He sings the blues…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The president just couldn’t say no: Mick Jagger held out a mic almost by way of command, and soon Barack Obama was belting out the blues with the best of them.
The East Room of the White House was transformed into an intimate blues club on Tuesday night for a concert featuring blues all-stars of the past, present and future – and the president himself.
The surprise performance by Obama came at the end of the playlist when the blues ensemble was singing “Sweet Home Chicago,” the blues anthem of Obama’s home town.
Buddy Guy prodded the president, saying he’d heard that the president sang part of an Al Green tune recently, and adding, “You gotta keep it up.”
Then Jagger handed over the mic, and Obama seemed compelled to comply.
“Come on, baby don’t you want to go,” the president sang out twice, handing off the mic to B.B. King momentarily, and then taking it back to tack on “Sweet Home Chicago” at the end.
That was how Obama ended the night.
This was how he began it: Obama said sometimes there are downsides to being the president. You can’t just go for a walk, for example.
And then there are the times that more than make up for all those frustrations, he said, like Tuesday night, when Jagger, King, Jeff Beck and other musical giants came by the house to sing the blues.
“I guess things even out a little bit,” Obama joked at the start of a rollicking East Room concert that was electrified by Jagger and the rest.
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He gonna mess around and release a CD.
Yeah, but he look at B.B. King like "Y'all ninjas gone stop putting me on the spot like that."
Right? I was thinking the same thing this morning!
LOL @ "ninjas" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHH
Mick Jagger is a 'ninja' by proxy…. look at dem lips… his ancestors were Moorish for certain… (O_O)
"He gonna mess around and release a CD."
Took the words right out of my mouth!
I'm going to make Hex write the review when he does LOL
Maaaaaaaannnnnn…. Buddy Guy, B.B. King, and Mufasa "44" McCool performing together?!?!? That upcoming mixtape is gonna be nice!
It's obvious he didn't want to do it. But like always, once he decided to do it he made sure he did it the best he could. That's my President.
Mufasa "44" McCool
I wanna tell you to go sit in the corner, but that was too on point.
So, about this Presidential Duet Album with the vocal stylings of President Obama and sax skills of President Bill Clinton being produced by Kanye West coming out on RocNation in a few years, though…
man listen that CD would be hot to death! LOL
Would their band name just be "Presidential" and their CD named "Impeach this!"
go away!
lmao
Lawd……*swoons*, how inappropriate would it be to throw your draws at the President. I LOVE my president!
Ma'am. Please keep your draws on. Thank you.
LOL! Awww come on, how bout I lift my skirt a little. Out of Michelle's view of course, cause she might cut me.
Might??? *cackles*
Bout to be skraight crucified!
Y'all know why Brotha Number 1 is still sangin', right?
Every morning for the last month, he wakes up to news reports that Rick By God Santorum is overtaking Mitt By Mormon Romney, knowing that whosoever it is that gets the nod will get saddled with Newt Gingrich.
The only way he wins more states in November is if we decide to annex Canada and Mexico…
All he'd need is a picture of any of the three idiots running for the Republican nomination next to him giving a serious Chicago side-eye, with the caption "Nawl, but for real, tho…"
As much as it looks like it'd be a cakewalk, folks still need to get out and vote, because for every person that sees that the GOP has dove head first (more like a triple gainer with a half twist) into "batshyt-crazy" land, there's someone who still thinks Obama is a secret Mooslum who wasn't born here and is coming to kill grandma while taking all your money and guns and would vote Paris Hilton into office if it meant no more Obama.
Obama was about to bust a freestyle but his advisors told him that wouldn't be a good idea.
Can't go wrong with a little Blues… I know I wouldn't've been able to keep off that damn stage, what with the fuggin Allstars up there?!
Next thing you know, he's going to be on stage with Kanye and Jay-Z singing N!ggas in Paris.
Why does this man keep making me like him? I refuse to vote for a black man…… hahahaha.. I'm just fvcking kidding… He's got my vote…… If for no other reason because no matter who the Republitards put forward, they are going to be religitarded and BATSHlTcrazy. But seriously, he has tried his best to use our democratic process (rather than just forcing ish), he's tolerated some of the most disrespectful ish no President has ever had to tolerate, and he's done it with a song and a smile. He's been OJT his first term but looking back, name a first term President that wasn't. There is a lot of ish that goes into running a country…… steps off soapbox… sings some blues..
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Hey y'all….
DONT HATE.
It's like this.
You cant turn down Mick Jagger. Nope, not at all. He HAD to 'comply' LOL
and BB King and Lucille singing on the song? My heart sang with all of the LMAO