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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.

JENNY ELISCU (August 15, 2000)
Al Gore's Rock & Roll Fund-Raiser Kravitz, Crow, Henley and more to play concert for Gore
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/5924462



Wall-to-wall celebrities at the Democratic National Committee fund-raiser at Radio City Music Hall included Matt Damon, Salma Hayek, Julia Roberts, Michael Douglas, and Harrison Ford, who helped raise $6.5 million for the Democratic cause. Maybe it was her legal activist role in Erin Brockovich, but Roberts confessed, “I’m a Democrat, [but] I’ve never done anything political before” Performers included Sheryl Crow, Lenny Kravitz, and Jon Bon Jovi — who harmonized on The Beatles’ “Revolution” — and Bette “Bathhouse”Midler. The hosts of the event were Miramax’s Harvey Weinstein, VH1’s John Sykes, and Rolling Stone’s Jann Wenner. Introducing Lieberman, Weinstein acknowledged that the vice-presidential candidate “isn’t making my job any easier”but called him “a strong but fair critic of the entertainment industry.” He added, “I’m proud that we were the first to respond this week,”referring to the Sept. 12 statement by Miramax’s parent, the Walt Disney Co., which spelled out “responsible marketing practices”that the company would undertake in order to answer specific criticisms of a recent Federal Trade Commission report. (Mr. Showbiz is also owned by the Walt Disney Co.)

Stars Turn Out for Gore Fund-Raiser Holllywood Turns Out For Gore Fund-Raiser Sept. 15
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=115668&page=1



"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.

The 6,000 donors were treated to a concert featuring performances by nine musical acts embracing the last 35 years in contemporary music. But it was telling that the majority of the artists - and the audience - came of age in the baby-boomer generation's halcyon years - the 60's and 70's. Even the show's younger performers such as Lenny Kravitz and Sheryl Crow are aligned musically with the traditions of that era rather than the current trends of dance, hip-hop and lite-pop.

Acts who broke through in the 80's and 90's opened the show. A newly-blonde Sheryl Crow strutted her stuff in Victorian hippie garb followed by Hendrix aficionado Lenny Kravitz (playing rather louder than the comfort zone for most middle-aged Democrats), a soberly besuited Jon Bon Jovi and a beaming k.d. lang.

But in an evening where musicians perform their own hits - the most telling statements come from the songs specially chosen for the occasion. Far and away the night's most unexpected choice (and most successful) was the collaboration by Jon Bon Jovi, Sheryl Crow and Lenny Kravitz.

Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Gore
by Martin Lewis (First published September 15, 2000)
http://www.martinlewis.com/column.pl?col=15&cat=time



It's election time, and Lenny Kravitz and Stevie Wonder are getting political.

Kravitz and Wonder have been tapped to perform at a major fundraising event for the Democratic National Committee, scheduled got May 24 at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C.

May 5 2000 10:15 AM EDT
Lenny Kravitz To Play Democratic FundraiserBy David Basham
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1431031/20000505/kravitz_lenny.jhtml

 

 

 

 

 




 

 




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