Last night, by pure happenstance, Christine & I found ourselves at the House of Blues laying witness to the Right Reverend Al Green. Midway through the show, Green called out to the audience “most of you are here to see if Al still has it.” At age 73, he was only half joking but Al still has the 90 mph fastball. He is still engaging, energetic and in great voice. And that voice – WOW. Performing in front of a 13 piece band, Green unabatedly went from hit to hit. The interesting thing for me was that he performed a lot of new songs. Often times when an artist plays their recent material, the audience hasn’t connected with the songs yet. But Green made them all come alive last night. If the Rev comes to your town, go see him. You will not be disappointed.

Just a quick personal note, Christine and I selected Al Green’s Let’s Stay Together as our wedding song 15 years ago. For those past 15 years whenever we hear that song, we drop what we’re doing and dance. There have been numerous occasions where onlookers at Whole Foods or Super Stop & Shop thought they might need to call the men in white coats.

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