AND PRAISE,
734-776-3998 AND WALK-INS ARE
WELCOME, TOO.
>> Devin: KIM AND I ARE GETTING
READY FOR THE MAGICAL FIREWORKS
SHOW COMING UP.
WHAT A TREAT!
MY VOCABULARY FAILS ME TO
DESCRIBE DETROIT NATIVE DON WAS.
>> I'M THRILLED TO BE HERE,
THANK YOU.
>> Devin: THANK YOU SO MUCH!
AS BUSY AS YOU ARE, WHETHER
YOU'RE PRODUCING FOR THE ROLLING
STONES OR A MILLION DIFFERENT
PROJECTS, YOU NEVER SEEM TO LET
DETROIT.
>> NO, I'M A DETROITER.
I LIVE ALL OVER THE PLACE AND I
SEE MYSELF ENDING UP HERE, TOO.
>> Kim: WHEN YOU GET BACK FOUR
TIMES A YEAR, YOU LIVE IN
CALIFORNIA, BUT WHEN YOU COME
BACK, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT
YOUR CITY WITH THE RESTAURANTS
AND THE PLACES TO SHOP?
>> EVERY TIME I COME BACK, I SEE
IT CHANGING, AND CHANGING FOR
THE BETTER.
AS I TRAVEL AROUND AND PEOPLE
ASK ABOUT DETROIT, YOU CAN SEE
THE GENERAL PERCEPTION IS THAT
THERE'S SOMETHING NEW AND
EXCITING AND YOUNG GOING ON HERE
THAT'S MAKING IT A REALLY
DESIRABLE PLACE.
>> Devin: IN YOUR LINE OF WORK,
I DON'T WANT TO GO OVER THE TOP
TOO MUCH BUT I ALWAYS DO.
I DON'T THINK -- I WILL ACCEPT
NO DEBATE ON THIS.
THERE'S NO GREATER MUSIC CITY IN
THE WORLD THAN DETROIT WHEN YOU
LOOK AT THE SPAN, AND YOU'RE
PART OF WHAT DETROIT PUT OUT
INTO THE MUSIC WORLD.
>> THANK YOU, MAN, IT'S THE
GREATEST MUSICAL LEGACY OF ANY
CITY IN THE WORLD.
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF BLUE NOTE
RECORDS, AND IF YOU GO THROUGH
THE JAZZ ROSTER, A 75-YEAR-OLD
JAZZ ROSTER, THE NUMBER OF
MUSICIANS FROM DROISHTHS IT'S
LIKE 50% OF ROSTER IS FROM J
HENDERSON, AND KEN BURRELL.
AND SO MANY ARTISTS.
>> Devin: AND THAT'S ONE SLICE
OF THE MUSIC SPECTRUM.
MOTOWN AND ROCK.
>> IT'S CRAZY WHAT HAPPENS HERE.
AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE ALL THE
GREAT CULTURES COME TOGETHER
HERE, CAME TOGETHER HERE YEARS
AGO. AND I THINK PRIMARILY
PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER BEING DRAWN
ON THE AUTO PLANTS AND IT'S SO
CULTURALLY RICH, AND THERE'S SO
MUCH TO ABSORB AND GREAT STUFF
COMES OUT OF IT.
>> Devin: AND I WANNA MAKE SURE
THAT'S WHY YOU DO CONCERT OF
COLORS HERE EVERY YEAR, WHICH IS
COMING UP IN JULY.
>> YEAH.
>> Devin: MAKE SURE YOU GET OUT
FOR IT.
>> I'M THRILLED.
IT WILL BE A BIG NIGHT.
>> Devin: AND IT WILL BE A BIG
NIGHT IF YOU'RE HEADING OUT FOR
THE BEST WAY TO GET HERE AND THE
BEST PLACES TO MARK, KIM
DeGIULIO HAS THAT.
>> Kim: THE FIREWORKS SHOW
STARTS IN A COUPLE OF HOURS.
IF YOU'RE STILL PLANNING TO
WATCH THE SHOW LIVE, YOU MAY
WANT TO COORDINATE WITH A FRIEND
AND DRIVE TOGETHER.
LET'S GO!
>> WE ENCOURAGE INDIVIDUALS TO
CARPOOL BECAUSE THAT THEN GIVES
US MORE SPACE AND THERE'S NOT
AREA.
>> Kim: ALL DOWNTOWN PARKING
LOTS WILL BE OPEN ON A
FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED BASIS.
FOR $10, MILLENNIUM GARAGE,
GRAND CIRCUS PARK, AND JOE LOUIS
ARENA GARAGE AND PREMIER GARAGE.
OR GET DROPPED OFF BY A CAB,
UBER, OR LYFT.
NO MATTER HOW YOU PLAN TO GET
DOWN HERE, PLAN ON GETTING HERE
EARLY.
IT'S GOING TO BE CROWDED.
>> THE DOWNTOWN AREA WILL HAVE
UPWARDS OF A MILLION PEOPLE IN
ALL OF OUR VIEWING AREAS.
P.M.
AND BOTH DIRECTIONS OF THE LODGE
I-75 TO GRISWOLD CLOSED 6 P.M.
TO MIDNIGHT.
AND SOUTHBOUND I-375 CLOSED I-75
TO THE LODGE UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
AND PAY ATTENTION TO THE
OFFICERS CONDUCTING TRAFFIC.
>> WE'RE USUALLY ABLE TO GET
TRAFFIC OUT WITHIN THE HOUR.
>> Kim: IF YOU DO PLAN ON
DRIVING DOWNTOWN, MAKE SURE
YOU'RE IN A LEGITIMATE PARKING
SPOT OR YOU'RE CAR WILL END UP
HERE, $215 TO GET IT BACK.
REPORTING FROM DETROIT, I'M KIM
DeGIULIO, LOCAL 4.
NIGHT.
YOU WOULD RATHER SPEND IT ON THE
BARBECUE AND ALL THE FUN STUFF.
>> Kim: AND PEOPLE ARE COMING
DOWN HERE SO GET DOWN HERE AND
GET YOUR SPOT.
>> Devin: OR KEEP THE SPOT YOU
HAVE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE YOU HAVE
A GOOD SEAT FOR OUR PROGRAM
WHICH WILL BEGIN AROUND 8:00 AND
WE'LL TAKE YOU RIGHT UP TO THE
FIREWORKS.
DARK.