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Harmonica Homage
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Congressman David R. Obey and his blue grass band, the Capitol Offenses, performed at many political events. It is no accident that the band chose this spot in Statuary Hall for this concert, for Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr., whose seated statue is behind Obey, was one of his political heroes. On guitar is Scott Lilly (center), one of Obey's administrative staff.
circa 1990-1999
Obey, David R.
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Scott Lilly
circa 1990-1999
Scott Lilly, a senior policy adviser to Congressman David R. Obey, who formed the Capitol Offenses, a blue grass band with which Obey also played.
Capital Offenses
1996
Congressman David Obey (playing the harmonica) of Wisconsin with his two sons, Douglas and Craig, performing as part of the Capital Offenses, a bluegrass band formed by Obey.
Mr. Harmonica Man
circa 1990-1999
Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey, who formed a bluegrass band known as the Capital Offenses, played the harmonica in the State Capital rotunda at the memorial service for US Senator Gaylord Nels...
Capital Offenses
1986
Photograph taken to illustrate the jacket of a recording issued by the Capital Offenses, the blue grass band headed by Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin (second from the left), who played the ...
Political Fundraiser
circa 1990-1999
Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (left) and Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl at a fundraiser for Obey. Jim Chapman is the man between them.
In La Follette's Shadow
July 1972
Congressman David R. Obey and Senator Gaylord Nelson posed talking in front of the statue of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. in the National Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol building. The phot...
