Tim Kaine's Southern night: Barbecue, beer and bluegrass on the harmonica

[RandySF]

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine went all in during his North Carolina visit Monday night, busting out his harmonica for an impromptu jam session with a local bluegrass band.

Kaine played two well-known bluegrass songs — “Wagon Wheel” and “My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains” — as the crowd cheered him on at Catawba Brewery, even singing and dancing at times, while his wife, Anne Holton, clogged to the side of the stage.

The impromptu concert capped off a night of Southern fun for Kaine and his wife that included a barbecue dinner with beers and banana pudding at Buxton Home Barbecue.

Kaine also ordered a post-harmonica beer, picking White Zombie, a local wheat beer, and giving a $5 tip, according to the bartender.



http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/tim-kaine-harmonica-asheville-bluegrass-227042#ixzz4HSco8OLS

[chillfactor]

1. what a neat down-to-earth guy...

not like his counterpart pence....who is as much fun as watching as grass grow.

[Still In Wisconsin]

2. Kaine would be fun to hang out with...

whereas Pence has a personality perfect for making instructional driver's ed videos.

[3catwoman3]

5. Or, if you are old enough to remember them, the...

...stultifyingly boring "filmstrips" of the late 50s and early-to-mid 60s. I swear the same guy narrated them all.

[Still In Wisconsin]

8. Oh, I remember filmstrips. Still had them in the early 70's when I was in

elementary school. *ding* "Manufacturing by assembly line was Ford's greatest accomplishment." *ding* "On an assembly line, cars could be assembled with fewer workers and in far less time." *Ding* etc. etc. etc...


We even had one in Hebrew school on the founding of Israel. I kid you not.

[Glamrock]

3. For those not in the know...

N. C. does vinegar based BBQ......... Sooooooooo good.!

[LonePirate]

4. I'm no expert on NC politics but this seems like a good way to engender voter trust.

I'm guessing an average North Carolina voter will think more highly of Kaine (and Clinton) after hearing of this story.

[DAMANgoldberg]

6. Asheville is a lovely sea of blue in otherwise red WNC

A great lovely city to escape to when it's 95F down on Trade Street. NC is going blue in a large way this year.

[bigtree]

7. k&r