Posted on 02/22/2012 12:29:34 AM PST by dennisw
Tuesday night, when Mick Jagger, B.B. King, Jeff Beck and other musical giants came by the house to belt out the blues.
"I guess things even out a little bit," Obama joked at the start of a rollicking East Room concert electrified by Jagger and featuring a musical A-list.
Legends and up-and-comers turned the East Room into an intimate blues club for a concert celebrating the rich history of the music and its lasting impact
King, 86, arrived in a wheelchair but rose tall to kick off the night with a rollicking rendition of "Let the Good Times Roll," quickly joined by other members of the ensemble. And he followed with "The Thrill is Gone."
Beck slowed things down with an instrumental "Brush With the Blues," as anticipation built for the arrival of Jagger, who did not disappoint.
The longtime Rolling Stones frontman delivered on "I Can't Turn You Loose" and then teamed up with Beck on "Commit a Crime." Jagger got the president and his wife up out of their seats, swaying and clapping to the music.
Jagger told the crowd he'd been in love with the blues since he was first introduced to the sound when he was about 12 years old. He recalled the first time he played the blues for American greats including King, whom he said must have thought the young Brits "were from Mars or something." But they were generous, Jagger recalled, and "they passed on their tips and gave us all their help."
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That graphic is sickeningly, despicably TOO TRUE!
And .. he never hesitates to stoop to the lowest
of continuing race/class baiting every chance
he gets to pander for votes:
“...told an audience in the East Room the blues “is music with humble beginnings — roots in slavery and segregation, a society that rarely treated black Americans with the dignity and respect that they deserved.”
such a society of admiration to movie-stars, *popularity* and *looks*
That’s a keeper!
Thanks for the link!!!
blues “is music with humble beginnings — roots in slavery and segregation, a society that rarely treated black Americans with the dignity and respect that they deserved.”
Then it was worth it?
I wonder if they played the old standards “Golfin’ again,” “Another vacation on the taxpayers’ dime,” and “my wife done gone and took the kids skiing?”
What???? No Johnny Winters???
I love the blues. In fact, having Howlin Wolf on my iPod is the ONLY this I had in common with 0bama. And I could not bring myself to watch last night. With few exceptions, I’ve seen every one of thse artists live, anyway.
At least Albert King didn’t live to see this day.
It would have broken my heart to hear of him playing for the Kenyan Commie.
Same here. I would add Albert Collins to that list.
I met Albert King at a Blues Club in Boston once. Like most Bluesman, they hang around the bar and mingle with people in between sets. I met Albert Collins the same way. Junior Wells once tried to pick up my friend's girlfriend, and it almost ended in a fight.
That was about thirty years ago. Man, has this country changed since then...
Just a good old fashioned Patriotic, red white and blue, get together...REDS in the WHITE House, singing the BLUES!
Just a good old fashioned Patriotic, red white and blue, get together...REDS in the WHITE House, singing the BLUES!
Just a good old fashioned, Patriotic, red white and blue, affair...REDS in the WHITE House, singing the BLUES!
Just a good old fashioned, Patriotic, red white and blue, affair...REDS in the WHITE House, singing the BLUES!
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