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Split off from the ‘If’ thread for better readability of that thread. I left this in Politics so it would be easier to find. Spoiler alert: the band is called Sixwire / DS

In his past campaign I was oftentimes critical of the music choices of the Trump campaign. The music I've heard tonight has been superb!

yankees60 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 16, 2024 6:44 pm In his past campaign I was oftentimes critical of the music choices of the Trump campaign. The music I've heard tonight has been superb!

Are you talking about music at the RNC?
Yesterday I heard some Doobie Brothers (Takin’ it to the Streets), a couple familiar songs that I can’t recall, and an extended Reelin’ in the Years (Steely Dan).

dualstow wrote: ↑Tue Jul 16, 2024 7:23 pm

yankees60 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 16, 2024 6:44 pm In his past campaign I was oftentimes critical of the music choices of the Trump campaign. The music I've heard tonight has been superb!

Are you talking about music at the RNC?
Yesterday I heard some Doobie Brothers (Takin’ it to the Streets), a couple familiar songs that I can’t recall, and an extended Reelin’ in the Years (Steely Dan).

Yes. Did not hear anything last night. My comments were from tonight before the All Star game started.

The excellent music has continued you.

Right now they are playing Back in the USA. I have never heard this version but it is superb. I need to find out who did it.

This convention needed to make available their play list!

The song has always been a favorite of mine.

My favorite all-time version of it is this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyBIfgj2jrY

It also has my all-time favorite guitar solo (by Rick Derringer).


I'm still looking all over the internet and YouTube and cannot find the version of it that I just heard at the Republican Convention.

I don't think it was this MC5 version which somehow I'm not hearing ever until now and which is an excellent version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYgy0XrYaaw

An Albert Lee version which again I'm hearing the first time and not it. Another good version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6c2Ws5BrLg

My Twangy Guitar? Look at the guitar he is playing!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Fy6PRdABlc

The original MC5 version which I have heard since it first came out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bg2jOO0Czw

Not this Jonathan Richman version which I'd also never heard and which is the weakest of all the versions here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL2Vd0R6M0I

Not this version by the New York Dolls, again whose version that I'd not heard until now. Great version. I did see them twice live.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=060jrUfF1hI

NOT this bluegrass / country style, though a good different version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEvWPXHBOV8

A Rick Derringer version I'd also never heard. Love it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_6vAUr2Yio

Ronny and The Daytona's? Not this one, either. Though listenable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCSlPnb8DaM

Not The Lovesick Duo though they do a good job with a lot of sound from only two people.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo9fd1m2d6E

A great version by 38 Special, who again I don't think I'd ever heard previously. Also, saw them live a few times.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-6J4bZiAG0

A Springsteen version! Again, don't think I'd ever heard it. Of course, it's excellent. He's one I never saw live.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdkBmwuqwpY

Who is right now performing Hold On, I'm Comin'?

Is there a live band on stage?

Have never heard this version of it.

An excellent band, whoever is doing it.

I just now do see that they do have a live band playing there. Need to find out the band's name! They are quite good.

This is them! If you read the article you will see why they sound so good.

https://parade.com/entertainment/who-is ... n-band-rnc

C-Span which just has what is going on - no commentary - has had only had them on for the last 10-15 minutes. Computer speakers have been turned up.

Now to track them down on YouTube!

I'm guessing that they are getting paid no less than $100,000 for these four nights.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment ... ngNewsSerp

RNC band steals the show. See which songs they played in Milwaukee, including Clinton's 1992 campaign song


What did Sixwire play on Day 1 of the 2024 RNC?
Here's a look at some of the songs that Sixwire played during Day 1 of the RNC:

Cheap Trick, "I Want You to Want Me"
John Mellencamp, "R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A."
38 Special, "Caught Up In You"
Rascal Flatts, "Life Is A Highway"
The Foo Fighters, "Learn To Fly"
Grand Funk Railroad, "We're an American Band"
Journey, "Don't Stop Believin'"
Better Than Ezra, "Good"
The Romantics, "What I Like About You"
Stevie Wonder, "Signed Sealed Delivered"
Earth, Wind & Fire, "September"
The Young Rascals, "Good Lovin'"
Badfinger "No Matter What"
Lee Greenwood, "God Bless the U.S.A."
U2, "Where the Streets Have No Name"
Kool & The Gang, "Celebration"
The Doobie Brothers, "Takin' It to the Streets"
REO Speedwagon, "Roll With The Changes"
Little Feat, "Let It Roll"
Steely Dan, "Reelin' In The Years"
Robert Palmer, "Bad Case of Loving You"
Fleetwood Mac, "Go Your Own Way"
The Rascals, "People Got to Be Free"
Uncle Kracker, "Drift Away"
The Allman Brothers Band, "Midnight Rider"
Huey Lewis & The News, "The Heart of Rock and Roll"
Merle Haggard, "America First"

What did Sixwire play on Day 2 of the RNC?
John Walsh, “Life’s Been Good”
Dwight Yoakam, “Fast as You”
Rock interlude of “God Bless the USA”
The Beatles, “All My Loving”
The Beatles, “I Want To Hold Your Hand”
Smash Mouth, “All Star”
The McCoy’s, “Hang on Sloopy”
The Romantics, “What I Like About You”

What has Sixwire played so far on Day 3?
The Rascals, “Got to be free”
Santana, “Oye como va”
Tom Petty, "I Won't Back Down"
REO Speedwagon, "Roll With the Changes "
Fleetwood Mac, "Don't Stop"
Chuck Berry, "Back in the U.S.A."
Clinton's 1992 campaig

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05zDAdm6RZQ

Quite good about the Sixwire Band plus a perspective on some other music related to past presidential conventions.

So far this is the only current video I've been able to locate of them doing covers.

It's a medley which demonstrates all the excellent vocalists they have in the band. And, their musicianship.

https://vimeo.com/885958630