John Hall and other Congressional rockers; H&O give Day campaign theme song?
December 19th, 2007 1:56 am by DJ DOver at Bluestem you can see video of Rep. John Hall, D-New York, speaking at a gig in Mankato this past weekend. Hall gave great insight into his work with Rep. Tim Walz on the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee.
Unfortunately however, the video lacks any footage of Hall, a founding member of the 1970s band Orleans, performing any music.
Thanks be it to me, at least, you will all not have leave to the blogosphere empty handed today without your fix of members of Congress performing on stage.
Going way back to 1988, here’s Minnesota Rep. Collin Peterson, who chairs the House Agriculture Committee, rockin’ out on stage. (Yes, WordPress is being stupid with embedding, so linking it is)
This was certainly nominated at the MTV Awards back then, right?
Peterson went on to stardom as the front-man for the Second Amendments.Just to clear up any residual confusion that may be present, John Hall was NOT a member of Hall & Oates, which is the most successful duo in the history of recorded music.
That duo was comprised of Daryl Hall and John Oates.
Speaking of H&O, almost two months ago I suggested that the duo’s tune “Adult Education” may be applied to Congressional candidate Randy Demmer.
Yesterday, I thought sufficient evidence was present to declare one of Demmer’s opponents for the GOP nomination to take on Tim Walz next year, Dick Day, out of touch.
Perhaps this Hall & Oates hit can be used by Day’s campaign as a theme song.