Didn’t see it but it appears to me that The King and Queen are trying to prove they can fit in with us rednecks.
This is from a butt lickin blogger on some CM site, it is accurate (barf).
I have a list a country mile wide of things I never thought I’d see in my lifetime: A black president. Said president quoting Garth Brooks and Dierks Bentley. Steel guitar and banjo in the White House. A first lady in an outfit I wish was mine. But last night (July 21), the stars aligned and all those things happened, right under the ever-watchful eyes of the George Washington painting on the wall.
If you didn’t see it, let me try to paint you a picture. Probably about a hundred lucky, lucky guests sitting around little cocktail tables. Sasha and Malia Obama sitting with their parents. Crystal chandeliers giving the room some much-needed bling. Votive candles on the fireplace mantel. And President Obama going on and on about how important country music is, how he appreciates the broad and indelible impact country has had and how the music captures our restlessness and resilience. I knew I liked him. He even quoted Dierks Bentley’s observation that country music is the best shrink $15 can buy.
Alison Krauss & Union Station played first, charming the audience with a dry quiet sense of humor and flawlessly acoustic music. Then came Charley Pride, who grabbed his guitar and said, “I don’t pick too well but I can strum.” when it came time to play his big hit “Kiss an Angel Good Morning.”
When it was Brad Paisley’s turn ... wow. Just wow. He had on his white cowboy hat, but other than that was dressed in all black. Very Johnny Cash of him. And just as I suspected, his performance was half sincere country music and half laughfest. He joked about buying the White House drapes to bring with him to his next show and joked about waiting in line to play Pac-Man at Kroger when he was a kid, but then he got dead serious about the stories in his songs.
The cameras kept stealing glimpses of President Obama whispering to his wife. I couldn’t hear, but I’m pretty sure he was saying, “I love this. Let’s have every night be country music night.” Eddie Stubbs, the DJ from Nashville’s WSM-AM and host for the night, said it best, though, when he looked at Obama and said, “It only took you six months to get country music to the White House. God bless you, sir.”