Philly Band Low Cut Connie Makes Obama’s Summer Playlist
Low Cut Connie singer Adam Weiner at the piano. (Photo by Marcus Junius Laws)
United States President Barack Obama has released a summer playlist featuring songs he suggests for your listening pleasure, and Philadelphia band Low Cut Connie made the cut.
Obama released a daytime playlist and a nighttime playlist via the Spotify streaming music service. Low Cut Connie’s critically acclaimed song “Boozophilia” appears on the daytime list along with “Gimme Shelter” by the Rolling Stones, “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg” by the Temptations, and “Another Star” by Stevie Wonder.
“We are speechless and honored and humbled and ecstatic and confused,” the band announced via Facebook. Check out the full playlists below, and be sure to read our interview with lead singer Adam Weiner, who recently told us why he turned down a spot on NBC’s The Voice. The video for “Boozophilia” appears below the lists.
The President’s Daytime Playlist
Ain’t Too Proud to Beg – The Temptations
Live It Up – Isley Brothers
Memories Live – Talib Kweli & Hi Tek
Tombstone Blues – Bob Dylan
So Much Trouble in the World – Bob Marley
Paradise – Coldplay
Tengo Un Trato (Remix) – Mala Rodriguez
Wang Dang Doodle – Howlin Wolf
Another Star – Stevie Wonder
Hot Fun in the Summertime – Sly & the Family Stone
Boozophilia – Low Cut Connie
Wherever Is Your Heart – Brandi Carlile
Good Day – Nappy Roots
Green Light – John Legend
Gimme Shelter – Rolling Stones
Rock Steady – Aretha Franklin
Down Down the Deep River – Okkervil River
Pusher Love Girl – Justin Timberlake
Shake It Out – Florence + The Machine
La Salsa La Traigo Yo – Sonora Carruseles
The President’s Evening Playlist
My Favorite Things – John Coltrane
Superpower (feat. Frank Ocean) – Beyoncé
Moondance – Van Morrison
Is Your Love Big Enough? – Lianne La Havas
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart – Al Green
Red & White & Blue & Gold – Aoife O’Donovan
Nothing Even Matters – Lauryn Hill
The Best Is Yet to Come – Frank Sinatra
You Don’t Know Me – Ray Charles
I Found My Everything – Mary J Blige
Help Me – Joni Mitchell
I’ve Got Dreams to Remember – Otis Redding
Suzanne – Leonard Cohen
Feeling Good – Nina Simone
Stubborn Love – The Lumineers
Until – Cassandra Wilson
UMI Says – Mos Def
The Very Thought of You – Billie Holiday
Flamenco Sketches – Miles Davis
Woo – Erykah Badu
