Thursday, October 30, 2008
National Skyline Joe the Plumber Being Pursued for Record Deal
Posted by D. Patrick Rodgers on Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 11:13 AM
It sounds like a bad joke, but it’s very much the truth. According to a story by Politico, Joe—whose real name is Samuel Wurzelbacher—has been signed by a Nashville-based booking firm and a publicity firm, who plan to shop him for a record deal. Wurzelbacher, who is “a complicated guy with a very dynamic personality,” will continue to hump the shit out of his remaining 15 minutes of fame.
On Tuesday, Wurzelbacher joined country music artist and producer Aaron Tippin to form a new partnership that includes booking-management firm Bobby Roberts and publicity-management concern The Press Office to field the multiple media offers he’s received over the past few weeks. Among the requests: a possible record deal with a major label, personal appearances and corporate sponsorships. A longtime country music fan, Wurzelbacher can sing and “knocks around on guitar” but is not an accomplished musician or songwriter, according to The Press Office’s Jim Della Croce.
“The Wurzelbacher Waltz.” That’s got a ring to it. Honestly, I think we’ve all had enough of the “Raisin’ McCains” and “McCain-Palin Traditions” to last us well past election day, but (while we're on the subject) Lee Dorsey’s “Yes We Can” Obama remix is pretty sweet. (Via BoingBoing.)
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I bet he'll actually be good at this since he's already spent most of his first career in and around foul shit.
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I don't want plumbers as political pundits (see fox news clips) nor do I want political pundits cleaning my toilet. Actually... the latter might be true for most of them.
dude, if this guy gets a record deal, i swear i'm going to...sigh loudly, or something else benign and indicative of my apathy.
I bet he's really good, you can't get a record deal unless your really, really good.
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