We Need A Change
Well, the band was hep; Patti LaBelle was dynomite; the Clintons were very Clintonian. It took a while to get there, but at about 10 minutes until benediction the room took on that special glow. The sixteen year old fiddler fiddled a fine version of "Amazing Grace". There was a nice version of "Blowin' In The Wind" with a sweet soul groove. The GOP cannot possibly top the music at this convention with their Vegas show band on retainer and Wayne Newton and Lee Greenwood. They will have to dig deep and con some hipness from somewhere. Oh God, what if they get P. Diddy?
Perhaps missing in action is the band itself. The media kit from the DNC will tell you all about the 4,000 miles of wiring in the Fleet Center, the 53 tons of recyclable structural steel added to support the massive rigging, and all the gizmos in the souped-up podium. It won't tell you where they hid the band or who the band is. But I will. Turns out the band is being led by Steve Jordan. It was actually during Patti LaBelle's Sam Cooke number that I got intensely curious as to who the drummer was and where they were hiding the band. After Googling around awhile, it turns out the drummer is the bandleader. Not only has he been a member of The Blues Brothers, but also he was the original drummer for The Late Night with David Letterman Band , Keith Richard's The Expensive Winos, and he recently was the bandleader for Celebrating The Blues a live show produced in conjunction with Martin Scorceces documentary The History of The Blues. Danny "Hootch" Kortmar is on guitar. He is the co-writer of "Boys of Summer" and "Dirty Laundry" among other songs with Don Henley. I wish I knew the name of the fantastic keyboardist, but trying to find out anything regarding the band is a bit of a challenge. I cannot even figure out where they have them set up. Maybe they are under the podium preserved in lucite.
Yes, there is lots of love going on. However, the Dems don't need to be the party of the beige bear hug; we need to be the party of GAME OVER. Attempts to make lite, fluffy rhetoric need to be balanced with swinging haymakers that land right on the nose of conservative misdeeds. The Deaniacs proved that you could get the non-involved involved if they believe that Democrats are willing to slam their fists down on the bar and stand and fight.
I dunno, it seemed like everyone was awkwardly nervous like during the first few songs the band plays at the prom when Clinton came out and started cutting a rug. Yeah, that's how it is done folks. This is how you keep the energy flowing in a room until it starts to build and mean something. You keep preaching the sermon until the sermon starts to physically levitate in the room like an object and you wave your hands and it all turns to confetti and a warm rush of good feeling. It doesn't execute policy or create legislation , but as Bob Marley once said, "you need to lively up yourself". Dean had it, Edwards has it whenever he is not invoking his life as a shoeless millhand, Obama's getting it, Kerry needs it.
Perhaps missing in action is the band itself. The media kit from the DNC will tell you all about the 4,000 miles of wiring in the Fleet Center, the 53 tons of recyclable structural steel added to support the massive rigging, and all the gizmos in the souped-up podium. It won't tell you where they hid the band or who the band is. But I will. Turns out the band is being led by Steve Jordan. It was actually during Patti LaBelle's Sam Cooke number that I got intensely curious as to who the drummer was and where they were hiding the band. After Googling around awhile, it turns out the drummer is the bandleader. Not only has he been a member of The Blues Brothers, but also he was the original drummer for The Late Night with David Letterman Band , Keith Richard's The Expensive Winos, and he recently was the bandleader for Celebrating The Blues a live show produced in conjunction with Martin Scorceces documentary The History of The Blues. Danny "Hootch" Kortmar is on guitar. He is the co-writer of "Boys of Summer" and "Dirty Laundry" among other songs with Don Henley. I wish I knew the name of the fantastic keyboardist, but trying to find out anything regarding the band is a bit of a challenge. I cannot even figure out where they have them set up. Maybe they are under the podium preserved in lucite.
Yes, there is lots of love going on. However, the Dems don't need to be the party of the beige bear hug; we need to be the party of GAME OVER. Attempts to make lite, fluffy rhetoric need to be balanced with swinging haymakers that land right on the nose of conservative misdeeds. The Deaniacs proved that you could get the non-involved involved if they believe that Democrats are willing to slam their fists down on the bar and stand and fight.
I dunno, it seemed like everyone was awkwardly nervous like during the first few songs the band plays at the prom when Clinton came out and started cutting a rug. Yeah, that's how it is done folks. This is how you keep the energy flowing in a room until it starts to build and mean something. You keep preaching the sermon until the sermon starts to physically levitate in the room like an object and you wave your hands and it all turns to confetti and a warm rush of good feeling. It doesn't execute policy or create legislation , but as Bob Marley once said, "you need to lively up yourself". Dean had it, Edwards has it whenever he is not invoking his life as a shoeless millhand, Obama's getting it, Kerry needs it.
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