Back on 20 January, Barack Obama sang a line or two from Al Green's Let's Stay Together. On 21 February, Barack Obama sang a few bars of Robert Johnson's Sweet Home Chicago.
Ladies and gentlemen, meet the singing president. It may have taken four years for the big man to build up the courage to grab the mic, but now he's started, it looks like he's on a roll.
"Come on, baby don't you want to go," he crooned - twice - before singing out "Sweet Home Chicago" at the end.
It all came about thanks to a special White House blues night, with special guests including the legendary BB King and Mick Jagger, coming together to form the 'White House Blues All-Stars'.
But whatever you think about Obama's vocals, there's no denying it's an appropriate song choice, with the one-time Illinois senator filling each word with bucketloads of feeling.
Needless to say, it's not the first time Obama has done something really rather cool for no particular reason. Below the slideshow of photos from his blues shindig, check out our video collection of his best moments - kicking off, of course, with his Al Green 'cover' from last month.
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Back on 20 January, Barack Obama sang a line or two from Al Green's Let's Stay Together. On 21 February, Barack Obama sang a few bars of Robert Johnson's Sweet Home Chicago.
Ladies and gentlemen, ...
Back on 20 January, Barack Obama sang a line or two from Al Green's Let's Stay Together. On 21 February, Barack Obama sang a few bars of Robert Johnson's Sweet Home Chicago.
Ladies and gentlemen, ...
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What a complete waste of space. Constantly attempting to raise his celebrity status. I suppose it goes down well with the brain-dead. Why not try policy formulation and implementation. I suppose a politician who enters office on a racist vote because of the color of his skin rather than his political and intellectual capabilities is bound to be found wanting where it matters. He won't receive my vote!
gp45k: What a complete waste of space. Constantly attempting to raise
Who cares about your useless vote. Can you see how laughable you sound to suggest that Obama was elected president for his skin. How many people of his skin colour are in America? I guess you are and your friends are so jealous that a decent and smart guy like this doesnt have the same skin colour like you and has done 100 times better in three years than your brother the last president.
rawulom: Who cares about your useless vote. Can you see how
One can only imagine the giant, collective wedgie that will be troubling the opponents of this President every day he is in office. Suck it up guys (no pun intended), it's gonna be 4 more years.
BeFairNow: One can only imagine the giant, collective wedgie that will
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Huffington Post UK Alastair Plumb First Posted: 22/02/2012 10:06 Updated: 22/02/2012 11:44