Pete Morton is one of Señora‘s and mine favorite folk singers. He is British and gets over to the States only on rare occasions, and fortunately for us that is frequently at the Focal Point. We have seen him three times. Señora may be up to five times now as she “discovered” Pete before we were the hot item that we are now.
Pete made me a hero a few years back. I had taken a picture of him and Señora together when he was playing a house concert here in St. Louis. I sent to him, in England, an 8×10 copy of the photo, along with money for postage, and asked him to autograph it as I wanted it for a Christmas present for my wife, the esteemed Señora. He was gracious enough to do so.
Señora and I have this fantasy about going to England and seeing him in a club there. Some day.
Enjoy. We did.
Señora who is Jewish with more of a Chicago accent has this thing about doing accents. She has several that she does. Among them are New York Jew and Southern. I will admit, as a Southerner, her Southern accents sets my teeth on edge a bit, but then there are more than a few actors who do Southern accents that do the same.
One of her accents is British. Once when Pete was at the Focal Point she went up to talk to him after the concert and dropped into her British accent.
Pete remarked to her in his natural accent, “Are you mocking me?”
Señora replied in her Señora British accent, “No, I’m not mocking you.”
Fortunately, Pete has a sense of humor.
And so it goes.
