Greg Fitzsimmons
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Right this way.
Ken, when I was in New Orleans, I took a tour of the city.
I took a bus tour, and I learned about Harry.
Do you know Harry Connick Jr.
's Genesis story as a musician?
No.
Yeah, this is fucking crazy.
I thought he was with Mike and the Mechanics.
There he is.
It's a deep cut, kids.
There's a mural of this musician.
He's at a piano along the tour.
And they go, that was... Oh, young prodigy.
Harry Connick Jr.
's father was the sheriff or the mayor.
No, the mayor of New Orleans.
And so there was this guy who was a heroin addict, but he was this renowned jazz pianist in New Orleans.
And everybody loved the guy, but he just kept showing up in court with heroin charges.
So...
I was a mayor of the judge, but he said to him, okay, this is your last chance.