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Harry Connick Jr. Opens Super Bowl LIX With Festive ‘Go to the Mardi Gras’ Performance

Harry Connick Jr. hits the Super Bowl, sings "Go to the Mardi Gras" by Professor Longhair.

After Gaga, a visual and aural feast of New Orleans sights and sounds took over the field on at the Superdome thanks to the Southern University Human Jukebox Marching Band, who demonstrated that the musicianship in the state of Louisiana is second to none. The crooner stood bent over an upright piano while singing a rousing, all-smiles version of “Go to the Mardi Gras” by the late, great Professor Longhair, with the marching band providing punchy support on the horns. Connick Jr. was born and raised in Crescent City, and his vocal delivery on the Mardi Gras anthem had more than a hint of the Louisiana accent you don’t usually hear on his studio material.

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