Vence - Sister Sledge

Since more than 20 years Vence hosts the festival "Nuits du Sud". Vence is a wonderful village in the hills between Nice and Antibes. The summernights there are warm and with the music they are really magic.


I have to admit, that I did not like Sister Sledge in the late 70s and early 80s. For me, the sisters seemed synthetic, way too much disco-style.

Four sisters formed the original "Sister Sledge". Two of them, Debbie and Camille Sledge, are still on the stage now supported by the next generation Thaddeus and David Sledge.

But before I booked the tickets I listened to the music again - and found this is really funky music, just hidden in a glittering disco attire. Their performance in Vence was great, especially as obviously anybody in the audience could join in singing "We are family.." and so a giant jumping, dancing and singing family evolved, we were all "Lost in music".

This video was taken that night:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL3kh4hbwOM