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Flashback Friday: Retiring Rep. Phil Roe sang for Heard on the Hill in 2011

Roe and staff performed “Amazing Grace” and “Will the Circle Be Unbroken”

Tennessee Rep. Phil Roe prepares to play a bluegrass song with Alex Large, a staff assistant in his office. Roe announced Friday he will retire from Congress at the end of 2020. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)
Tennessee Rep. Phil Roe prepares to play a bluegrass song with Alex Large, a staff assistant in his office. Roe announced Friday he will retire from Congress at the end of 2020. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)
By Roll Call Staff
Posted January 3, 2020 at 12:36pm

Rep. Phil Roe said Friday that he will retire at the end of 2020. Way back in 2011, the Tennessee Republican sat down with Heard on the Hill to show off his musical chops, joined by then-staffers Amanda Little and Alex Large for a “desk concert.”

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