Montreal blues musician Cecile Doo-Kingué spread the love around to an enraptured audience of approximately 30 people at the Slice, Aug. 6. They made up for their lack of numbers with a whole lot of love.
Doo Kingué and her super tight band of drummer 
Anthony Pageot and bassist Pierre Desmarias blasted through a couple of hot sets of blues classics, funk, pop and R and B hits, obscurities and lots of music from Doo-Kingué’s three CDs including tight band versions of her latest acoustic CD “Anybody Listening: Part 1 the Monologues.”
Everybody was listening and dancing by the end of the show just after midnight for which a dozen hard cores stayed until the end.
She joked about the strength of B.C. bud and giggled all the way through her sets.
She had a smooth, velvety, soulful voice that made the audience want to cry in it’s beauty. Early on in the set she played an obscure tribute to blues legend BB King, who passed away a few months ago, joking “ I stole a lot of his licks.”
As always her song “ Ma’s Kitchen,” complete with butt slapping solo was a highlight of the show. It came early on in the first set.
She wound down set one by getting the audience to sing along with a gorgeous version of Ain’t No Sunshine.”
By the end of her second set, they had the remaining audience members on the feet dancing to the unstoppable groove.
Her band was singing a cappella along with her for a few numbers, just playing percussion before going back to their instruments to end the show on a couple of rousing notes including an extended jam on “Dance to the Music,” which let everybody show their prowess during their solo spots.
She wound thing up by getting the audience to sing along with a moving version of “You Are My Sunshine.”
But she was called back for an encore with one of her French songs.
The set included a lot of beautiful guitar playing and rhythm in the pocket, a touch of funk, a whole lot of soul plus a whole lot of love and good vibes.
