Newspaper Article on Julio's show in Soboba

Julio Iglesias to croon his way to Soboba


01:30 PM PDT on Thursday, June 4, 2009

By VANESSA FRANKO The Press-Enterprise

Within five minutes, you can understand why Julio Iglesias has made more women swoon than probably any other living performer. He's the walking, talking, singing embodiment of all things romance.

Iglesias said he lives in a mysterious place where it never rains and the sun doesn't dance. He credits the sounds of the Mediterranean with helping him develop the smooth voice that has been the hallmark of romance for decades. For him, performing on stage is not only life but the cure to all ills.

In a recent telephone interview, Iglesias, who comes to Soboba Casino's arena in San Jacinto on Thursday, started talking about how beautiful Southern California is in his smooth voice. I return the compliment by telling him I've heard of the beauty where he lives.

"I live in the moonlight. Sometimes it's cold; sometimes it's warm and it doesn't rain," Iglesias said. (I meant the Dominican Republic, where he is based these days, but sure, the moonlight is romantic, too, and an image of Iglesias chasing moonbeams while singing on a yacht in the ocean kind of fits.)

I ask Iglesias what are the qualities of having a romantic voice and he laughed and said he didn't have a romantic voice, but rather it's his style.

Julio Iglesias credits the sounds of the Mediterranean with helping him develop the smooth voice that has been the hallmark of romance for decades.
(I wonder if all those girls he loved disagree with that one.)

Iglesias' argument is that the sound of his voice stems from the naturally acoustic tones of the Mediterranean, a sound that can be compared with an acoustic guitar, not an electric.

"I was born with that sound," he said, before singing a string of four notes.
That was it. Those four magic notes cast his musical wizardry, and now I understand why he was such a special guest star on "The Golden Girls" 20 years ago.

Performing is his life, and the mercurial nature of passion changes every song, every night, even with the ones he's sung thousands of times before.
"You have a headache and you go out on stage, you get cured. You go out to the stage and the headache is stronger than ever. On the stage, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing except the communion of the people. This is the life of the artist. The stage is a miracle and the stage you cure all of your problems," Iglesias said.

(Source: http://www.pe.com/music/stories/PE_News_Local_S_julio0605.28b305a.html)