The Pointer Sisters - Slow Hand Live in Concert 2014 video free download

The Pointer Sisters perform their 1980s hit Slow Hand at the Saban Theater, Beverly Hills, CA June 29, 2014. The Pop/R&B group are from Oakland, California. The four original members were June, Anita, Ruth and Bonnie Pointer. The ladies are the daughters of Reverend Elton Pointer and his wife Sarah and the sisters of brothers Fritz and Aaron. They began their music careers singing in their father's church. Bonnie and June formed a duo called Pointers, A Pair. Anita soon joined the group and the duo became a trio. They started out touring and performing as well as supplying backing vocals for such artists as Boz Scaggs, Grace Slick, Sylvestor James, and Elvin Bishop.

Ruth joined the group in late 1972 and the trio evolved into a quartet. The Pointer Sisters released their self-titled debut album in 1973; a funk cover of "Yes We Can Can" peaked at #11 on the pop charts. The follow-up albums "That's a Plenty" and "Steppin'" likewise did well. "That's a Plenty" beget the hit country song "Fairytale," which reached #13 on the pop charts and won a Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1975. The song "How Long (Betcha Got a Chick on the Side)" from the album "Steppin'" was a #1 R&B radio hit in 1975. Bonnie left the group in 1977 and the band subsequently became a trio. In 1978 the Pointer Sisters scored a massive hit with their sultry cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Fire," which soared to #2 on the pop charts.