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Chicago, Illinois
October 15, 1996

submitted by Michelle Hansen

Just wanted to write and let you know that the show in Chicago was great! There were a lot of memorable moments, including this one:

Early in the show there were a number of people yelling out when Harry was alone at the piano. One woman yells, "Harry, I love you", then another woman yells, "I love you more", audience laughs, then a man yells out, "Harry, I love you the most!", which made the audience roar, and finally another man yells out, "Harry, I like you as a friend!" which made the audience laugh again. When Harry finished his song, he said to the audience, "There's a lot of love in the house tonight!" and proceeded to ask the man who said he liked Harry as a friend if he was cute, and jokingly told him he'd see him after the show!

There were several songs from the new album, and a few older songs, like "On the Sunny Side of the Street", as well as that amazing rendition of "America the Beautiful". Their version of Sly & the Family Stone's "Thank You (falettin me be mice elf)" was great as usual. Harry talked for a long time in the middle of the show, which lasted about 2 1/2 hours, about a number of subjects, like how he loves Columbia Records, how he doesn't like rap music, and how he had too much Nestle Quik that day, which was making him feel sick.

Of course that didn't keep him from putting on a fantastic show!

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