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Article: From Sha Na Na to Solo Joy
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- International Herald Tribune
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- April 25, 2001
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Mike Zwerin
International Herald Tribune
04-25-2001
After someone observes that ''lovers of song all over the world are asking, Whatever happened to Henry Gross?,'' his smile lights up the room as he considers the silliness of it. Gross has to admit that he has not been making much news lately. That may be about to change. One of the best and most joyous singer-composer-guitarists you might be lucky enough to hear this year, Gross just turned 50 and he was shouting it from the rooftops of Paris. Or rather from a small stage on the Canal St. Martin, where this month he performed two nights at the friendly, and in this case almost empty, Hotel du Nord. Fortunately ''empty'' is not a ...