Ozzy Osbourne, The Roots, Cat Stevens: the music at the Rally to Restore Sanity
Last week, The Roots, Jeff Tweedy and Sheryl Crow were announced as performers at Stephen Colbert and John Stewart's Rally for Sanity and/or Fear.
Turns out other major headliners joined them Saturday at the Washington Mall.
It was a day of music, politics and merchandise.
John Legend performed one the songs from "Wake Up!" his album of protest song covers with The Roots.
And Cat Stevens started to play his song "Peace Train," before being joined on stage by Ozzy Osbourne who sang his own "Crazy Train." Eventually, The O'Jays went on stage too to perform their own "Love Train." Musical puns! (Osbourne, by the way, performs at 1st Mariner Nov. 29.)
Kid Rock also performed a new ballad with Sheryl Crow, and was joined by future jailbird T.I. on video.
Below, video of Tony Bennett and the Ozzy Osbourne-Cat Stevens-O'Jays mashup. C-Span still has the entire 3-hour show online.
And Tony Bennett performs "America the Beautiful:"
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The Sun had a report and video of the rally. Photo: The Roots, Win McNamee/Getty Images
Erik Maza is a features reporter at the Baltimore Sun. He writes for several sections of the Sun paper and contributes weekly columns on music and nightlife. He also writes and edits the Midnight Sun blog. He often covers entertainment, business, and the business of entertainment. Occasionally, he writes about Four Loko, The Block, the liquor board, and those who practice "
Comments
I'm all about this, but...... WTF! This is a Baltimore late nite blog. If i wanted to read about politics, i'd read huffington post, fox, msnbc. stop it maza.
Posted by: Rusty Gillespie | November 2, 2010 12:15 AM