Inauguration Concert

[kapeman]

http://www.hbo.com/weareone/

What a wonderful time in our countrys history. Looks like this will be an event not to be missed.

Obama Inauguration CD/DVD Collection
A new CD/DVD set tied to the presidential inauguration includes songs from JT, Maroon 5, will.i.am, Sheryl Crow, Lenny Kravitz, India.Arie, Melissa Etheridge, Usher, Jennifer Hudson, Death Cab for Cutie, Wilco, Bebe Winans, Common, Lionel Richie, and Melissa Etheridge. The DVD portion will include video footage of Obama's campaign speeches. "Change is Now: Renewing America's Promise" will be sold at the official inaugural site and at inaugural events

[festivalgirl]

John to Perform at Inaugural Celebration this Sunday, January 18th - Airing on HBO

John is set to participate in “We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial,” at 2:30 ET PM on Sunday, Jan. 18. The special concert is the Opening Celebration for the 56th Presidential Inaugural, and will be aired LIVE by HBO and then repeated at from 7:00 and 11:30 PM (ET/PT). It repeats again on Monday at 1:00 PM and 9:30 PM ET. Click HERE http://www.hbo.com/weareone/?utm_source=Publicaster&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EMLJMEOS_Inauguration_20090115 to visit HBO's site for the special.

Participating artists besides John include: Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Bono, Garth Brooks, Sheryl Crow, Renee Fleming, Josh Groban, Herbie Hancock, Heather Headley, John Legend, Jennifer Nettles, Usher Raymond IV, Shakira, Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, will.i.am, and Stevie Wonder. Among those reading historical passages will be Jamie Foxx, Martin Luther King III, Queen Latifah and Denzel Washington. Additional performers will be announced as they are confirmed.

The event will be free and open to the public, kicking off the most open and accessible Inauguration in history.

“We have found that the great artists are eager to take part and each one is working with us to find music that expresses the optimism and hope that people bring to the Obama inauguration," said Michael Stevens, who is writing the special. Noted executive producer George Stevens, Jr., “Our intention is to root the event in history, celebrating the moments when our nation has united to face great challenges and prevail. We will combine historical readings by prominent actors with music from an array of the greatest stars of today.”

Click HERE for the entire press release and visit www.pic2009.org for more details about the event.

[funkkjunkie]

What a historic moment! I'm so proud of us! I've been using an article on the civil war to teach notetaking this week and wow, how far we've come! I think Obama has truly influenced young African American's attitudes in my part of the world. We can!

[innertube]

and more

http://www.jambase.com/Articles/Story.aspx?storyID=16337

[innertube]

jeezzzzzzzzzzz

ck this out....


http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-bruce--barack-show-1380268.html

[McGregor]

http://www.redgoesblue.com/

[festivalgirl]

DirecTv has an HBO Free Preview this weekend so everyone can see the concert on Sunday. Check you local Satellite/Cable provider to see if they are offering the same deal.

[Phatpapa]

and more

http://www.jambase.com/Articles/Story.aspx?storyID=16337

I guess Pelosi can't be all that bad

[festivalgirl]

Obama Releases Details of Jan. 21 Open House
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 3:49 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Barack Obama plans to open his White House doors to the public on his first full day of his presidency, Jan. 21.

Obama aides on Friday announced plans to have an open house at his new home at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. The idea is to keep Obama's administration the ''most open and accessible'' in history by inviting hundreds of supporters inside and encouraging them to stay involved.

President Bill Clinton had a similar event after his 1993 inauguration, inviting some 2,000 citizens selected by lottery to a receiving line in the Diplomatic Reception Room on Jan. 21.

Tickets this year are limited and interested residents can sign up on Obama's inauguration Web site, PIC2009.org.

[festivalgirl]

http://hbo-u.rd.llnw.net/webcon//weareone/img/bg_v6_free.gif

[UncleFester]

Inauguration price tag: $150 million

yeah- i don't mean to be a downer and i am a dem but jeez- can we just do something on a tight budget once?

mjt

[festivalgirl]

Inauguration price tag: $150 million

yeah- i don't mean to be a downer and i am a dem but jeez- can we just do something on a tight budget once?

mjt

it's from donations. at least that's what they tell us.

[innertube]

you can hear it here............

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99389770

[McGregor]

http://www.redgoesblue.com/

email:
If you haven't purchased your tickets to the Young Lawyers for Obama Red Goes Blue Inaugural Bash Sunday night, please do so today. We are almost sold out, and ticket sales will be cut off no matter what tonight (Saturday).

