The White House on April 9 is scheduled to host a concert honoring Memphis soul music, with Alabama Shakes, William Bell, Steve Cropper, Al Green, Ben Harper, Queen Latifah, Cyndi Lauper, Joshua Ledet, Sam Moore, Charlie Musselwhite, Mavis Staples and Justin Timberlake will performing, according to a release. Booker T. Jones will be the concert’s musical director and band leader, the White House said.
President Obama sang a few bars of Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together” at a fundraiser last year at New York’s Apollo Theater.
This month’s “Performance at the White House” event will air on PBS stations at 8 p.m. ET on April 16, according to the White House’s release.
h/t CNN.
