This segment captures one of the most unusual moments in presidential history — Bill Clinton playing tenor saxophone at his own inauguration celebration. During the Arkansas Ball on January 20, 1993, Clinton joined the house band for Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina's rock-blues hit, trading solos with professional alto saxophonist Everette Harp. Harp opens with a one-chorus solo before Clinton steps up for two choruses over the 12-bar blues form at 148 BPM with a rock feel. The nearly three-minute segment is part of a longer recording from the evening's festivities. Clinton's saxophone playing had been a talking point throughout the 1992 campaign, most notably his appearance on The Arsenio Hall Show, and this inauguration performance marked the first time a sitting U.S. president played a musical instrument at their own inaugural ball. Loggins and Messina originally released the tune in 1972 as a blues-rooted rock single that reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100.
