Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Fred Cash and Sam Gooden of The Impressions are in Chicago this weekend to perform with Aretha Franklin at an annual benefit concert at the Arie Crown Theater.
The two Chattanoogans will join fellow Impressions member Reginald Torian for the show. Torian was a member back in the ’70s and rejoined the group a few years ago.
The Impressions were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991 and into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2003.
Cash said the group continues to be busy performing and recording.
“We just got back from Madrid, Spain,” he said. “We were over there five days and did one show. They invited us back for six shows next year. It was so great seeing 17-, 18-year-old kids singing along to our songs. They knew our records. That was something.”