An Evening with John Carson
'Just for You'
November 10, 2000
In his artworks and performances over the years, John Carson has often
played with the slippage between romance and reality. 'As the night porter
in the Coast Road Hotel in Carrickfergus, one of my duties was to clear up
after the night's revelries. The lounge floor would be littered with little pink
request cards. Underneath the promise " Our band will be happy to play or
sing your musical request" would be scribbled drunken entreaties such as,
Could we please have Tommy Chambers to sing I left my Heart in
San Francisco for Etta and Dorrie from Courtaulds" or "Missishippe (sic) for
all the men from all the women". This was as near as Carrickfergus got to
Las Vegas.' For An evening with John Carson he performed 'Just for You'.
To book a place for the evening guests were required to send in a request
card, asking for a favourite song. Accompanied by Sue Harris on piano,
John sung up to 15 of the requests sent in.
