Aretha Franklin performed to a capacity crowd at the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House at Hamilton on April 5. The Queen of Soul, visiting Hamilton as the 16th guest in the Sacerdote Great Names series, had the crowd on their feet as she sang such classic hits as "Respect," "Freeway of Love," and "Chain of Fools." Her back-up band included Monk Rowe, the Joe Williams Director of the Jazz Archive, on the saxophone
The Sacerdote Series is named in recognition of a significant gift from the family of Alex Sacerdote, a 1994 Hamilton graduate. Previous Great Names at Hamilton speakers include Al Gore, Tom Brokaw, Bill Clinton, Rudy Giuliani, Madeleine Albright, Jimmy Carter and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. In 1998, jazz and blues singer/musician B.B. King was the first artist to appear as part of the series.