To all you Deadheads for Obama: As you know, Jackie Greene, one of the bands performing, is a member of Phil Lesh & Friends. Lesh will be a the party along with other members of the Grateful Dead, and it quite possible (but not guaranteed) that they might play a late night set.
I don't think I would have sent out an email saying anything about the dead playing, risky business. HA

[chicagomike]

I think Obama has truly influenced young African American's attitudes in my part of the world. We can!

I hope he can influence the little turds in Chicago and New Orleans to quit killing each other and more importantly the INNOCENT victims.

[VWGal]

you can hear it here............

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99389770

Listening now...Bruce is doing The Rising, and the choir sounds fantastic!

[eZe]

I have chills.....

[almarco]

Listening now...Bruce is doing The Rising, and the choir sounds fantastic!

Too bad the concert is up aginst football!

[VWGal]

Too bad the concert is up aginst football!

Well that's all-American too! You can probably catch it on HBO tonight, but I'm not sure we're going to see it in Canada, so I'm doing the radio thang. James Taylor doing "Shower the People" with an all-star choir. Bettye Lavette and Jon Bon Jovi also did A Change is Gonna Come...amazing.

[Belle]

Too bad the concert is up aginst football!

I am doing both. But I miss the sound of the game. Prolly gonna watch and LISTEN to football in a moment. Many of the artists are not gonna do it for me:o

[rosetree]

How come Sheryl Crow has a Jamaican accent when she sings "One Love"?

[almarco]

How come Sheryl Crow has a Jamaican accent when she sings "One Love"?

Jamician jerk chicken being served in the hospititality tent?....or Im not going there!

[eZe]

love the crowd shots with Garth playing "shout".......

[Amy Winette]

Woo hoo, this has been awesome! I'm enjoying Garth :)

We're recording football on the other input :)

[Belle]

Are you watching on HBO? If so good for you but listening sucks. Songs are too short and frankly like them better on CD (ducking for cover) Quit listening after the last set, wanted the long version and got half of American Pie.

[rosetree]

Are you watching on HBO? If so good for you but listening sucks. Songs are too short and frankly like them better on CD (ducking for cover) Quit listening after the last set, wanted the long version and got half of American Pie.

I'm watching on free HBO....
U2's playing now...
I'm pretty amazed at how they can move all of these big names on and off so quickly.

[almarco]

I'm watching on free HBO....
U2's playing now...
I'm pretty amazed at how they can move all of these big names on and off so quickly.

Hey the kid sitting behind obama finally woke up!

[VWGal]

I'm watching on free HBO....
U2's playing now...
I'm pretty amazed at how they can move all of these big names on and off so quickly.

I can't see it (no free HBO in Canada, and can't stream it either from www.hbo.com), but listening on NPR. The on and off's for performers are so tight, you'd think it was edited. Well-rehearsed and managed.

And inspiring! Loving U2. Did we decide definitively that they weren't the magical and mystical TBD second weekend of Fest?

[rosetree]

I can't see it (no free HBO in Canada, and can't stream it either from www.hbo.com), but listening on NPR. The on and off's for performers are so tight, you'd think it was edited. Well-rehearsed and managed.

And inspiring! Loving U2. Did we decide definitively that they weren't the magical and mystical TBD second weekend of Fest?

Nothing is definite from what I read....
except I can pretty much bet it won't be Elvis ;) :D

[almarco]

Nothing is definite from what I read....
except I can pretty much bet it won't be Elvis ;) :D

But I bet elvis would sell some tickets......could do a duet with tupac...I still think tupac has a new album coming out.

[VWGal]

Nothing is definite from what I read....
except I can pretty much bet it won't be Elvis ;) :D

I have a funny feeling that you are right. Say, get over to Threadhead Trivia and beat my 33 seconds -- being in first place never lasts when Lt. Dan comes to play.

[rosetree]

I have a funny feeling that you are right. Say, get over to Threadhead Trivia and beat my 33 seconds -- being in first place never lasts when Lt. Dan comes to play.

Trivia is slower for me on the weekends from my laptop, so you might be safe today!;) :D

[VWGal]

Trivia is slower for me on the weekends from my laptop, so you might be safe today!;) :D

Stop taunting me! ;)

[Phatpapa]

What a historic moment! I'm so proud of us! I've been using an article on the civil war to teach notetaking this week and wow, how far we've come! I think Obama has truly influenced young African American's attitudes in my part of the world. We can!

