Former attorney general rocking the free world

[brianrost]

Who knew? Brad Schimel the former Wisconsin attornet general who just lost the race for a seat on Wisconsin's Supreme Court is a bassist. The Associated Press reported:

Schimel played bass with his classic rock cover band at his election night party both before and after conceding defeat, covering songs by the Allman Brothers, Tom Petty and others.

Here's a link to the full article.

P.S. This is NOT an April Fool's joke.

Addendun:

I once sat in with a blues band led by the lieutenant governor of Vermont and once headlined a show opened by an Irish band fronted by the mayor of Baltimore, MD.

 

[bholder]

how odd.

 

[Minimalist]

how odd.

Why is that odd? Politicians are humans too. No matter their believe.

One thing I love about talkbass is that we can agree to disagree about bass tone, or basses etc. If we can do that about such and important topic we should be abale to do that about something as trivial as politics as well.

 

[BargeOn]

Let him know how many Likes he gets on TalkBass, it may make him feel better.

 

[richntiff]

I hope he takes some of Elon's 28-million-dollar donation and uses it to buy some better gig wear.

 

[JazznFunk]

The ultimate 'Blues Lawyer.' Covering Beck's 'Loser' at that very moment I'm sure.

 

[Joebone]

Don't forget former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee on bass, and Lee Atwater, advisor to Reagan and GHW Bush, on guitar.

 

[dbflats]

I try hard to forget that Huckabee owns a bass.

 

[Five or Six]

Well, Clinton plays sax. I said "sax".

 

[Zooberwerx]

…and I see a back-up in the stand.

Riis

 

[MultiScaleMale]

The acoustics in that room must have been fun.

 

[KenD]

Interesting. I would have guessed him to be a kazoo player.

 

[Timmah]

1. In before the lock
2. What amp is he using tho

 

[JRA]

i think lester holt can actually play, IIRC. huckabee is a hack. not sure about our wisconsin loser.

 

[matthewbrown]

His band mates seem to have gotten the memo about how to dress for the gig.

 

[el murdoque]

No idea who that is or what he does, but the job description sounded important. Frugal bass choice, then.

All I can contribute is that Schimel in German means mold.

 

[KenSmithFan]

When one door closes …

 

[RichardW]

IIRC, Andrew Card, who worked in both Bush administrations, also plays the bass.

The convo about Mike Huckabee reminds me of a funny clip I saw of him after he left office. He had a tv show that in one episode, incredibly, included members of Yes, and he introduced "Chris Mcguire"

 

[higain617]

His guitarist doesn't know whether to be George Lynch or a member of The Marshall Tucker Band.

 

[kesslari]

Too easily devolved into politics. Sorry folks.