They appeared in July at a summer festival in Stamford, Alive At Five, and are booking dates in the New York/Connecticut area.

Jimmy Castor Jr said his father had booked dates for a European tour this year.

He became a manager full-time, booking dates for Lou Rawls, Earl Grant and Sam Fletcher, among others.

All shows were well-received, and the band booked additional dates in Europe and Japan for 2012.

"We just keep booking dates," she said.

Back in Florida, never resting on her laurels, Ms. Brodsky is now booking dates through 2005.

At the height of the group's popularity, they booked dates at Carnegie Hall and the Capital Centre in Washington, D.C..

The tour is also booking dates into the 2002-3 season.

Booking dates, hiring musicians and, in his heyday, recording albums made him rich.

James booked several shows and several subsequent dates in a recording studio as a result.