Tuesday night’s “In Performance at the White House: Red, White and Blues” saw President Obama getting drafted to sing the last number, joining bluesmen B.B. King and Mick Jagger to perform Robert Johnson‘s “Sweet Home Chicago.” Of course, he didn’t do any bombastic dancing like Dan Aykroyd in “Blues Brothers,” but Obama wasn’t shy about stretching his vocal chords. But it’s fair to say he sang plainly – not adding much in the way of soulful flourishes, like he did when he sang the first bars of Al Green‘s “Let’s Stay Together” back in January.
