BLACK MOUNTAIN — The Motown Explosion Dinner Show proved to have some rough edges, but its best moments more than made up for them during a Nov. 14 show at White Horse music hall.

About 100 people attended — and many danced — as well as listened — during much of the show. There also were a number of standing ovations.

A soul food buffet was followed by the show, featuring vocalists Rhoda Weaver, Don Garner, Albert Booker and William Stafford.

The four-piece Dave Holder Band included a guitarist, bassist, keyboardist and drummer.

The show opened with “The Way You Do the Things You Do,” followed by “Get Ready” and “Hold On, I’m Coming.”

After “Mustang Sally” was performed, Weaver took the show up several notches with her riveting vocals on Eddie Floyd’s “Knock on Wood.”

Other songs performed included “Baby, I Need Your Loving,” which started rough vocally, but the group got into a groove and jammed on it for — perhaps — 10 minutes.

Other songs included “(Sitting on) the Dock of the Bay,” “Midnight Hour” and a sublime version of The Temptations’ classic, “I Wish It Would Rain” on which Garner sang lead. It was — to that point — the best song of the concert. The group also performed The Temptations’ “My Girl.”

Next, Motown Explosion sang James Brown’s “I Got You (I Feel Good),” which — understandably — was not up to par with the version by the “Godfather of Soul.”

Possibly the best performance of the night featured Weaver singing lead and unleashing her vocal pyrotechnics on Aretha Franklin’s “Chain of Fools.” Also, the guitarist provided interesting counterpoint on the soul classic with a psychedelic-tinged guitar break.

Other memorable songs from the second set included “What a Wonderful World,” “Shaky Ground” and “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg.” During “Shaky Ground,” on which Weaver sang lead, she told an enthused blond middle-aged male dancer, “Here’s the missing Temptation right here,” prompting the dancer — and the mixed-race crowd — to laugh. 

The group then performed some non-Motown songs, including Etta James’ “At Last,” which Weaver knocked out of the ballpark; and Sam Cook’s “A Change Is Gonna Come,” on which keyboardist Amos Jackson sang lead.

The group then went back to the Motown Sound to conclude the concert with — among others — “Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I’m Yours,” “Ain’t That Peculiar” and the show’s rousing finale, “I Heard It Through the Grapevine.”

As the show concluded, the crowd gave the group a standing ovation.