Name: That Motown Band & The Modern Gentlemen
Start: 2025-01-18T20:00:00-08:00
Location: Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts

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That MoTown Band
Do you love songs like Heat Wave, Ain’t to proud to beg, Baby Love, Ain’t No Mountain High Enough, My Girl, and Ain’t no Mountain High Enough? Do you love artists like Smokey Robinson, The Temptations, The Supremes and The Four Tops? Then, you are going to love this group of talented vocalists and musicians. That Motown Band has been entertaining Motown fans for years.
Joining the Motown Band is Garfield Fleming. Garfield is a Soul Singing Vocalist of legendary status having been a member of The Delfonics for 25 years with William Hart. Garfield’s obvious resemblance to David Ruffin makes people look twice but when he sings fans get lost in time! He sounds just like Bobby Womack, David Ruffin and can also perform the songs of many legendary artists. In 1981 Garfield released a single “Please Don’t Send Me Away” which is still played all over the world. He gained much of his fame as a solo artist with that song and was received very well in many countries all over the world.
The Musical Director for That Motown Band is Johnny Gale. Johnny is a Grammy nominated producer, composer, arranger, vocalist and guitarist extraordinaire. Johnny Gale is also a renowned expert in the authentic stylings of classic soul, doo wop, R&B, blues and rock. Johnny has performed and recorded with Cyndi Lauper, Dion, Ronnie Spector, Darlene Love, Phoebe Snow, Aaron Carter, M2M, Louden Wainwright III, Jules Shear, Joan Osborne, The Soul Survivors, Hank Ballard, the Dells, The Spaniels and literally hundreds of legendary doo wop groups. Johnny Gale was a recent recipient of the East Coast Music Hall of Fame Legend Musician Award.
The Modern Gentlemen
Rising to prominence as longtime members of the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame band, The Four Seasons, they starred alongside the legendary Frankie Valli for over a decade including many sold out concerts at the Cerritos Center! They put their harmonic spin on #1 hits from The Beach Boys, Beatles, Bee Gees, Eagles, Queen, Billy Joel & more including a special tribute to Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons.
They've had the honor to share the stage with many of the musical heroes they celebrate, including The Beach Boys, The Manhattan Transfer, Smokey Robinson, and most recently, opening for Lionel Richie in Las Vegas, headlining at The Atlantis Resort Bahamas for New Year’s, and for Sheena Easton. They've performed for presidents of The United States and for Prince William of Wales at the esteemed Arts Club in London.
They've appeared on the world's biggest stages, including most recently at The National Concert Hall in Taipei, Taiwan, and on multiple concert tours in London, England at Royal Albert Hall with the London Symphony Orchestra, The O2 Arena, Hampton Court, and BBC Proms in the park for over 40,000 people. They represented their country on “A Capitol Fourth” in Washington D.C. with Michael McDonald, Patti LaBelle, John Williams, and others, as well as two limited engagements on the Broadway stage. They've toured all over the U.S., Canada, U.K., Asia, Israel, Italy, Australia, and New Zealand. As favorites of PBS audiences, they've starred on three nationwide specials and headlined in Las Vegas, as well as having their own residency in Atlantic City, NJ.
The Modern Gentlemen feel very fortunate to have been a part of one of the biggest and most influential American bands of all time. With their perfect blend of originality and throwback nostalgia, they continue to create unforgettable live experiences, garnering multiple standing ovations in prestigious performing arts centers and showrooms all over the world.