[bomp] Re: Jay Black (was Dylan in a club)

["Deena J Canale" <roots66@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Just saw Jay
> Black two weeks ago. That was a shocker. No schmaltz at all, everyone wore
> jeans & t-shirts, lots of sarcasm, dirty jokes & foul language.
> Unapologetically subjected us to letting his 20 year-old son sing one
while
> Jay had a glass of water. And that voice. Holy Cara Mia, Batman!

I've never had the pleasure of seeing Jay live, but he sure kicked arse on
one of the PBS oldies begathons a couple years ago.  After apologizing for
not having the same powerful voice at 65+ as he'd once had in his 20s, he
proceeded to tear into a rendition of "Cara Mia" that easily matched, if not
topped, the original recording.

A while back I saw an A&E Biography on some mafiosa--Paul Castellano I
think--on which Jay was one of the talking heads.  They didn't credit him as
a "singer" or even an "entertainer," but as the subject's "friend."

Signed D.C.

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