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THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, LADIES AND
THANK YOU SO MUCH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
GENTLEMEN. AND GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE AT
AND GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE AT HOME.
HOME. FIRSTLY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT
FIRSTLY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I WOULD BE REMISS WITHOUT
I WOULD BE REMISS WITHOUT TELLING YOU ABOUT THE GENUINE
TELLING YOU ABOUT THE GENUINE EXCITEMENT I HAVE AND ENTHUSIASM
EXCITEMENT I HAVE AND ENTHUSIASM FOR BEING HERE WITH YOU TONIGHT.
FOR BEING HERE WITH YOU TONIGHT. AND ALSO IN MY HUMBLE OPINION,
AND ALSO IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, THANK YOU FOR THE GOOD TASTE IN
THANK YOU FOR THE GOOD TASTE IN MUSIC.
MUSIC.
>>> I ALWAYS LOVED THE STANDARDS.
STANDARDS. I LOVED BING AND FRANK AND DEAN
I LOVED BING AND FRANK AND DEAN AND ELLA.
AND ELLA. AND MY GRANDFATHER ALWAYS HAD
AND MY GRANDFATHER ALWAYS HAD DEAN MARTIN PLAYING IN THE
DEAN MARTIN PLAYING IN THE HOUSE, BOBBY DARIN, AL MARTINO.
HOUSE, BOBBY DARIN, AL MARTINO. AT 16, I KNEW WHAT I WAS GOING
AT 16, I KNEW WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO.
TO DO. I KNEW I WANTED TO DO THIS FOR A
I KNEW I WANTED TO DO THIS FOR A LIVING.
LIVING. I SAID, GRANDPA, I WANTED TO BE
I SAID, GRANDPA, I WANTED TO BE A SINGER.
A SINGER. SO HE STARTED BRINGING ME TO THE
SO HE STARTED BRINGING ME TO THE NIGHTCLUBS.
NIGHTCLUBS. I WAS TOO YOUNG.
I WAS TOO YOUNG. THE LEGAL AGE TO DRINK IN CANADA
THE LEGAL AGE TO DRINK IN CANADA IS 19.
IS 19. AND I WAS ONLY 16 OR SOMETHING.
AND I WAS ONLY 16 OR SOMETHING. SO HE WOULD WALK ME IN AND HE
SO HE WOULD WALK ME IN AND HE WOULD SAY TO THE OWNERS OF THE
WOULD SAY TO THE OWNERS OF THE CLUB, YOU KNOW, WOULD YOU LET MY
CLUB, YOU KNOW, WOULD YOU LET MY GRANDSON COME UP AND SING WITH
GRANDSON COME UP AND SING WITH YOUR HOUSE BAND AND OF COURSE,
YOUR HOUSE BAND AND OF COURSE, THEY WOULD SAY, NO, GET OUT.
THEY WOULD SAY, NO, GET OUT. AND BY THE WAY, THAT GOES EVEN
AND BY THE WAY, THAT GOES EVEN BEYOND MY BEAUTIFUL GRANDPA.
BEYOND MY BEAUTIFUL GRANDPA. I MEAN, ALMOST EVERY SHOW THAT I
I MEAN, ALMOST EVERY SHOW THAT I EVER PLAYED IN ANY NIGHTCLUB I
EVER PLAYED IN ANY NIGHTCLUB I PLAYED FOR TEN YEARS -- BECAUSE
PLAYED FOR TEN YEARS -- BECAUSE IT TOOK ME TEN YEARS BEFORE I
IT TOOK ME TEN YEARS BEFORE I EVER GOT A SNIFF, BEFORE I EVER
EVER GOT A SNIFF, BEFORE I EVER GOT SIGNED.
GOT SIGNED. BUT WITHOUT MY FAMILY THOSE
BUT WITHOUT MY FAMILY THOSE CLUBS WOULD HAVE BEEN EMPTY,
CLUBS WOULD HAVE BEEN EMPTY, TRULY.
TRULY.
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