticketmaster.com, or at the venue's box office, 2710 Jack Warner Parkway, downtown Tuscaloosa. Prices will be $99.50, $89.50, $59.50, $49.50, $29.50 and $19.50, not including fees and taxes.

Harry Wayne Casey lent his name to the disco-funk-pop band he co-founded in 1973, tied to the Sunshine State where it began, in Hialeah. Bass player Richard Finch was Casey's frequent co-writer, and brought in studio musicians and others from local bands.

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Their hits included "(Shake Shake Shake) Shake Your Booty," "I'm Your Boogie Man," "Get Down Tonight," "That's the Way (I Like It)," "Keep it Comin' Love," "Boogies Shoes," "Give It Up," and "Please Don't Go." KC and the Sunshine Band scored five No. 1s among those hits. Casey and Finch also wrote and produced for others, including the hit "Rock Your Baby" and "Queen of Clubs" for George McCrae.

KC and the Sunshine Band, celebrating its 50th year, will play Tuscaloosa's Mercedes-Benz Amphitheater June 7, with opening acts Rose Royce and Dazz Band.
KC and the Sunshine Band, celebrating its 50th year, will play Tuscaloosa's Mercedes-Benz Amphitheater June 7, with opening acts Rose Royce and Dazz Band.

As disco's glimmer faded, Casey had a duet hit with Teri DeSario on "Yes I'm Ready." Finch and he split, and Casey went into hiatus in the mid-'80s, but reformed the band, using some old and some new members, releasing compilations, live albums and some new original music.

Rose Royce worked up its first major success with the No. 1 "Car Wash," theme to the 1976 comedy movie. The soul-R&B group's other hits include "I Wanna Get Next to You," "Love Don't Live Here Anymore," "I'm Going Down" and "Wishing on a Star."

The Dazz Band has played the Mercedes-Benz Amphitheater in 2022, before it was renamed, as part of the Flashback Fun Fest. The name refers to its intended niche, disco jazz. The Cleveland, Ohio-born group's hits include "Let It Whip," "Joystick" and "Let it All Blow."

Reach Mark Hughes Cobb at mark.cobb@tuscaloosanews.com.

This article originally appeared on The Tuscaloosa News: How to buy tickets for KC and the Sunshine Band concert in Tuscaloosa