{"id":807,"date":"2019-09-21T12:22:57","date_gmt":"2019-09-21T12:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/?p=807"},"modified":"2019-10-24T19:59:28","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T19:59:28","slug":"happy-21st-night-of-september-everyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/happy-21st-night-of-september-everyone\/","title":{"rendered":"HAPPY \u201c21st NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER&#8221; EVERYONE!!!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Needless to say, this is the CRAZIEST, WILDEST day for me of the year! SEPTEMBER 21 feels more like my birthday than my birthday (which is in November but at least it rhymes). And I\u2019m always throwing a party or performing on it ever since my very first hit, &#8220;SEPTEMBER&#8221; by Earth Wind and Fire, co-written with Maurice White and Al McKay, came out. No exception tonight where I go for eight straight hours at the Willis Show Bar for my \u201c21st night of September\u201d\/Motown 60 party performance that\u2019s happily and gratefully long sold out! Everyone who knows me knows how much I love my hometown Detroit, where I am as we speak and where the show tonight is, and here\u2019s a little piece that came out today in Detroitisit. HAPPY \u201c21st NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER&#8221; EVERYONE!!!!!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-807 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/092119_01.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[gallery-0]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/092119_01-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/092119_01-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/092119_01.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Needless to say, this is the CRAZIEST, WILDEST day for me of the year! SEPTEMBER 21 feels more like my birthday than my birthday (which is in November but at least it rhymes). And I\u2019m always throwing a party or performing on it ever since my very first hit, &#8220;SEPTEMBER&#8221; by Earth Wind and Fire, co-written with Maurice White and Al McKay, came out. No exception tonight where I go for eight straight hours at the Willis Show Bar for my \u201c21st night of September\u201d\/Motown 60 party performance that\u2019s happily and gratefully long sold out! Everyone who knows me knows how much I love my hometown Detroit, where I am as we speak and where the show tonight is, and here\u2019s a little piece that came out today in Detroitisit. HAPPY \u201c21st NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER&#8221; EVERYONE!!!!!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,7,5,6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-an-almost-daily-diary","category-in-detroit","category-in-kitsch","category-with-parties","category-performances"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>HAPPY \u201c21st NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER&quot; EVERYONE!!!!! - What&#039;s Happening Now<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/happy-21st-night-of-september-everyone\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"HAPPY \u201c21st NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER&quot; EVERYONE!!!!! - What&#039;s Happening Now\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Needless to say, this is the CRAZIEST, WILDEST day for me of the year! SEPTEMBER 21 feels more like my birthday than my birthday (which is in November but at least it rhymes). And I\u2019m always throwing a party or performing on it ever since my very first hit, &#8220;SEPTEMBER&#8221; by Earth Wind and Fire, co-written with Maurice White and Al McKay, came out. No exception tonight where I go for eight straight hours at the Willis Show Bar for my \u201c21st night of September\u201d\/Motown 60 party performance that\u2019s happily and gratefully long sold out! Everyone who knows me knows how much I love my hometown Detroit, where I am as we speak and where the show tonight is, and here\u2019s a little piece that came out today in Detroitisit. HAPPY \u201c21st NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER&#8221; EVERYONE!!!!!\u201d\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/happy-21st-night-of-september-everyone\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"What&#039;s Happening Now\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-09-21T12:22:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-10-24T19:59:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/092119_01.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"487\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alleewhn login\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alleewhn login\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alleewillis.com\\\/whats-happening-now\\\/happy-21st-night-of-september-everyone\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alleewillis.com\\\/whats-happening-now\\\/happy-21st-night-of-september-everyone\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alleewhn login\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alleewillis.com\\\/whats-happening-now\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f1015a516e8847f5dede16fb0c1a99a4\"},\"headline\":\"HAPPY \u201c21st NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER&#8221; EVERYONE!!!!!\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-21T12:22:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-10-24T19:59:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alleewillis.com\\\/whats-happening-now\\\/happy-21st-night-of-september-everyone\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":148,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alleewillis.com\\\/whats-happening-now\\\/happy-21st-night-of-september-everyone\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alleewillis.com\\\/whats-happening-now\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/092119_01.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"An Almost Daily Diary\",\"In Detroit\",\"In Kitsch\",\"With Parties\",\"Performances\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/alleewillis.com\\\/whats-happening-now\\\/happy-21st-night-of-september-everyone\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alleewillis.com\\\/whats-happening-now\\\/happy-21st-night-of-september-everyone\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alleewillis.com\\\/whats-happening-now\\\/happy-21st-night-of-september-everyone\\\/\",\"name\":\"HAPPY \u201c21st NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER\\\" EVERYONE!!!!! - What&#039;s Happening Now\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alleewillis.com\\\/whats-happening-now\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alleewillis.com\\\/whats-happening-now\\\/happy-21st-night-of-september-everyone\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alleewillis.com\\\/whats-happening-now\\\/happy-21st-night-of-september-everyone\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alleewillis.com\\\/whats-happening-now\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/092119_01.