Betty Harris
November 15th, 2007Last Friday I went to see Betty Harris at the Old Point Bar in Algiers. DJ Lingerie sent me a text message that she and a friend were in Algiers and that I should join them. I rode my bicycle through the Treme and French Quarter to cross the Mississippi with the ferry. On the ferry I heard that Betty Harris was playing at the Old Point Bar. I understood why I was headed there. We stood with our toes touching the stage. One of the backup vocalists was close enough to knock me while swaying. I was embarrassed for having disrupted her with my presence, yet she smiled and apologized. “Cry To Me” was haunting. Strange New Orleans evening which begins reluctantly and unfolds into unforgettable.
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