Publication: Access Atlanta Author: Melissa Ruggieri Date: July 8, 2013 Here are two new reasons for concertgoers who truly appreciate music to love Harry Connick Jr. A couple of songs into his Sunday night set at Chastain Park Amphitheatre, the charming – and frank – Connick told the crowd that they were welcome to snap a few photos but, “I don’t want to see you holding up those iPhones filming the whole show.” Then, midway through his two-hour musical feast, he asked the typically chatty Chastain assembly for a few minutes of quiet so he could perform a special song, accompanied only by his guitarist. The audience complied (see, folks, it IS possible), but Connick, so unnerved by the unusual stillness, couldn’t remember the lyrics to the song. “I’m so distracted by the silence…I’m literally at a loss for words,” he said. So he called an audible and instead scurried to his Fender Rhodes piano – one of five instruments he would play throughout the show – and led his ace 13-piece band through a wandering “Just a Closer Walk with Thee,” turning the song into a soulful singalong. Click here to read the full article