Which candidate would win a karaoke contest?

Since I am the foremost authority on karaoke in the Milwaukee area, people are always asking me karaoke-related questions. "What is the longest karaoke song?" "Why isn't it spelled kareoke?" "What is my favorite brand of underarm deodorant?"

Ok. So I lied about the deodorant question. Nobody ever asked me that. And come to think of it, no one has asked me the other two questions. But they might have. They just never got around to it.

And ok, so, no one hardly ever asks me a karaoke question. I can deal with that. I'm a big boy.

Well. This one guy at worked asked me this morning, "Hey John. How ya doing?" Naturally, I understood him to mean "John, could you please give me a list of all the songs that were performed a your last gig at Bootleggers?" I mean, I could tell that was what he wanted to know. Too bad he had to run off to a meeting before I could finish reciting the list. I'll catch up with him again tomorrow.

Alright, so I am not inundated with karaoke questions. I am still the foremost karaoke authority in Milwaukee, right?

Anyway.

Here is the top karaoke-related question that nobody has been pounding down my door to get an answer to: "If Obama and McCain were to enter a karaoke contest, which one would win?"

I gave this question all the serious thought that it deserved. I googled "John McCain" karaoke, and "Barack Obama" karaoke. Obama got 967,000 hits, to McCain's 618,000. Hmmm... Obama gets the clear lead in the polls.

But how about the real contest, the one that counts?

I would invite you to listen to McCain's version of a Beach Boys hit.
And here is Obama singing "Yes we can".

I guess we will have to wait until the votes get tallied to see who wins this karaoke contest.

Pics from Bootleggers

Here are some pictures that I have taken at my last three gigs at Bootleggers....















Come join me at Bootleggers every Monday night!

The hippie party

Dig the groovy threads on that Jeannie chick. She's the one that got this scene happenin'.


Naturally, Elvis was invited. After all, what's a 60's and 70's party without the king?!?


Willie Nelson stopped by, and so did one of the Beach Boys, and some guy who was with Styx?


The gals sang and the guys tried to compete.



We were honored to hear Alyson sing. She was one of 25 finalists for Nashville Idol!



And by the way, her aunt Jeannie can belt out a ballad, too!



Until, later, here are the Gypsy Songstress and John the Revelator, hoping that all your 60's and 70's parties are as successful as this one was!