It’s Saturday night, and Miami’s Harlem Square Club is packed. Only hours earlier the club had appeared to be mired in a permanent state of disarray with tables overturned and the debris of last weekend’s festivities in abundant evidence, but now the ashtrays have been cleaned out, the low-wattage colored lights wink brightly, a banner has been hung announcing someone’s birthday, and tinsel decorations bravely proclaim the festive mood, transforming the cavernous warehouse-like structure, however briefly, into a fairy tale domain. This week’s headliner, Sam Cooke, has not yet arrived, but the band (a mix of Sam Cooke’s regular accompanists Read more on Last.fm.
