WASHINGTON — The White House celebrated the heritage of blues music Tuesday with a star-studded concert and a workshop by Michelle Obama, who admitted she can’t sing or play an instrument. “But you can,” the first lady told a group of students as a panel of blues musicians shared their craft. “Remember that you’re grooming to be the next greatest something. … It starts with believing that you can be there.”
The “Red, White and Blues” celebration, to air Monday on PBS, is the latest in the “In Performance at the White House” series. Among the headliners: Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger.
But it was the presence of blues legends such as B.B. King and Buddy Guy that impressed some of the artform’s younger performers, including jazz musician Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews, 26: “This is a dream come true.”
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