Obama sings the blues at White House concert

At a White House concert Tuesday night celebrating the blues, President Obama took to the mic again, belting out a few lines of the blues anthem "Sweet Home Chicago" at the urging of performing legends B.B. King and Buddy Guy.

"I heard you sing an Al Green. So, you've started something. You've got to keep it up now," said Guy, a famed Chicago singer, grinning.

"You can do it," he added.

Mr. Obama laughed and shook his head, before accepting the mic from Mick Jagger to sing a few lines of the blues standard. He then passed the microphone to King, who briefly joined him for a duet.

The president first unveiled his talents as a singer at a Harlem fundraiser last month, when he delivered an impromptu performance of a few lines of Al Green's "Let's Stay Together."

Since then, he has vowed not to sing again - "I don't want to lose any further votes because of my singing voice," he quipped at a fundraiser this month - but on Tuesday, he appeared to have no choice.

The concert will air as part of PBS' "In Performance at the White House Series" next week.

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Blues at the White House

[sirmarion-2009]

He will be singing all the way back to Chi-town next January. His gasoline prices have and are ruining the middle and lower class.Funny how the lame stream media blamed Bush for gas prices but still want ot give Obama a free pass.

[inmom63]

Mr. President...keep your day job!

[bilrobi1]

I hope so.

[Zann-Zel]

LOL! Yes Please Mr. President - do keep your day job - for Four more years! : )

OBAMA 2012

[jcnbma]

AWESOME. Quite a contrast from the doomsday RepubliKKKons.

[dzaffina]

i see the racists are all over this one.

[bobnjersey]

["I don't want to lose any further votes because of my singing voice," he quipped at a fundraiser this month]
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he's pretty good for someone who doesn't claim to be a singer.

no doubt he's a better singer than all the authoritarian followers on these threads that would criticize him even if he cured cancer.

i wonder how good he is at ducking from shoes being thrown at him?

[nonpolitico]

I just wanna enter something relevent to highlight what America`s Great Leader has done since 2008.
It is a quote from a 19th Century reformer.
We have made many mistakes with our alms, eaten out the heart of the independent, bolstered up the drunkard in his indulgence, subsidised wages, discouraged thrift, assumed that many of the most ordinary wants of a working man`s family must be met by our wretched and intermittent doles.
Also, a recipe for recovery:
Encourage the wealthy philanthropist to buy and donate homes for the really poor and in need.
Ensure that anyone investing in the country of good works is guaranteed a 5 percent return on their capital.
Tenants to pay their way, no indiscriminate charity on estates.
No rights without responsibilities.
Octavia Hill (Philanthropist)

If someone took that theme up perhaps the USA could put these years of Socialism behind it!

[bobnjersey]

[If someone took that theme up perhaps the USA could put these years of Socialism behind it!]
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so ... we should be applying 19th century policies ... and that's better than your imaginary socialist delusions?

[tcaldie]

Reminds me of Nero playing the fiddle while Rome burned.

[bilrobi1]

This Rome isn't burning. The truth is that things are getting better and this is all you bigots have to hang onto.

[sirmarion-2009]

bilrob,..does not have a car and gets food stamps delivered so what does he care?

[Zann-Zel]

: ) OBAMA 2012

[Zann-Zel]

Can you sing as well as Obama? ; )

[Zann-Zel]

Oh and Good Mornin Ranger! : )