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An all-star group of musicians will show their support for Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore with a major fund-raising concert on September 14. The event will take place at New York's Radio City Music Hall and feature performances by Jimmy Buffett, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Don Henley, Macy Gray, Lenny Kravitz , Bette Midler, Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora and Sheryl Crow.
The show, which will raise money for the Democratic National Committee's campaign to elect Gore, is being put together by Miramax co-chairman Harvey Weinstein, VH1 president John Sykes and Rolling Stone editor and publisher Jann S. Wenner.
JENNY ELISCU (August 15, 2000)
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"I just like participating in democracy," says Buffett, a longtime crusader for the Democrats. "That might sound corny to people, but I think I'm lucky to be included in things that might make people's lives better."
"We've become the people our parents warned us about!" That quip by veteran singer Jimmy Buffet underscored the zeitgeist at Thursday night's major Democratic fundraiser at New York's Radio City Music Hall. Vice President Al Gore and running-mate Joe Lieberman, with respective spouses and Hillary Clinton for good (and local) measure were the front-row guests of honor through a three-hour concert which raised a very impressive $6.5 million for the DNC.
When the artist roster first reached back into the 1970's it yielded the laid-back Buffet who revealed the "play one or two of your hits" strategy requested by the benefit organizers. "Fortunately, I've only had two hits..." he quipped. He also scored by incorporating impressions of George Bush stumbling over the word de jour "subliminal."
Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Gore
by Martin Lewis (First published September 15, 2000)
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