Play that funky music, white boy: Poet, statesman, senator and gentleman, Orrin Hatch doesn't just torture his constituents with long-winded speeches. He also writes poems and hymns.
And, according to a bio on the senator's music Web site, www.hatchmusic.com, the people of the great state of Utah have Hatch's once-destitute parents Helen and Jesse to thank for the musical meddling.
And we quote, "Although they had to scrimp and save everything they could to round up $18.75 for student peanut-heaven seats, Orrin's parents made it possible for their children to attend every concert of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra from when he was 12 years old until he left for college."
Thank ye, Helen and Jesse.
From those humble beginnings, Sen. Hatch has released a handful of religious and patriotic CDs. Just in time for Christmas, the former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee has added to his repertoire with the holiday-themed CD, "Orrin Hatch's Christmas Eve."
The CD features such favorites as "Angels We Have Heard on High," and "Santa Claus is Coming to Town."
Rumor has it that Hatch's decision to include Ja Rule as a guest artist on the CD's gangsta rap hit "Skatin' With My Baby" has landed him smack in the middle of a feud between rapper 50 Cent and the record company Murder, Inc.
All we can say is, watch your back, Orrin. This CD may up your street cred, but rap feuds can be even more brutal than politics.
-- Elyssa Andrus
This story appeared in The Daily Herald on Dec. 22, 2004, on page B1
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