Photo by AP Photo / Alex Brandon
Sal La Rosa, center, who just finished the fourth grade and is from Nashville, Tenn., takes the stage to sing a song he wrote as part of the White House music series celebrating country music in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 21, 2009. Behind him are Country Music stars Alison Krauss left, and Brad Paisley.
Photo by AP Photo / Alex Brandon
Country Music star Brad Paisley talks about his work as part of the White House music series celebrating country music in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 21, 2009.
WASHINGTON — The Coon Creek Girls sang "How Many Biscuits Can You Eat This Morning?" at the White House in 1939, which means country music has had a home at the nation's most famous residence (no, not Graceland) for 70 years.
President Barack Obama and his family have been there for exactly six months. And so Tuesday night's White House Music Series: A Country Music Celebration in the East Room was the first time that this particular president and this brand of music had come together in his home.
Charley Pride, Brad Paisley, and Alison Krauss and Union Station played underneath lights even more glamorous than the ones Pride sang of in "Crystal Chandeliers," and a clearly pleased first family applauded.
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