Now if Eddie Vedder had shown up that would have been something. The Stranger wrote about this show too on their blog. Sounds like Obama was the biggest rockstar there.

There's a long sum-up of the music part of the evening over at Lineout.

Sounds like a big snore to me, but I'm not totally surprised. One the one hand, not all left-leaning musicians are necessarily Obama supporters, and on the other hand, the campaign would have to be careful about picking musicians that aren't super-crazy left-wingers who sing about drugs and the WTO and stuff.

Yeah, I read that post, and I second the nomination for Blue Scholars to play an event like that. Would have been a way better show, and they're certainly politically charged, yet with a sense of optimism.

Next time I hope Obama calls us up for some input.

With the organizational mess that political campaigns are, "secret artists" usually means "we don't know who the hell is playing yet"

The event came about some what last minute; I think I got the email about it maybe a week in advance, which may be why they weren't able to book a more Liz friendly line up. The Obama campaign is just beginning to "officially" reach Washington state with a couple of Obama for America events over the weekend leading up to Tuesday's appearance. That being said, there is a lot of grass roots work being done and I'm more than happy to connect those interested to the Seattle area volunteer coordinator.

Ooh, I have no idea you were involved with the Obama campaign, Tim -- that's very cool. I was being flippant about consulting with TIG to recommend bands, but maybe one day it could actually like, happen!