Posted on 05/10/2008 6:08:35 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Jenna Bush picks 'You Are So Beautiful' for dance with Dad
By JOE EDWARDS, Associated Press Writer 38 minutes ago
Jenna Bush picked "You Are So Beautiful," the ballad made famous by Joe Cocker, for the father-daughter dance with President Bush at her wedding reception Saturday night in Texas, the band leader said.
Tyrone Smith of Nashville and his 10-piece party band, The Tyrone Smith Revue, were hired to play at the reception in Crawford.
The band was asked to do "Lovin' in My Baby's Eyes" by Taj Mahal for the newlyweds' first dance. Smith spoke to The Associated Press on Tuesday about the music plans, on the condition that the reporter honor a request by the Bush family not to release the information before the wedding.
Smith, who also played at one of the 2005 Bush inaugural balls at the Washington Convention Center, normally coaxes his audience members onstage to dance. He planned to make the president a target Saturday night.
"If he's around and the party's going, I'll get him up," Smith said. "I can't imagine him ducking out."
Smith planned to play "Celebration" by Kool & the Gang as the newlyweds arrived at the reception about 7 p.m. CDT in a tent on the 1,600-acre family ranch in Crawford. He said the band would play briefly, then break while the attendees have dinner, then resume and play until around 1 a.m.
"It'll be a 'get down' party," Smith promised.
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My brother-in-law sang that song to my sister at their wedding in 1979. Timeless choice.
What crummy music taste.
Boring 70’s and 80’s music
Classy music is needed at weddings.
Showtunes, crooner music, light classical
So tell me what about my post was incorrect.
I do have to give you props, though, for not calling me names. You’re improving.
You’d almost think they thought this was some sort of sacred ceremony instead of a political moment, huh?
I’m proud of the Bush family and for Jenna and her new mister. I sort of feel like we earned a White House wedding, but she needs her wedding day needs to be hers and not ours.
You know who I think has the best wedding tracks? Stevie Wonder.
Example: Love Light in Flight, Ribbon in the Sky, That Girl.
She showed integrity, imo. Most young brides would crave the attention of a “White House” wedding and all that goes with it. I can't help but believe that reflects her upbringing.
I don't agree with all of President Bush's views. But I, for one, will miss him.
What a truly classless person you are. Sad.
From one of the biggest Bush critics around here on FR....-AiT
I’d pick seventies and eighties music like Joe Cocker over Broadway showtunes for any wedding—and I actually like showtunes! Did you have in mind something like Andrew Lloyd Webber? Rodgers and Hammerstein? Kurt Weill? Stephen Sondheim?
I agree.
think, suri cruise birthday bash, 200K i believe
ABC radio news ran a story of Republicans who traveled to Crawford just to be in town for the event. That seems kooky.
“Did you have in mind something like Andrew Lloyd Webber? Rodgers and Hammerstein? Kurt Weill? Stephen Sondheim?”
Wouldn’t it be easier to take a Valium?
Bet ol GW was crying like a baby when he danced w/his Daughter.
Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters
Get Lost, go find a cat to kick or something. You can’t even appreciate a wedding w/o making it a political soapbox. Very Cindy Shehagish.
Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters
LOL
Great choice, Jenna.
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