Pop Concert Staged on White House Lawn
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WASHINGTON — A concert with a purpose brought stars of rock, soul, blues and country music to a giant tent on the White House lawn Saturday to support the return of music to cash-starved schools.
The concert was a testimonial to the power of music to transform young lives, and President Clinton, remembering his own music teachers, said, “I don’t think I would have become president if it hadn’t been for school music.”
The more than two-hour concert, a reprise of popular hits as the 20th century ends, was performed by a roster of the stars of American music.
They included Eric Clapton, Lenny Kravitz, Sheryl Crow, B.B. King, Garth Brooks, Gloria Estefan, John Fogerty, Al Green and John Mellencamp.
The introductions involved another roster of stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Meryl Streep, Kevin Spacey, Keri Russell, Angela Bassett, Sarah Jessica Parker, Calista Flockhart and Robert de Niro.
The Save the Music concert was sponsored by the VH1 cable music channel and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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