It was An Evening of Country Music at the White House last night. The East Room was filled with an intimate gathering of select lawmakers and Cabinet secretaries who gathered with the First Family to listen to musicians Brad Paisley, Charley Pride, Alison Krauss and her band Union Station.
The event followed a music workshop led by Paisley and country group Alison Krauss and Union Station. Gathered in the State Dining Room were 120 middle school and high school music students from Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Virginia.
President Barack Obama said of country music, “It’s captured our restlessness and resilience, and told so much of our story in the process.” The concert will be aired as a one-hour special in early August on music network GAC.
Malia, Sasha and Michelle’s mother Marian Robinson (family photos here) were on hand for the country concert. Sporting a new hairdo for the event was First Lady Michelle Obama. See more photos here.
View Brad Paisley performing below.