Maxwell's voice sounds like someone who's been on vacation for a long time. It's smooth and relaxed as he jokes by phone about being on tour in Las Vegas — the city of gambling, sin and "has-beens." It's hard to imagine the seductive R&B singer as some dried-out, washed-up entertainer. Even
after a long vacation — nearly seven years, actually — from the music
scene, the 35-year-old has dusted off his vocal chords, reunited with
his band and launched a nationwide tour.