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-21T12:22:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-10-24T19:59:28+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alleewillis.com\\\/whats-happening-now\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f1015a516e8847f5dede16fb0c1a99a4\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alleewillis.com\\\/whats-happening-now\\\/happy-21st-night-of-september-everyone\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/alleewillis.com\\\/whats-happening-now\\\/happy-21st-night-of-september-everyone\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alleewillis.com\\\/whats-happening-now\\\/happy-21st-night-of-september-everyone\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alleewillis.com\\\/whats-happening-now\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/092119_01.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alleewillis.com\\\/whats-happening-now\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/092119_01.jpg\",\"width\":650,\"height\":487},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alleewillis.com\\\/whats-happening-now\\\/happy-21st-night-of-september-everyone\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alleewillis.com\\\/whats-happening-now\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"HAPPY \u201c21st NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER&#8221; EVERYONE!!!!!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alleewillis.com\\\/whats-happening-now\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alleewillis.com\\\/whats-happening-now\\\/\",\"name\":\"What&#039;s Happening Now\",\"description\":\"An Almost Daily Diary\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alleewillis.com\\\/whats-happening-now\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alleewillis.com\\\/whats-happening-now\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f1015a516e8847f5dede16fb0c1a99a4\",\"name\":\"alleewhn login\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b63822349b28a9e335f5f943c6853b73c7bd01a54eae23b23303384860324f3c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b63822349b28a9e335f5f943c6853b73c7bd01a54eae23b23303384860324f3c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b63822349b28a9e335f5f943c6853b73c7bd01a54eae23b23303384860324f3c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"alleewhn login\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alleewillis.com\\\/whats-happening-now\\\/author\\\/alleewhn\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"HAPPY \u201c21st NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER\" EVERYONE!!!!! - What&#039;s Happening Now","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/happy-21st-night-of-september-everyone\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"HAPPY \u201c21st NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER\" EVERYONE!!!!! - What&#039;s Happening Now","og_description":"Needless to say, this is the CRAZIEST, WILDEST day for me of the year! SEPTEMBER 21 feels more like my birthday than my birthday (which is in November but at least it rhymes). And I\u2019m always throwing a party or performing on it ever since my very first hit, &#8220;SEPTEMBER&#8221; by Earth Wind and Fire, co-written with Maurice White and Al McKay, came out. No exception tonight where I go for eight straight hours at the Willis Show Bar for my \u201c21st night of September\u201d\/Motown 60 party performance that\u2019s happily and gratefully long sold out! Everyone who knows me knows how much I love my hometown Detroit, where I am as we speak and where the show tonight is, and here\u2019s a little piece that came out today in Detroitisit. HAPPY \u201c21st NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER&#8221; EVERYONE!!!!!\u201d","og_url":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/happy-21st-night-of-september-everyone\/","og_site_name":"What&#039;s Happening Now","article_published_time":"2019-09-21T12:22:57+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-10-24T19:59:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":650,"height":487,"url":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/092119_01.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"alleewhn login","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"alleewhn login","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/happy-21st-night-of-september-everyone\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/happy-21st-night-of-september-everyone\/"},"author":{"name":"alleewhn login","@id":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/#\/schema\/person\/f1015a516e8847f5dede16fb0c1a99a4"},"headline":"HAPPY \u201c21st NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER&#8221; EVERYONE!!!!!","datePublished":"2019-09-21T12:22:57+00:00","dateModified":"2019-10-24T19:59:28+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/happy-21st-night-of-september-everyone\/"},"wordCount":148,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/happy-21st-night-of-september-everyone\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/092119_01.jpg","articleSection":["An Almost Daily Diary","In Detroit","In Kitsch","With Parties","Performances"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/happy-21st-night-of-september-everyone\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/happy-21st-night-of-september-everyone\/","url":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/happy-21st-night-of-september-everyone\/","name":"HAPPY \u201c21st NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER\" EVERYONE!!!!! - What&#039;s Happening Now","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/happy-21st-night-of-september-everyone\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/happy-21st-night-of-september-everyone\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/092119_01.jpg","datePublished":"2019-09-21T12:22:57+00:00","dateModified":"2019-10-24T19:59:28+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/#\/schema\/person\/f1015a516e8847f5dede16fb0c1a99a4"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/happy-21st-night-of-september-everyone\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/happy-21st-night-of-september-everyone\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/happy-21st-night-of-september-everyone\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/092119_01.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/092119_01.jpg","width":650,"height":487},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/happy-21st-night-of-september-everyone\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"HAPPY \u201c21st NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER&#8221; EVERYONE!!!!!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/#website","url":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/","name":"What&#039;s Happening Now","description":"An Almost Daily Diary","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/#\/schema\/person\/f1015a516e8847f5dede16fb0c1a99a4","name":"alleewhn login","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b63822349b28a9e335f5f943c6853b73c7bd01a54eae23b23303384860324f3c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b63822349b28a9e335f5f943c6853b73c7bd01a54eae23b23303384860324f3c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b63822349b28a9e335f5f943c6853b73c7bd01a54eae23b23303384860324f3c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"alleewhn login"},"url":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/author\/alleewhn\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=807"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":872,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807\/revisions\/872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}