{"id":30564,"date":"2021-10-31T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=30564"},"modified":"2024-01-02T21:20:40","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T05:20:40","slug":"cover-me-marc-anthony-thompson-johnny-99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/31\/cover-me-marc-anthony-thompson-johnny-99\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Me, Marc Anthony Thompson: Johnny 99"},"content":{"rendered":"

I discovered Marc Anthony Thompson around the same time that Bruce Springsteen did: at the New York Guitar Festival’s Nebraska Project\u00a0<\/em>tribute concert in January 2006.<\/p>\n

There was a stellar array of on-stage talent that night, from Michelle Shocked to The National to Martha Wainwright and more. And in the audience was the original songwriter, appreciatively taking in how other artists interpreted his songs.<\/p>\n

All the performances were great, but one in particular blew me away. Early in the show, the emcee introduced an artist named Marc Anthony Thompson, who recorded and performed as the leader of Chocolate Genius, a musical collective (as Thompson calls it) with a membership that ebbs and flows over time.<\/p>\n

That night, Chocolate Genius consisted of Thompson and pianist\/omnichordist Thomas Bartlett, a.k.a. Doveman. The duo took the stage to play a cover of “Johnny 99<\/a>,” and within seconds the audience was rapt.<\/p>\n