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The 2024 Republican National Convention wrapped up in Milwaukee on Thursday night, but Steely Dan has a special request for the RNC’s house band Sixwire, who insisted on playing “Reelin’ In The Years” as part of its RNC setlist.
Posting to Steely’s official Facebook page and Donald Fagen’s personal page, the band’s co-founder and sole surviving member suggested that if Sixwire was going to cover a song, they should opt for “Tin Foil Hat” — an anti-Trump screed written by Todd Rundgren and Fagen: “Hey! Sixwire: If you want to play our music, how about playing ‘The Man in the Tin Foil Hat’?”
Self-styled ‘Murica dum-dum Kid Rock also performed at the RNC on Day 4, introducing chants of “fight, fight” and “Trump, Trump” into performances of his old singles “Cowboy” and “America Bad Ass.”
Also on Thursday, “Try That In A Small Town” country singer Jason Aldean did not perform but was seen sitting next to Trump at the convention. Fitting.
The Republican National Convention house band, Sixwire, is playing a slew of classic rock in Milwaukee—including Steely Dan.
In a response posted to the official Steely Dan site, Donald Fagen suggests the group cover his and Todd Rundgren’s Trump takedown, “Tin Foil Hat.” pic.twitter.com/NV2C54q0pz
— Expanding Dan, a Steely Dan newsletter (@ExpandingDan) July 18, 2024
Top tier coverage from @CNN for this reaction from Melania Trump to Kid Rock #RNCConvention pic.twitter.com/uY6GbAj6Yf
— you should know your birth time by now (@suspiciousminds) July 19, 2024