Someone said to me recently, “In the old days all the news outlets had softball teams. Now it seems like they all have bands.” Five of those bands — from Vanity Fair, CNBC, Esquire, Fortune, and the New Yorker — played at the White House Correspondents Jam on Friday night, at the Mother Nature Network party hosted by Rolling Stones keyboardist Chuck Leavell. Chuck sat in with each band for one song. I believe we were the only band that actually played a Stones song with him. It was a super fun night for all of us — a little nervous at first, but two songs in we settled down, and the crowd really got into it and didn’t want us to leave. There will be video at some point, but here are some odds and ends in the meantime.

Set List

Drive My Car

Green River

You Really Got a Hold on Me

Carol

Brand New Cadillac

Gimme Shelter

Dead Flowers

The Weight

Day Tripper

Encore: Sympathy for the Devil

Lena Dunham introduced us (long story) and took this great picture of DR and Lachrisha B. which she put on Instagram.

https://i.instagram.com/p/16EfCEi1Dq/

Here’s the pic

Heres our Logo. Tee shirts are available for $20!

16 cm sequoias-4

We play another gig Friday in NYC. More to come!