MARC ANTHONY PART DEUX

Here is Jon’s review of the Marc Anthony / Alejandro Fernandez show we went to the other night: An utterly mature and comfortable performer, he was expressive not only with his voice, holding muscular notes for improbably long spells, but also with every inch of his body; time and again overhead screens flashed images of his hands, which seemed to be engaged in their own complex conversation. See, even Jon has a crush on Marc! Glad he touched on the demographic stuff… during Alejandro Fernandez’s set, when he was playing with mariachis, the whole Garden froke out, and I thought, empirically, it meant perhaps Mexicans are going to outmode Boricuas in NY… but no, Marc got way way more reaction, and my non-scientific sociological assumption was blasted. Blasted!
“Guadalajara,” which he played, and reminded me of my grandma, and made me cry and also scream wildly in some really raw display of nationalism (I was upset I did not think to bring along my flag and rep):