It is a known thing that when old blues performers get called onto a stage, the years just drop away (well, for sufficient values of "drop"--last week, Teddy Watson (?), who uses a cane, set it down partway into his second number and did a few hipgrinds and just generally belied his obvious years).
There'll be another concert today. I may go watch.
ETA: There's something about a man singing "Baby, please come on home" while wearing a red suit, red shoes, and white hat. Blues music is in a curious state these days; the singers have been around for fifty or so years, but the sidemen (and sidewomen) are middle-aged or younger. And the audiences are getting smaller, seems to me. But the performance area in front of City Hall works very well. Go figure.
ELTA: Man in red suit is NOT Teddy Watson.
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