The White House celebrated blues music in the East Room with another in its In Performance series, this one called Red, White and Blues. Among those performing for the President, First Lady and invited guests were Mick Jagger, Jeff Beck, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Derek Trucks and his wife Susan Tedeschi, Warren Haynes, Keb Mo, Booker T. Jones and others. The two-hour show featured a cross-section of blues including B.B. King and "The Thrill Is Gone," Jeff Beck and Buddy Guy doing Willie Dixon's "Let Me Love You Baby," Mick Jagger dancing it up like he was on stage in a stadium doing Otis Redding's "I Can't Turn You Loose," Jagger with Beck on Howlin' Wolf's "Commit a Crime," and the all-star finale of "Sweet Home Chicago," which, at the urging of Buddy Guy, featured President Obama joining in at the end. Buddy told the president, "I heard you singing Al Green [a couple of weeks ago]. You started something you got to keep it up now." The show can be seen on PBS starting Monday night at 9 p.m. ET.
2)"The Thrill is Gone" -- B.B. King
3)"St. James Infirmary" - Trombone Shorty
4)"Let Me Love You Baby" - Jeff Beck & Buddy Guy
5)"Brush with the Blues" -- Jeff Beck
6)"I Can't Turn You Loose" -- Mick Jagger
7)"Commit a Crime" -- Mick Jagger & Jeff Beck
8)"Miss You" - Mick Jagger w/Shemekia Copeland & Susan Tedeschi
9)"Beat Up Old Guitar" - Shemekia Copeland & Gary Clark, Jr.
10)"Catfish Blues" - Gary Clark, Jr.
11)"In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down)" - Gary Clark, Jr.
12)"Henry" - Keb Mo
13)"I'd Rather Go Blind" - Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks & Warren Haynes
14)"Five Long Years" - Buddy Guy, Jeff Beck, Gary Clark & Mick Jagger
15)"Sweet Home Chicago" -- White House Blues All-Stars -- all the performers
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