Hats off to the Teachers in this country.

Thank you, Vick

[Amy Winette]

Yep, watched it on HBO. Songs were too short, but I really enjoyed it :)

I was hoping for Beyonce to bust into, "If you like it then you shoulda put a ring on it," but I guess that wouldn't have fit the moment ;)

[Festering]

It was a surprisingly good show, IMHO. I can't stand Garth Brooks and even he was amazing.

Does anyone know anything about the musicians in the pit - specifically the B3 player, who smoked, big time.

-dan

[NeenAtlanta]

I loved the concert. Watched it a second time last night with my hubby who missed it earlier.

The whole event went remarkably smoothly. The readings and the songs were all inspirational.

One favorite moment was during Stevie Wonder's Higher Ground when some smart cameraman thought to focus on the face of the guy in the pit playing keyboards wearing a permagrin. You could see it in his face that he was thinking "I'm playing with Stevie Wonder!".

It was fun seeing Garth Brooks again, and I totally cracked up when he started "Shout" - not a song I would have expected at an inagural concert. He's such a consumate showman. Looked totally at home.

U-2 was fantastic. You could tell they were totally psyched to be there.

And Pete Seeger and his grandson and Bruce singing "This Land is My Land" gave me chills. Pete looked super cool in his colorful hat. He's in remarkable shape, even went bounding off the stage after they were done. His grandson sounds exactly like Pete used to in his younger days.

I enjoyed seeing the older Obama girl jumping up to take pix of Usher, and others, just like any other kid would do.

Betty Lavette was unbelievable! Such a strong voice for her age.

My only complaint was that they did not identify everyone who was on stage. THey captioned the "stars", but did not name the various choirs that backed them up. Several acts had one or two other people on stage with them singing backup, and they should have been named too.

[glinda]

Got to listen to it on npr, and enjoyed it. The few visuals I saw on the news clips were sweet. It's good to read about other details - thanks for the lovely images, neen!

[Amy Winette]

Good points Neen! I agree it would have been nice to see the names of the choirs. I was especially curious about the one that appeared to be all old white men in suits and ties?

[kapeman]

I especially enjoyed Jon Bon Jovi with Bettye singing A Change Gonna Come.
And Im not even a Bon Jovi fan!

Definitely a feel good event in a series of days of them. We can all use it.

[glinda]

Definitely a feel good event in a series of days of them. We can all use it.
Yes, we can!

[larrybalmer]

I would have love Aaron Neville and Irma Thomas doing change a gonna come. Bon Jovi and Betty weren't quite cutting it.
Whole show was very cool. Copeland and Stevie on same show. Goota luv it

[Festngator]

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=232671
Sound only

[sophisticated sissy]

Opie was there! (#26) From USAToday:


http://www.usatoday.com/news/gallery/2008/n090120_inauguration/flash.htm?gid=850&aid=4053

[sophisticated sissy]

Highlights of the concert:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzrTv41jLzc
:)

[AtPontchartrain]

Pete, Bruce, Your Land:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg0wiOHc9tI

[Stella Blue]

I would have love Aaron Neville and Irma Thomas doing change a gonna come. Bon Jovi and Betty weren't quite cutting it.
Whole show was very cool. Copeland and Stevie on same show. Goota luv it

I had the same thought. I am not a big Bon Jovi fan to begin with. He was okay, yeah, nice voice, but really no conviction on this song. I kept saying "Where's Aaron?"
Also, I thought Branford Marsalis and Bela' Fleck and others were supposed to be on CNN tonight. I read that somewhere, but I have been watching and haven't seen anything...

[Ron]

It was fun seeing Garth Brooks again, and I totally cracked up when he started "Shout" - not a song I would have expected at an inagural concert. He's such a consumate showman. Looked totally at home.


Definitely a difference of opinion. I thought Garth was one of the low points. Seemed to be hamming it up more than anything else. Other than having American in the title, why did he sing "American Pie"? Strange lyrics for that day. I also absolutely hate the song "Shout".

[sophisticated sissy]

I love "SHOUT"! Cincinnati's own Isley Brothers did a monster cover of it!

As for "American Pie", Barack was singing along. There's a lyric in the song that goes ... "them good ol' boys were drinking whiskey and rye, singing this will be the day that I die ..."


