Posted on 8/12/2004, 9:02:36 AM by kattracks
WASHINGTON (AP) — Contemporary Christian musician Michael W. Smith and country music performers the Gatlin Brothers will entertain delegates at the Republican National Convention in New York City that starts Aug. 30, party officials said.More than a half-dozen musical acts announced by the party range from country to classical to blues.
Bill Harris, chief executive of the Republican National Convention, described the group as the first to join the convention. Republicans say they will announce more performers in the coming days.
The performers to be officially announced Thursday include:
•Michael W. Smith, one of the top stars in contemporary Christian music who has occasionally crossed over to the pop charts.
•The Gatlin Brothers, who have been performing for four decades in country music and had a string of hits in the 1970s and 1980s. They cut back on nationwide touring in 1992.
•Daniel Rodriguez, a former New York City policeman and tenor who became well known singing a capella versions of "God Bless America" and the national anthem after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
•Sara Evans, one of the promising young performers in country music who has had a number of hits on the country charts. In 1998, she had a hit album "No Place That Far" and the title song on the album became her first No. 1 hit.
Other entertainers at the convention include Dana Glover, a young performer, who sang on the soundtrack for the movie "Shrek," veteran actor Ron Silver, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, co-host of daytime talk show "The View" and surfer-turned-singer Daize Shayne.
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Michael W. Smith. Cool. Awesome performer.
For god sakes man why can't the Republicans do better than Branson retreads!
Sara Evans is pretty good. I can't get her new song out of my head "Left Her Clothes Hanging Out On The Line" or something like that.
Of course it's the infamous AP's Will Lester reporting this. He might have got it wrong.
right on brother,
If Micheal does "There She Stands" it will bring the house down...
Suds in the bucket and the clothes hanging out on the line. I've known she's been Republican since I read an article on her a few yrs. back in which she talked about her husband who was apparently thinking of running for office in their homestate of Oregon. Good girl!
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