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Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Music
Watch Bernie Sanders and Vermont Musicians Sing 'This Land Is Your Land'
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By Andrea Suozzo
on Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 11:18 AM
Toward the end of last night's Super Tuesday rally in Essex, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) joined pianist Ben Folds and a crew of local musicians onstage to perform "This Land Is Your Land," a signature song of his campaign — at least in Vermont. We've definitively established that Bernie's not much of a singer, but he had plenty of help. Although he wasn't on mic, we did get to witness some of the man's legendary rhythm.
You'll recognize several of the singers from a video some of his very talented constituents released in January. Vermont musicians Dwight Richter, Nicole Nelson, Kat Wright and Brett Hughes belted the gospel-inspired, acoustic arrangement, joined by Sanders staffer Paul Stovall (who earlier performed the national anthem) and Folds on piano. Wife Jane O'Meara Sanders, son Levi Sanders and a collection of grandchildren also joined the candidate onstage.
Without further ado, here's the video:
You'll recognize several of the singers from a video some of his very talented constituents released in January. Vermont musicians Dwight Richter, Nicole Nelson, Kat Wright and Brett Hughes belted the gospel-inspired, acoustic arrangement, joined by Sanders staffer Paul Stovall (who earlier performed the national anthem) and Folds on piano. Wife Jane O'Meara Sanders, son Levi Sanders and a collection of grandchildren also joined the candidate onstage.
Without further ado, here's the video:
- Video by James Buck
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Andrea Suozzo
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Andrea is the data editor at Seven Days. She crunches the numbers for data-driven stories and creates graphics and interactives to explain those numbers.
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