Last night a Ruth Eckerd Hall, sitting at her piano on a stage decked out to look like a living room, songwriting legend Carole King came across as a pretty hip, sweetheart of a grandma. She pronounced proudly that shes 66 years old.
When King exhorted everyone to sing along to the chorus of Natural Woman, she raved to the audience, You guys are great!
No we werent. (Although I did feel liberated crooning, You make me feel like a natural woman.)
After awhile, I was half expecting Carole to break out the chicken soup.