That’s all, really. I was just wondereing if the new President of the United States plays a musical instrument. Is anyone in his immediate family a musician? I don’t recall seeing anything about this pressing issue.
Not that I can discover. If he does it may be a well kept secret.
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From reading his biography, I can’t remember if he played an instrument. But he has a very diverse taste in music, as I recall he is quite familiar with Jazz and jazz history, Billie Holiday seemed to come up quite a bit i think.
I’m pretty sure he never mentioned playing an instrument in either of his books.
This is interesting, as a slight hijack. It’s a list of political figures who play or played a musical instrument. There is some representation by US presidents. Nixon played the accordian, apparently.
http://musiced.about.com/od/famousmusicians1/a/famouspeople.htm
[Cartman from South Park] Well, he’s black, therefore he can play the bass perfectly. [/Cartman from South Park]
Sorry, I have to post the whole thing…
Cartman: Okay, now Token give me a smooth bassline.
Token: But I don’t know how to play bass.
Cartman: (exasperated sigh) Token how many times have we been through this, you’re black, you can play bass guitar.
Token: Dammit Cartman I’m getting sick of your stereotypes!
Cartman: You can get as sick as you want just give me a smooth bassline!
Token: (Starts playing smooth baseline) Dammit.
Joe
That list also says Clinton was impeached in 1998. I’m not sure I trust it.
Are you sure it wasn’t a fiddle?
Clinton was impeached in 1998, just not convicted. Not that that has any bearing on the veracity of the list…
It doesn’t mention that Clinton apparently plays guitar, too. How well, I don’t know. He was presented with a Taylor at some point, and Taylor’s “recording artists” page of Taylor owners lists him under notable “civilians”:
http://www.taylorguitars.com/artists/awp/recording.html
Apart from the accordian, that list does note that Nixon played the piano. By most accounts he was a fairly good pianist.
Chester A Arthur playing the banjo, and Ghandi playing the concertina, though …
Nero is believed to have played bagpipes, BTW.
I was under the assumption that he MUST be a good dancer though…
:rolleyes:
Maybe Barack plays his wife’s squeezebox?
that has got to be the worst song in history.
I’m so being whooshed, right?
Clinton was impeached in 1998.
Dammit, you stole my post!
And before they met, he played the skinflute.
Barack Obama does play the flute.
He’s the Pied Piper of Socialism, leading us in a dazed rodent procession straight into the river of Entitlement, where we and our descendants will drown in a flood of red ink, ensuring the destruction of Western Society for all those who haven’t boarded the ark of Responsible Obstructionism.
Hope that helps.
Asked and answered.