It was the spring of 1966 and I was still at Nellis AFB having the time of my life learning how to drive the F-105 Thunderchief. Las Vegas was growing, but I-15 still hadn't been cut and the "Strip" had empty spaces between the hotels. There was a lot of amazing entertainment in the lounge bars and even the major productions were only ten bucks which included two drinks.
The Sands hotel had the Ike and Tina Turner Review and it was a mandatory stop around midnight on a week-end. She was introduced as "the hardest working woman in show business" and she well could have been. The band was tight and the funniest part was the single, short white guy with shoulder length hair standing in the brass line with a baritone sax as big as he was. I wondered what it was like traveling with that group.
She didn't do the "nice and rough" spiel in those days, but she did the song just like this:
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