February 22, 2008
Posted: February 22nd, 2008 02:30 PM ET
AUSTIN, Texas (CNN) – Community organizer, Illinois senator, and now - the latest Lone Star music sensation? Maybe that's a stretch, but at a low-dollar fundraiser Thursday night following the CNN/Univision debate Obama shared the stage - and the mic - with Austin-based and nine-time Grammy award winning western swing band "Asleep at the Wheel." After first giving standard remarks and then shaking hands in the crowd of a couple hundred, Obama ran back on stage to deliver a few thank-you's - but that wasn't all he had in store. The Democratic candidate then not only sung a few bars, but broke out some of his finest dance moves in a twist during their eighties hit "Boogie Back to Texas." And before he left the stage he pulled out a guaranteed crowd pleaser in this neck of the woods: the 'Hook 'em Horns,' the hand sign of the University of Texas at Austin Longhorns, formed by raising the index finger and pinky. Needless to say, that was a hit. –CNN Political Producer Chris Welch Filed under: Barack Obama Texas |
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