Appearing: Ralph Nader, Medea Benjamin, Jello Biafra, Danny Glover, Eddie Vedder
Ed's participation: Soon Forget, Gimme Some Truth by John Lennon, I Am a Patriot by Steven Van Zandt/People Have The Power by Patti Smith

Photo credit: Laurie Hester

Ed, you're doing a good thing, here. Getting people in front of Ralph Nader. I had heard of Ralph for many, many years, and thought highly of him, but actually had never heard him speak. Very impressive.

I enjoyed every minute of this rally, with the other highlights being Jello Biafra, Danny Glover's powerful performance of a poem, Jesse Colin Young, and of course, Ed.

Wow, Jesse did well leaving his coffee plantation in Hawaii to start playing again with his sons. His voice is superb and he chose great, bluesy songs.

Ed's voice was in top shape, and his plaintive cries, "All I want is the truuuuth" just gave me chills. John Lennon died on my birthday, and my son was born on John's birthday (evidently, my son is NOT the reincarnation of John as I first thought?) so this song being sung by Eddie really got to me. Good choice, Ed!

An excellent performance, and enjoyable banter.

Since I was practically in Ed's lap, happened to have high speed film in my camera so that I wouldn't annoy him with a flash, I took a bunch of pictures. Enjoy!

Photo credit: Laurie Hester