The last time Tone Loc hit a Milwaukee stage he was on the "Club MTV" Tour at Summerfest. Loc was featured with Was Not Was, Lisa Lisa, Paula Abdul, Information Society, Milli Vanilli and of course, Downtown Julie Brown and the "Club MTV Dancers." I was there, admittedly juvenilely drunk and somewhat oblivious to the lip synch fest happening on the Marcus Amphitheater stage. Managing editor Bobby Tanzilo was there, too, having been assigned to review it.
I remember many things about that night. First, during "Blame it on the Rain," the backing track skipped forcing Milli and Vanilli (or whatever their real names are) backstage. It should have been a sign of future Grammy revocations to come.
Was (not Was), was actually pretty good and probably was a bit too good for the bill. And, then there was Tone Loc. He came out in a huge gin bottle and busted out "Funky Cold Medina," "Wild Thing" and other tracks from his "Loc-ed After Dark." Dude owned the stage and was truly enjoying his place in the music world. Ah, the early 90s!
Tone is back and on Saturday night, thanks to Cans, 1815 E. Kenilworth Pl., he'll rock Milwaukee and the East Side once again. It's Cans' big three-year anniversary bash and the bar will have a big outdoor stage on which Mr Loc plays at 9 p.m., DJs open at 6 p.m.
Stop by, get your photo taken by the OMC crew and be sure to ask Loc about "Celebrity Fit Club," Paula Abdul and whatever else is on your '90s mind.
A life-long and passionate community leader and Milwaukeean, Jeff Sherman is a co-founder of OnMilwaukee.
He grew up in Wauwatosa and graduated from Marquette University, as a Warrior. He holds an MBA from Cardinal Stritch University, and is the founding president of Young Professionals of Milwaukee (YPM)/Fuel Milwaukee.
Early in his career, Sherman was one of youngest members of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, and currently is involved in numerous civic and community groups - including board positions at The Wisconsin Center District, Wisconsin Club and Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. He's honored to have been named to The Business Journal's "30 under 30" and Milwaukee Magazine's "35 under 35" lists.
He owns a condo in Downtown and lives in greater Milwaukee with his wife Stephanie, his son, Jake, and daughter Pierce. He's a political, music, sports and news junkie and thinks, for what it's worth, that all new movies should be released in theaters, on demand, online and on DVD simultaneously.
He also thinks you should read OnMilwaukee each and every day.
