Of Great and Mortal Men

I wish I was going to D.C. this weekend, this show looks amazing!

Obama song featuring Centro-Matic’s Will Johnson unveiled in DC for inauguration

Another chapter in Christian Kiefer’s Of Great and Mortal Men: 43 Songs for 43 U.S. Presidencies unfolds, as the promised “free 44th song” for President-elect Obama becomes available this Friday. “Someone to Wake,” penned by Kiefer and featuring Centro-Matic vocalist Will Johnson, is a retrospective of eight years of national and international turmoil, positioning Obama as a voice of the future.

“It was the only song that did not have the benefit of an actual Presidency to comment upon,” Kiefer notes. “Still, the sea change in positive thinking is a remarkable contrast to the previous administration. That’s songworthy material.”

The song will be unveiled live January 17th at Washington, DC’s Sixth and I Historic Synagogue, during an evening devoted to the project that features Kiefer’s collaborators Jefferson Pitcher and J. Matthew Gerken, as well as guests Nellie McKay, Tim Fite, These United States, Jukebox the Ghost, Laura Burhenn, Denison Witmer, Reid Maclean, Silver Darling, Joe Pug, and many more.