The two-hour show featured blues artists including B.B. King, Jeff Beck, Buddy Guy and Mick Jagger. The finale was "Sweet Home Chicago," which, at the urging of Buddy Guy, featured President Obama joining in at the end.
Even though sports fans are focused on the NFL playoffs and the Super Bowl in a couple of weeks, the World Champion St. Louis Cardinals were at the White House yesterday meeting with President and Mrs. Obama.
Lauren Alaina performed at the White House on Monday and chose two country classics to perform. First, Alaina did a great rendition of Loretta Lynn's classic, "Coal Miner's Daughter" and then she was joined on stage by Dierks Bentley and they did "Always On My Mind" together, which was made famous by Elvis and Willie Nelson. In fact, Nelson's version was the CMA Single of the Y
After years of speculation, President Barack Obama silenced critics today by releasing the long form version of his birth certificate from the state of Hawaii.
The birth certificate was posted on the White House's official website, with a statement from White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer.