The Informants Rock The DNC

This has been a huge week for The Informants. The Democratic National Convention officially kicked off on Monday and huge gatherings like this always includes big parties with rock bands. The Informants are always happy to bring the rock. On Sunday night, we played a huge party for the Blue Dog Democrats at Mile High Station. In addition to a really impressive spread of food, open bar and decorations, there were two big stages, one inside the bar where we played and the other was outside and featured international recording artist KT Tunstall. The event was impressive and appeared to be sponsored by Microsoft -- there were huge flat screens all over the place broadcasting the performances. We played for 90 minutes, then KT Tunstall took the stage for 90 minutes and we finished the night with another hour long set. It was a blast.

Monday night found us playing a late night party at Marlowe's for Moving Virginia Forward, Governor Tim Kaine’s PAC, and the Virginia delegation. This party was smaller, but more intimate and the Virginia delegation was a blast! Tim Kaine was a great host and is also an awesome harmonica player, so of course we had him sit in with us for a song. Another fine politician/musician was there, actor David Keith who hails from Knoxville Tennessee. David plays a mean guitar, has a great voice and is rallying support for a great cause (dedicated to the protection of children from abuse, exploitation and neglect -- see http://www.protect.org for more information), so we had him come up and lead a couple of killer southern rock tunes. Just when you thought the party couldn't get more happenin', Charles Barkley walked in at midnight. He was super cool and seemed to really dig the band. Definitely a night to remember.