Thanks, too, for Geri Fallo’s endurance.

Ernie Contri is upcoming.
(I believe it’s 7/12? Sorry if I have the date wrong.)
A charming performer, truly. Some may find him corny. I celebrate his hommage to the Hoboken that’s mostly gone.

He’s clearly senior. I offer that only b/c of the heinous weather he performs in here, every summer. And b/c he usually appears in a tuxedo (depending on the temp., sometimes jacket/tie off, as the night progresses).

He croons wonderfully heartfelt tunes, mostly from the Sinatra Songbook. Some Tony Bennett. And sometimes Al Jolson (that’s admittedly harder to bear, but no matter–his intentions are good).

I always like to think of him at some Hoboken club, ca. 1967, when I’m sure his voice had less senior-vibrato. Maybe Signore’s Lounge on Hudson St., or one of those on Hoboken’s lower west side (there were many, I hear).

He’s really not to be missed, as his local salt-of-the-earth stylings of the American Songbook will mostly be gone w/his generation.

Maybe someone will videotape his performance.

The heat, thankfully, is reportedly breaking on Weds. a.m.
Better for Ernie & anyone who comes out to see him.

Your loss, if you don’t go!