100 Years of Fine

Last night I went to see Harry Connick Jr. in concert. He’s a pleasing kind of musician that most people enjoy, but Victoria is IN LOVE with him. Seeing how excited she was about the concert was part of the appeal for me, and then Harry ended up being quite the charmer! Do y’all know how funny he is? Not many people can get away with saying “Shucks, man” and talking about eating at The Lady & Sons and get a laugh from a multi-generational crowd. There was a woman in the audience who is about to be 100 years old that he was flirting with. So cute – he called her “100 years of fine”.

While he started out thanking us for missing a night of American Idol to come see him, we ended up having a genuine star-making moment. A local singer, Kim Michael Polote, was in the front row. She handed her cd to Harry and told him she sang at Paula Deen’s wedding, so he got her up on stage to sing a song. This woman belted out “At Last” so powerfully - that was bonus #1. Bonus # 2 was a member of Harry’s band, Lucien something, who sounded just like Louis Armstrong, and that is a sound I’ve only ever heard on a cd. But what I liked best about Harry Connick Jr. was that he was punctual. No celebrity antics here; he started at 8 PM on the dot, and finished at a week-night satisfying two hours later.