Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Rickie Lee Jones Helped Alan Grayson Win His Primary Today

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Rickie Lee Jones has been working on her next album in New Orleans. Over the weekend she took some time off to travel to Orlando to help Alan Grayson turn out the vote for today's primary-- which he won with 75% of the vote. At a musical event in downtown Orlando, Grayson introduced her to his supporters and staff by reading the lyrics to one of his favorite songs from The Evening of my Best Day, her 2003 album. The song (below), "Ugly Man" questions what George W. Bush was doing to America and it was not a sentiment most artists were brave enough to express… at least not for another few years.
He's an ugly man
He always was an ugly man
He grew up to be like his father
An ugly man
And he'll tell you lies
He'll look at you and tell you lies
He grew up to be like his father
Ugly inside
Rickie has described herself as "disillusioned with politics," even cynical but this week she explained why Alan Grayson has been turning that feeling around for her.
Congressman Grayson makes me feel hopeful. His enthusiasm and optimism and can-do attitude is exciting for me to be around. I am supporting him and excited that there's somebody like that in politics still.
Grayson, a big music fan, was delighted he could share her music with his supporters in Orlando. "Rickie Lee Jones," he said "has been an inspiration literally to millions of Americans, judging from her album sales alone. She has been influential for decades, not only with her voice, or her lyrics, but also with her insight into what it means to be a human being. She stood up and called out the Bush regime when very few had the courage to do so. I am honored by her support."



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5 Comments:

At 1:27 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Grayson's real effort is still pending. Now that the primary is over, he faces real opposition from the RNC and their Congressional electoral dirty tricks. He faces PAC money seeking to convince the rubes to vote GOP instead through lies and distortions of fact.

We'll see how much good Rickie Lee Jones is willing and able to do for him then.

neoconned
@neoconned

 
At 5:42 AM, Blogger DownWithTyranny said...

Thanks for reminding me! You can contribute directly to Grayson's reelection campaign here. And if anything's left over… let's keep our collective fingers crossed that he uses it to run against Marco Rubio in 2016!

 
At 4:45 AM, Blogger KnaveRupe said...

As if I didn't love Rickie Lee Jones enough already. She's such a brilliant singer / songwriter / musician - and she was one half of what was arguably the coolest power couple in the history of music.

Great to see her on Team Grayson!

 
At 8:47 PM, Blogger Blue Brown said...

Rickie Lee Jones -Thank You So Much wWOWw -I So Appreciate You -Blue!

 
At 8:20 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

so true about the greatest power couple - certainly the most influential couple music ever saw.. their voices, persona are everywhere, osmosis of pop.

 

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