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The Stream 1/19/09

Posted at 7:54 AM on January 19, 2009 by Steve Seel (1 Comments)

The Washington Post's and the New York Times' photo slideshows on yesterday's pre-innauguration party at the Lincoln Memorial feature some pretty awesome shots of some of the musical performances.

Boy George gets 15 monts in jail; late-night comedy writers around the world recognize the event as a gift from heaven.

The Edge, Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois have some wine and burst into song.

This Day in Music History:

2006, Wilson Pickett died of at age 64.
1998, Carl Perkins died aged 64.
1993, Fleetwood Mac re-formed to perform at Bill Clinton's inauguration.
1980, 'Brass In Pocket' gave The Pretenders their first UK No.1 single.
1967, The Monkees were at #1 on the UK singles chart for "I'm A Believer"
1967, The Beatles began recording 'A Day in the Life' at Abbey Road studio's London, recording four takes of the new song.
1951, Dewey Bunell, (America) was born.
1949, Robert Palmer was born.
1946, Dolly Parton was born.
1943, Janis Joplin was born.


Comments (1)

I was so pleased to see Pete Seeger there. If anyone deserved to be there it was him. Too bad they didn't see fit to have Mavis Staples perform. at least not that I know of.

Posted by frick | January 19, 2009 11:12 AM

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