Kanada Kev Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/01/15/barack-obama-selects-the-dead-for-inauguration-ball-it-was-quite-an-honor/ Barack Obama Selects the Dead for Inaugural Ball: “It Was Quite an Honorâ€1/15/09, 5:03 pm EST Just a week after confirming their first tour in five years, the reunited Dead are booked to rock the Mid-Atlantic Inaugural Ball in Washington, D.C. on January 20th. “A DJ will open up — it’s a long, strange trip!,†Mickey Hart jokes to Rolling Stone (the DJ in question is celeb spinner DJ Cassidy). “[barack Obama] picked us specifically,†he adds, “so it was quite an honor. There was a short list and we made the cut.†As for the most important question — can the band jam at the ball? — Hart is dubious: “It’s pretty tight, about an hour set. When you play these kinds of things you say, ‘How can I be of service?’ The entertainment committee makes it so that it fits into their huge schedule.†Another pitfall of political rocking: a background check. “It gave me pause when I had to get a security clearance to play a gig!†Hart says. So did they get past the security scan? “Oh, yeah, we don’t look so bad on paper. It’s not as bad as you might think.†The Dead partially reunited for a Deadheads for Obama gig in spring 2007, and drummer Bill Kreutzmann rejoined the group for a “Change Rocks†Obama fundraiser at Penn State in October. The tour that kicks off April 12th in Greensboro, North Carolina, features founding members Phil Lesh, Bob Weir as well as Hart and Kreutzmann, joined by keyboardist Jeff Chimenti and Allman Brothers Band/Gov’t Mule guitarist Warren Haynes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afro poppa Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 wow obama just keeps getting cooler and cooler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 Barack Obama Selects the Dead for Inaugural Ball... until Obama sees ticket prices... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 Pow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted January 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 Riggle Rocks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakis Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 My friend marianne called me earlier today letting me know she is going to this with her family and the dead were rumoured to play. I have got to call her now and let her know she was right! I wanna go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Barack and roll! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagochips Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Damn. Wish I could be there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Hey Obama, can I be your +1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigger Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 A brand new day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Do you think Bobby will practice for this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phorbesie Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 WOW can't believe it, that is so awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaggyBalls Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Do you think Bobby will practice for this?I bet he'll write a new song for this.And if He doesn't either Phil or Mickey will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.O.B.E Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Do you think Bobby will practice for this?How much for a new teleprompter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAlphaNerd Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 I wonder how much tickets to the ball cost... might be cheaper for a couple to go to this one event than to tour 3 or 4 shows.Definitely more intimate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.O.B.E Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 about a hundred fackin dallars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancingbear Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 odds they play throwin' stones?[color:green]commissars and pin-striped bosses role the diceAny way they fall guess who gets to pay the price.Money green or proletarian gray, selling guns instead of food today.So the kids they dance, they shake their bonesWhile the politicians throwing stonesSinging ashes, ashes all fall down.Heartless powers try to tell us what to thinkIf the spirit's sleeping, then the flesh is ink.History's page, it is thusly carved in stoneThe future's here, we are it, we are on our own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoMack Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Do you think Bobby will practice for this?Do you think Bobby'll get all the fucking damn lyrics right? I'll bet he doesn't even get the songs righ! (j/k - trynig for the youtube erruption) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaggyBalls Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 somebody squirt glue in the guy's moustache so it can just be one crazy JAM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaggyBalls Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 oh crap...they'd probably give Phil the mic. uh oh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 ... you know, I thot Obama looked familiar. Im sure I partied with him in the south lot of soldier field in '93. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigger Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 at least he wasn't selling zoomers as everyone was getting there ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoMack Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 I wonder how much tickets to the ball cost... might be cheaper for a couple to go to this one event than to tour 3 or 4 shows.Definitely more intimate.I heard $500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 there is no possible way to get tickets to an official inaugural ball at this late time, unless you have some serious seriously heavy connections waaaay up there. but good luck. it would be a hell of a party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 So is it going to be televised? We can all watch this highly choreographed spectacle together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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