If you think of the Bush/Cheney Administration as "them good ol' boys", maybe the song becomes more meaningful. BTW, I'm not a big fan of the song, either.

And what's wrong with a performer hamming it up? :) Lots of folks were probably happy to see Garth B. there. I'd have rather seen Garth H., but that's just a matter of personal taste. I thought it was a great concert, but I wish we'd have seen Carlos Santana there!

[NeenAtlanta]

Definitely a difference of opinion. I thought Garth was one of the low points. Seemed to be hamming it up more than anything else. Other than having American in the title, why did he sing "American Pie"? Strange lyrics for that day. I also absolutely hate the song "Shout".

That's what I like about him. I was telling my husband - he should be playing in Vegas. I thought he was a hoot.

And I doubt if any of the artists picked the songs they sang.

[Bluesthinker]

I admit Bon Jovi, was a less than great choice, but I thought Bettye Lavette held up her end

[Ron]

As for "American Pie", Barack was singing along. There's a lyric in the song that goes ... "them good ol' boys were drinking whiskey and rye, singing this will be the day that I die ..."

If you think of the Bush/Cheney Administration as "them good ol' boys", maybe the song becomes more meaningful. BTW, I'm not a big fan of the song, either.

.... I'd have rather seen Garth H., but that's just a matter of personal taste. I thought it was a great concert, but I wish we'd have seen Carlos Santana there!

Well the American Pie idea is a bit of a stretch but there is also the t-shirt sold in New Orleans that says "Drove the Chevy to the levee but the levee was gone." so maybe there was some inside joke against the Bushes. Still I'm surprised Garth didn't have an appropriate song of his own to sing like Springsteen and Stevie Wonder.

Two other people I thought about that could have been there and both are not Bush fans as their music made clear were John Fogerty and Steve Earle. "Fortunate Son" is a bit too political for the event but Fogerty has the blue-collar everyman image that would have worked. Steve Earle isn't that well known but he is a big Woody Guthrie fan. He should have been there with Seeger and Springsteen singing "This Land Is Your Land."

[Ron]

but I thought Bettye Lavette held up her end

I agree. She can sing.

The one that was out of her league was Shakira singing with Stevie Wonder and Usher. I'm not an Usher fan but he can sing. Shakira, not so much.

[sophisticated sissy]

... Fogerty has the blue-collar everyman image that would have worked. Steve Earle isn't that well known but he is a big Woody Guthrie fan. He should have been there with Seeger and Springsteen singing "This Land Is Your Land."

So many songs are open to so many interpretations. That's what's so great about music. :)

They did have John Mellencamp there, though.


I loved the John Williams arrangement of the Shaker song "Simple Gifts" this morning. Yo was rockin', wasn't he?

[rosetree]

I agree. She can sing.

The one that was out of her league was Shakira singing with Stevie Wonder and Usher. I'm not an Usher fan but he can sing. Shakira, not so much.

Shakira sang?????
I guess I was distracted by the leather pants! oink!:D

[Amy Winette]

I loved Garth's performance, but I love Garth. I think he would be a fun fest act. I love all of the songs he sang too, and was especially glad he ended with We Shall Be Free, which has always been a fave of mine :)

[sophisticated sissy]

"like Woodstock" :)

http://www.mellencamp.com/?module=news&news_item_id=339&tag=Home


http://www.hbo.com/weareone/

[djgriff]

Apparently, Aretha's hat has made quite a splash. Maybe she'll wear it to Fest....


http://www.freep.com/article/20090121/NEWS01/90121110/Aretha+Franklin+s+inauguration+hat+becomes+overnig ht+fashion+sensation

[Lit]

Apparently, Aretha's hat has made quite a splash. Maybe she'll wear it to Fest....


http://www.freep.com/article/20090121/NEWS01/90121110/Aretha+Franklin+s+inauguration+hat+becomes+overnig ht+fashion+sensation

Jon Stewart quipped that she stole a bow off a new Lexus.

[NeenAtlanta]

Apparently, Aretha's hat has made quite a splash. Maybe she'll wear it to Fest....


http://www.freep.com/article/20090121/NEWS01/90121110/Aretha+Franklin+s+inauguration+hat+becomes+overnig ht+fashion+sensation

I just loved it. A true classic "Southern Church Lady" hat. The art of outrageous millenery is alive and well on Sunday mornings here in the south.