July 11, 2003

Impromtu Karaoke with Tracy Morgan

A few Fridays ago a bunch of us headed uptown to see our (wonderfully talented) friend, Frank Picarazzi play a gig Merchant's. Out of the blue, the evening took a very interesting turn...

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Here's me with Sheff and Seth (who had just arrived in town on Sheff's brand, new boat. Which being 40' is prolly more appropriately called a yacht. Jesus.)

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Liz giving Big Daddy some sugar.

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Frank can pretty much play any song you can name on the vibes (and Antonio Di Lullo's the same on guitar) so it wasn't long before Frank started inviting people up for some impromptu karaoke accompaniment. Here's Amanda cutting loose.

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After Amanda had finished singing, Tracy Morgan wandered in from the next room (!!!) and asked Frank if he knew how to play "Let's Get it On" by Al Green. He killed it.

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After he'd finished singing, one of Tracy's friends (Shawn Wayans, I think) came up on stage and the band kicked off a Stevie Wonder tune. Seth ran up and joined them to first provide some backing harmonies...

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...and then halfway through the song, took that mother over. Check out Tracy (making the Brian Fellows face!) and Shawn looking on in awe! Hahaha.

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Then Big Daddy stepped up to back Seth (check out Tracy and his friend cheering on the white boys in the background).

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Hahaha.