BarackNRoll: Obama HANGS OUT With Pittsburgh Band After They SERENADE His Motorcade

[Segami]

What do you do if President Obama and Vice President Biden roll into your town outside of Pittsburgh, to the Community College just a stones throw away from your house? If you’re the band Comfort Tech, you turn the driveway into a stage and play an original song, Lumberjack, as the POTUS motorcade rolls by and hope he notices.

HE DID!!

The band was wowed and in their video of the event, they wrote, “Serenading Mr. President Obama as he arrives with his motorcade. Most appreciative of President Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and their kind staff for their outstanding courtesy…”


Lexi Belculfine at the The Post Gazette reported:

When singer and guitarist Sean Conner, 24, realized POTUS and VPOTUS would be in their back yard, he said he knew it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. But how to get the attention of the leaders of the free world?

They made a red, white and blue banner reading “Welcome Mr. President!” and hung it on their porch, above the driveway-turned-stage. The plan was to be respectful and not disruptive, he said.

http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/music/2014/04/18/Local-band-a-hit-with-the-president/stories/201404180114

It worked! The Secret Service wouldn’t let the President stop to hear the band, so Obama had the Secret Service ask the band to come and meet him, which they did. They noted on their Facebook Page that they heard the President asking, “Where’s Comfort Tech?”


http://www.politicususa.com/2014/04/19/serenading-meeting-president-obama-check.html

[livetohike]

1. I love it! What an absolutely cool moment - really a great idea by the band

to give our President and V.P. a little western Pennsylvania welcome .

[calimary]

4. JEALOUS!!!!

Hmmm…. may have to steal that idea…

[Segami]

2. "..In the back of his mind, he said he thought: "What if he actually comes over?..

....But it was far-fetched as far as I was concerned."

Soon after, the Secret Service did show up.

"We thought for sure we were going to get shut down," Mr. Conner said, but they just wanted to tell the band how much they liked their music. While talking about gear, more unmarked cars and police arrived.

http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/music/2014/04/18/Local-band-a-hit-with-the-president/stories/201404180114

[tofuandbeer]

8. I loved this paragraph:

"...They were invited to stay for the speech, after which, as the crowd cheered, Mr. Obama pointed to the band in the audience and said, "All right, Comfort Tech," with a smile and a thumbs up. In a room of the "most important people in Pittsburgh, among these highly respected individuals," Mr. Conner said the band felt like it had an inside joke with the president. ..."

[BeyondGeography]

3. Very cool all around

[Botany]

5. We have a very cool POTUS and Vice POTUS

It must kill Fox and the rest on just how hip he really is ..... Joe B is hip too.

A nice spring day, playing music, being young, drinking beer, and having a good time.

this reminds me of Athens, OH back in the day

[AverageJoe90]

6. Truly, our President is definitely *h-i-p*.

Thanks for posting this!

[octoberlib]

7. This is so cool!

[NBachers]

9. I love it! This makes my day!

[onethatcares]

10. remember when

* did this?????

HELL NO. Neither do I/

[treestar]

11. "remember me when you are rich and famous!"

too funny!

[lillypaddle]

12. those guys have some memories

do you think the grandkids will believe them?

Oh yeah, they got a picture. Very, very cool.

[Cha]

13. Thanks for this, Segami.. I heard about this encounter with Comfort Tech..

[sheshe2]

14. Cool! Love it~