As per the RNR News -
Media Release: Detroit Music Awards & Amboy Dukes COME ALONG IF YOU DARE!!!18th Annual Detroit Music Awards April 17th features Amboy Dukes
A series of special, one-time performances -- including a reunion of
the original Amboy Dukes and a Motown 50th Anniversary Revue -- will
highlight this year's 18th annual Detroit Music Awards (DMA), taking
place at 7pm on April 17th at the Fillmore Detroit.
The original Amboy Dukes lineup, which is receiving a
Distinguished Achievement Award, will take the stage together for the
first time in 30 years, recalling a mid- and late-60s run as leaders of
the burgeoning Detroit music scene, including the hits "Journey to the
Center of the Mind" and "Baby Please Don't Go." The Motown 50th
Anniversary Revue will feature many of the legendary label's stars who
are still based in the Detroit area, paying tribute to the golden
anniversary of the record company Berry Gordy, Jr., turned into The
Sound of Young America from modest beginnings on West Grand Boulevard.
The event, which honors both established and up-and-coming
talent and achievements in the fertile Detroit and southeast Michigan
music scene, will also include: tributes to the late Stooges guitarist
Ron Asheton (featuring Scott Morgan & Powertrane and Hiawatha
Bailey of the Cult Heroes) and to the late R&B and jazz legend
Lyman Woodard (featuring Woodard's longtime guitarist Ron English and
Chris Codish on organ); Detroit rockers Bump with special guests Liz
Larin, Barbara Payton and Janice Franco; rapper Mae Ray; and the teen
bluegrass group Cats & the Fiddler.
Tickets for this year's DMAs are priced at $20 and details are available via
DetroitMusicAwards.com and at the Fillmore Detroit box office.