Posted on 07/13/2014 5:11:32 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
Yesterday, Secretary of State John Kerry showcased his guitar-playing skills when he hosted a lunchtime jam session during talks with officials in Beijing, China.
In the Wall Street Journal news item about the performance, which was posted last night, reporter Sarah Larimer reached out to two guitar "experts," asking them to comment on Kerry's skills.
(Excerpt) Read more at guitarworld.com ...
Beat me to it.
This is stooped! My best friend plays in China frequently, His concerts are always sold out!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Zaza
I remember how good he was on harpsichord when he was on the Addams Family.
Crap. Now I’ll have to burn all my guitars and assorted accessories now that I know the world famous kite surfer is also an unaccomplished muscian. In addition to being a VN hero with a purple heart. No, a REAL purple heart bordering on black.
Singing a folk song about his exploits in Cambodia on Christmas Eve with the CIA and his love for Hanoi Jane.
Didn’t Kerry have some of the rice grains bronzed and made into a locket?
The only thing Kerry is playing is the fiddle while Rome burns!
Don’t forget he can do CPR on a hamster!
Kerry on, my wayward sonofagun
"And then he claimed, no, he doesn't know Freebird."
Pathetic. Taking advantage of people brought up to be polite.
Muslims who are considered extremist by the Taliban are tearing through Iraq taking heads, Russia is pointing its ‘boom-stick’ at the Ukraine, Guatemala and Honduras, we are told, are so dangerous for children and other things that our federal Border Patrol agents are now nannies, Israel and every Arab in the world are fixin’ fer nyoocular combat, toe-toe-toe, the president is either playing pool/golf/’mens club’, drinking beer or busy begging for money-—but folks, we’ve got a real treat for you tonight! The Secretary of State, of the United States of America, with his particular musical stylings, to wit, “The House Of The Rising Son”.
Michael row the boat ashore.....
"John Kerry, electric bass, is a resident of Oslo, Norway, and the producer of a pulsating rhythm that lends tremendous force to all his numbers." - From the liner notes to the Electras' album.
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