Back to Back to Black Brings a Twelve Piece Band and a Grammy Winning Album to The Vogel

Rolling Stone has called it the only revue of its kind in the country, a full horn section and a dozen musicians dedicated entirely to one of the most influential soul records of the 2000s.

Amy Winehouse released only two albums before her passing in 2011, and Back to Black remains the record that cemented her as one of the most influential voices in modern soul and R&B. On Friday, November 27, that Grammy winning 2006 album gets performed in its entirety at The Vogel, backed by a full twelve piece band led by acclaimed entertainer Remember Jones.

The show covers Back to Black front to back, delivering hits like “Tears Dry on Their Own,” “Rehab,” “Love Is a Losing Game,” and “You Know I’m No Good,” alongside additional selections from across Winehouse’s catalog. With a full horn section and multiple vocalists on stage, the production is built to recreate the record’s lush, retro soul arrangement in a way a smaller ensemble simply couldn’t manage, and Rolling Stone has specifically singled it out as the only revue of its kind currently touring the United States.

A Host With Genuine Musical Credibility

Remember Jones hosts and presents the evening, bringing his own substantial résumé to the production. Beyond his original music and theatrical work, he’s known for tributes to Meat Loaf’s Bat Out of Hell, The Who’s Tommy, and Joe Cocker’s Mad Dogs & Englishmen, and he’s shared stages with an impressive roster of legends including Bruce Springsteen, Ronnie Spector, Dionne Warwick, Darlene Love, and George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic. That track record of tackling ambitious, full album tribute productions makes him a fitting choice to lead a show built around this much musical detail.

Why This Catalog Still Matters

Winehouse’s influence has only grown in the years since Back to Black’s release, with artists like Lana Del Rey, Adele, and Lady Gaga all citing her as a direct influence on their own sound. A production this ambitious, treating the album as a complete musical statement rather than a collection of scattered hits, gives audiences a genuine appreciation for just how tightly constructed and influential that original record actually was.

Why This Show Is Worth Building Thanksgiving Weekend Around

Landing the day after Thanksgiving, this show offers a genuinely different kind of holiday weekend outing, a full band celebration of one of the 2000s’ most important soul records, delivered with the horn section and vocal arrangements the material was always meant to have. For anyone who grew up with this album, or anyone discovering Winehouse’s influence through the artists she’s shaped since, this is a rare chance to hear it performed the way it deserves.

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