ROCKIN’ THE HOUSE FOR RUTH

Mark Giovi, Ronnie McPhatter, Regi Brown and Sonny Charles close out the Ruth Brown tribute Thursday at Bootlegger Bistro. An R&B icon, Ruth Brown was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. She was a weekly fixture at the Bootlegger late in her life. She died in 2006 at age 78 in Henderson. Also performing at the tribute: Sonny Turner of The Platters, Wendy Edmead of The Pointer Sisters, Jimmy Castor and Mary Wilson of The Supremes. (Photo courtesy Lindsay Hebberd/lh@culturalportraits.com)