MAKING OF THE BAND
Playing in the Band
So maybe they can’t legislate together, but five bipartisan lawmakers sure can rock and roll.
They’re going to prove it tonight when their newly formed eclectic band performs for the first time ever at the hip waterfront dive, Cantina Marina.
The lead singer of the band is a Democrat, albeit a conservative one: Rep. Collin Peterson of Minnesota. The rest of the members of Collin Peterson and the Second Amendments, all of them House Members, are Republicans: Jon Porter of Nevada on keyboards; Floridian Dave Weldon on bass; Kenny Hulshof of Missouri on drums and backup vocals; and Michigander Thaddeus McCotter on lead guitar.
The Second Amendments are a reincarnation of a band Peterson put together in 1995 called The Amendments. The short-lived band broke up after gigs turned politically partisan. GOP members of The Amendments, which included former Reps. Joe Scarborough (Fla.), Martin Hoke (Ohio) and Scott Klug (Wis.), decided to play at a big Republican National Committee fundraiser and then at the Republican National Convention in San Diego. Peterson couldn’t play those gigs with them and, he said, "the band fell apart." (Apparently it was just like an episode of VH1’s "Behind the Music.")
This time around, Peterson said, the Second Amendments have a new rule: "We’re not playing for any partisan deals." They should be on safe political ground at "the Cantina," as its known, a harbor for bipartisan boozing and dancing.
So far, there have been no political brawls during band practice. They’ve been practicing pretty diligently in Peterson’s bodacious office, anticipating gigs like tonight’s. And Peterson, who has been playing music for nearly as long as he can remember, 30 of them professionally, is geared up for their debut.
Hinging on classic rock ‘n roll and country and Western, the band plans to cover party favorites such as "Twist and Shout," "Sweet Little Sixteen" by Chuck Berry, Bachman-Turner Overdrive’s "Taking Care of Business," as well as softer tunes like Eric Clapton’s "Wonderful Tonight."
The new keyboardist is psyched. “I just want to make sure everybody has a good time. We’re on a mission!” Porter told HOH.
Groupies, get ready. Next month, the Second Amendments are playing at WE Fest, the huge
country and western festival in Detroit Lakes, Minn., slotted between Sawyer Brown and Sara Evans. Source: Roll Call, July 28, 2005
So maybe they can’t legislate together, but five bipartisan lawmakers sure can rock and roll.
They’re going to prove it tonight when their newly formed eclectic band performs for the first time ever at the hip waterfront dive, Cantina Marina.
The lead singer of the band is a Democrat, albeit a conservative one: Rep. Collin Peterson of Minnesota. The rest of the members of Collin Peterson and the Second Amendments, all of them House Members, are Republicans: Jon Porter of Nevada on keyboards; Floridian Dave Weldon on bass; Kenny Hulshof of Missouri on drums and backup vocals; and Michigander Thaddeus McCotter on lead guitar.
The Second Amendments are a reincarnation of a band Peterson put together in 1995 called The Amendments. The short-lived band broke up after gigs turned politically partisan. GOP members of The Amendments, which included former Reps. Joe Scarborough (Fla.), Martin Hoke (Ohio) and Scott Klug (Wis.), decided to play at a big Republican National Committee fundraiser and then at the Republican National Convention in San Diego. Peterson couldn’t play those gigs with them and, he said, "the band fell apart." (Apparently it was just like an episode of VH1’s "Behind the Music.")
This time around, Peterson said, the Second Amendments have a new rule: "We’re not playing for any partisan deals." They should be on safe political ground at "the Cantina," as its known, a harbor for bipartisan boozing and dancing.
So far, there have been no political brawls during band practice. They’ve been practicing pretty diligently in Peterson’s bodacious office, anticipating gigs like tonight’s. And Peterson, who has been playing music for nearly as long as he can remember, 30 of them professionally, is geared up for their debut.
Hinging on classic rock ‘n roll and country and Western, the band plans to cover party favorites such as "Twist and Shout," "Sweet Little Sixteen" by Chuck Berry, Bachman-Turner Overdrive’s "Taking Care of Business," as well as softer tunes like Eric Clapton’s "Wonderful Tonight."
The new keyboardist is psyched. “I just want to make sure everybody has a good time. We’re on a mission!” Porter told HOH.
Groupies, get ready. Next month, the Second Amendments are playing at WE Fest, the huge
country and western festival in Detroit Lakes, Minn., slotted between Sawyer Brown and Sara Evans. Source: Roll Call, July 28, 2005
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