11/5/12 Columbus, OH Obama has the Boss and Jay Z Romney has the Marshall Tucker Band

[Botany]

compare the venues:

Nationwide Arena Obama



Landmark Aviation Romney

[mucifer]

1. Point well made. But, 1/5/12 a little typo

[Botany]

2. But, 1/5/12 a little typo

That is o.k. because I am a little stupid 2

[mucifer]

3. NO it's early in am you just need a little coffee.

[madrchsod]

4. i know obama has heard and knows jayz and the boss

i know romney has never heard or meant marshall tucker before the election.

[Tribetime]

5. get the Ohio State students energized to vote n/t

[Botany]

7. Sure if this was 1977 the students would like to see Marshall Tucker

I might be wrong but most of the original band is either dead or has retired
years ago ..... but no doubt those college kids want to go to an airport hanger
to see Marshall Tucker today.

[BlueStreak]

11. Only one member remains

According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marshall_Tucker_Band

The founder was Doug Gray and he is the only original in the band. It lists all these past members

Toy Caldwell (✝ 1993)*
Jerry Eubanks*
Paul Riddle*
George McCorkle (✝ 2007)*
Tommy Caldwell (✝ 1980)*
Franklin Wilkie
Ronnie Godfrey
Rusty Milner
Tom Robb
Ace Allen
Tim Lawter
Don Cameron
Frank Toler
Mark Pettey
Ronald Radford
Paul Thompson
Garry Guzzardo
David Muse
Chris Hicks
Clay Cook
Tony Heatherly
Stuart Swanlund (✝ 2012)
*Original Members

It looks like 3 of the original 6 are deceased.

I played in a cover band back in the late 70s. We covered their only hit, "Heard it in a love song (cain't be wrong)". It looks like they've produced about 30 albums over the years. Who knew?

[LiberalElite]

6. I wonder if Rombot even ever heard of Marshall Tucker

[BlueStreak]

8. Are you serious? Riomney is doing a last day rally in teh most pivotal state

in a dinky little private aviation hangar with a band nobody has heard of since 1985?

Is that really the building? I doubt you could get more than about 500 people in there and still have room for a decent stage.

The atmospherics of that are terrible. Romney would be better off not having any event, I'd think.

[sadbear]

9. I'm really disappointed Romney couldn't get the Osmonds.

That would really shore up the female vote, wouldn't it?

[aptsongs]

10. Funny...

I thought Mitt had more money than Obama! Surely he could afford a bigger place!

[Beakybird]

12. Marshall Tucker - an obscure band

This band which is missing many original members - their best selling single hit #14 in 1977, and their best selling album hit #15 in 1975. Nothing else cracked the top 20.

Now Bruce Springsteen, he's a legend. He's an American icon. His music has changed lives.

Obama is ending with a huge bang, and Romney is ending with a firecracker.

[livetohike]

14. Welcome to DU!

[Turbineguy]

13. Marshall Tucker

supported Jimmy Carter back in the day.....

[livetohike]

15. A rally in an airplane hangar? So anti-climatic

and pathetic for the last full day of a campaign. The pic should be in black and white . Kind of match the dreary mood the Romney staff must have.