Very few musicians reach the point of being able to play stadiums. U2 and the Rolling Stone are two that come to mind. Sure, they can sell out a few nights in a row, maybe 4 tops. Has there ever been a band that could play the same stadium, night after night (or 81 nights) over a period of six months and constantly fill the seats? No way you say? That couldn't be? Not possible. Yes I say! It can and it happened. HOLY COW!!! No, this wasn't Bon Jovi, Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd. It was only one man with a backing band of an organ. That man was Harry Caray and for almost 10 years, he rocked Chicago crowds of more that 35,000 fans nightly at Comiskey Park and Wrigley Field performing just one song. The song only lasted a minute but it never failed to bring fans to their feet during the pinnacle point of the evening. Young and old they stood, cheered and sang along with Harry as he held his microphone out to the crowd bring the song to a climatic ending. It was the one thing you could always count on being great each night at these stadiums.
Harry died in 1998 and a roving cast of characters regularly file into his old broadcast booth in Wrigley Field trying to fill his shoes singing this great song. Nobody has and nobody ever will do it as great as Harry did. Why is this man not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame I don't know? After all, he saw a million faces and he rocked them all!!
So with opening day of baseball upon us, lets sing along with Harry. All Right! Lemmmeeeee hearrrr ya!! Ah one! Ah two!! Ah three!!!
PLAY BALL!!!
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