Lars Mars with the Fitzgerald Sisters. Photograph by Jean Lemanski.
Who is this comic genius of music? Classically trained in Europe, Mars has been a San Francisco fixture for many years. While his humorous style and delivery, and the wacky riffs and puns of his fellow musicians, can keep a smile on your face throughout an evening of lounge ballads, Mars reaches a level of pathos with select numbers that is quite moving. On Saturday evening, a small, rapt audience was treated to the fabulous Mars revue at The Green Arcade, which included longtime accompanist Durand Begault on the piano. The first set sent me to heaven with a group of Burt Bacharach tunes.
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