Though her current “Thankful” tour opens with “When The Levee Breaks,” the 50-year-old performer has composed a setlist that serves as a full career retrospective.
Hart hasn’t been to Tampa Bay—more specifically, St. Petersburg—since Bill Clinton was president, at the old Jannus Landing, so next week’s performance at St. Pete’s Mahaffey Theater is bound to be unforgettable. And it’s not just because of Hart’s grand return.
Joining her will be, you ready for this? Nashville guitarist Guthrie Trapp, and John Oates. Yes, from Hall and Oates, dummy!
This article appears in Apr 21-27, 2022.