PJ Morton Concert Review — Chicago (From a Personal Perspective) First Edition*

A Poetic Blend of Romance, Fun, and Church on a “School Night”

BLACK WOMAN 1: Is this your first PJ Morton concert?

BLACK WOMAN 2: Yes!

BLACK WOMAN 1: You lost your virginity!

I heard this conversation when I stepped outside after attending the musician PJ Morton’s concert at House of Blues Chicago on Monday evening, October 13.

Immediate thoughts

• I felt at home and safe. At one point, I held onto the rail to get down a set of stairs, and a female stranger gently grasped my arm to assist me in getting down those stairs.
• When PJ Morton returned to the stage for an encore after the audience chanted, “PJ” numerous times when he exited on his “last song”, he apologized to the crowd, saying that he knows it’s a Monday night: I want to make sure I don’t have you out too late. A woman shouted,

“That’s alright, baby!”

• I thought of a visual clip of Beyoncé I saw online this summer at her Cowboy Carter tour stop at Chicago’s Soldier Field: “Beyoncé thanks crowd for being ride or die after staying to watch her perform til 1am, a storm warning delayed the show on Thursday” (Reddit).
• Morton started his show at 7:30 PM and it ended at 9:17 PM.

Delayed Thoughts

• Morton gave an amazing 90-minute+ show!
• He mentioned and sung some Stevie Wonder and shared his mic with three audience members to sing, and from the sound of their voices, PJ is a definite inspiration for potential singing careers, and they were there to learn from “The Greats.” PJ Morton is great.
• I “got more acquainted” with PJ sometime within the last year when I was sharing with my educator friend, Veronica Bohanan, how, at the time, I was learning to let go in my precious life, and in return, she shared a video on YouTube of PJ Morton featuring The Walls Group singing “Let Go, Let God.”

On that note, I gotta go and return to other life commitments. When time allows, I hope to continue with a second edition of this article.

I couldn’t miss my self-imposed deadline to hone my writing skills, especially as a journalist, to publish on my Medium account every Tuesday at noon.

Special thanks to a dear friend who arranged for me to see this concert.

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