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Pointer Sisters & Commodores Are Ready to Bring a ‘Variety to the People’ With Joint Tour Dates

Billboard caught up with William "WAK" King & Ruth Pointer to discuss the shows, their collaboration and what we can expect.

As the tour approaches, Billboard got together with Ruth Pointer, who currently leads her group with daughter Issa and granddaughter Sadako, and with multi-instrumentalist William “WAK” King, The Commodores’ sole remaining founding member, to discuss the shows, their collaboration and what we can expect. For me it was just legendary because it was Motown; all the artists I had grown up with — The Temptations, The Four Tops, The Supremes, Marvin Gaye — all those people were there, it was like we’d really made the big time. I’m still working with my daughter and granddaughter, but at the beginning when I first pulled them in it was really hard, and I dis have those thoughts of “Do I really want to do this?” ’cause I knew the sound and the energy were not gonna be the same.

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