Cognitive Dissonance: The soul and blues inaugural concert for George H.W. Bush in 1989
They just showed it on PBS. It has been in legal limbo and unseen for many years. It is really great..
Lee Atwater, slimebucket of the universe, and fan of the blues organized it. He is the guy who brought about the racist Willie Horton campaign against Michael Dukakis.
This is the edited version of the concert, which doesn't have Lee performing on guitar.
But some of my blues and soul heroes perform in outstanding fashion. Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimmy Vaughan, and Albert Collins play a great jam together, and several songs. Stevie and Albert would both die in a few years. Stevie was on fire, and the highlight of the show. Sam Moore was in fine form on "Soul Man", Eddie Floyd did a great "Knock on Wood", Billy Preston did a great duet with Carla Thomas on "When Something is Wrong with My Baby", Percy Sledge sang his immortal "When a Man Loves a Woman", etc. Willie Dixon, writer of many blues classics, also performed.
I remember being appalled at the time that all these people would appear at a Republican inaugural. In a way, I still am.