On June 14, he’ll pay tribute to Cooke with a show called The Music of Sam Cooke: King of Soul at the Charleston Music Hall. Marquis and his band, who dress in period-appropriate 1950s and early ’60s ...
Bradd Marquis bears more than a resemblance to the late Sam Cooke. Before he walked on to the Baum Walker stage at the Walton Arts Center last night, a video introduced the audience to Mr. Marquis, a ...
In July 2004, I went on a nine-day driving and reporting tour of Mississippi. On my itinerary was a pilgrimage to the house in Clarksdale where Sam Cooke was born. Cooke has been an obsession of mine ...