Grateful Dead: Live in the Oval Office

[Top Cat]

by Mark Silva

We haven't seen any Jerry Garcia ties on President Barack Obama lately, but the Washington Post's "Sleuth'' has a great off-the-schedule sighting:

"The surviving (and formerly feuding) members of the Grateful Dead had a secret impromptu meeting Monday evening with the man they credit with reuniting them: President Obama. The president welcomed all the members of The Dead, who are performing tonight at the Verizon Center in Washington, to the Oval Office just before dinner last night.

"Apparently the band was quite taken with how tidy the president keeps his desk. And how down-to-earth he seemed, according a source who was there. "The president was so gracious. Really, really nice and so welcoming. It hit you: you're in the Oval Office, but it was so normal," the source told the Sleuth.

The visitors: The four surviving members of the Dead - Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann - plus keyboardist Jeff Chimenti (from Weir's Ratdog) and Warren Haynes, joining the Dead on their Spring tour as lead vocalist and guitarist -- the late Garcia's old job.

http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2009/04/grateful_dead_live_in_the_oval.html








http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMyaTJF_pLg&feature=player_embedded

[Cha]

1. Wow! The sociability

of Obama never ceases to amaze me!

[Top Cat]

3. I'm loving it!

[Patsy Stone]

2. That's so cool...

K&R

[sagetea]

4. Yeahhh,

I likes me some Bobby Weir...and the rest too!!

[Enrique]

5. the Dead were impressed by his tidy desk

Obama's feeling pretty good about himself right now. :thumbsup:

[Blues Heron]

6. Just got back from the show! Awesome!

The boys were jammin!

:hippie: :party: :bounce: :smoke: :evilgrin:

Tipper Gore sat in on drums!

Cool they got to meet with Obama!

wooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bleever]

11. No Way!!

Tipper sat in on drums?

That's way more awesome than when Bill Walton was blocking my view at New Year's.

:thumbsup:

[firedupdem]

7. That is really cool! n/t

[JimGinPA]

8. Check This Out ...

This is what my kid wore to see Obama at a town hall a year & two weeks ago...

[wakeoftheflood]

9. Very Cool

Deadheads for Obama indeed. The Greensboro show Rocked.

[angee_is_mad]

10. Another great post TP

its amazing how you are able to find these little hidden nuggets.

[ShortnFiery]

12. Too cool!

Way back in the early 90s, I was blessed to attend a Jerry Garcia Band Concert.

It was awesome. :-)

[Lochloosa]

13. Thank you Jerry.

[progressoid]

14. Oh this is gonna piss off the RW talking heads.

"Doesn't he have anything better to do?"

I've heard that before. :eyes:

Wonder what Ann Coulter will say. She claims to be a Dead Head.