Rockin’ in the USA

The Recording Academy will again clutch personal heroes to its bosom next week, feting Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.) alongside award-winning artist John Mayer as part of the annual GRAMMYs on the Hill shindig taking over the Liaison Capitol Hill hotel (415 New Jersey Ave. NW) on Wednesday.
The music-themed, invite-only gala has over the years yielded a number of memorable performances by Members of Congress. Daryl Friedman, RA’s chief advocacy and industry relations officer, told HOH that he’ll never forget the night the late Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) joined mega-producer Quincy Jones on stage for a rousing rendition of “We Are the World,” or the time a chorus of lawmakers serenaded singer Garth Brooks with a rollicking version of “Friends in Low Places.”
We were most impressed by the expertly produced cover of Radney Foster’s “A Little Revival” that SiriusXM personnel last year pieced together from recording sessions with a randomly assembled Congressional “band:”