Watch Bon Iver Rally Support for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz with a Cover of ‘Battle Cry of Freedom’ in Wisconsin

8 Aug at 00:44

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Bon Iver took the phase at Kamala Harris and Tim Walz’s project rally in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, on Wednesday (Aug 7), attracting assistance for the Democratic governmental proposal prior to mesmerizing the target market with a smooth cover of “The Battle Cry of Freedom” on guitar.

In a clip from the rally published by Harris’ head office on X, Justin Vernon presented the Civil War- period structure as a song that’s been “rolling around in [his] head these last months.”

“We’re here for the right reasons,” he proceeded as the group slapped. “We all know what we’re here for, so we’re gonna do our thing, make this music and make way for the people we need to hear from.”

Sporting among the Harris-Walz project’s Internet- popular trucker caps, the singer/songwriter took place to play a psychological performance of the ballad on electrical guitar, allowing the notes clean over the collected citizens prior to including vocals. “Yes we’ll rally round the flag, we’ll rally once again/ Shouting the battle cry of freedom,” Vernon belted with his trademark warble. “We will rally from the hillside, we’ll gather from the plain/ Shouting the battle cry of freedom!”

Billboard was the very first to report that Bon Iver would certainly be carrying out at Harris’ campaign-trail drop in Eau Claire, where the two-time Grammy- winning act was started. Vernon has actually long been devoted to boosting his home town, establishing the Eaux Claires Music Festival with The National’s Aaron Dessner back in 2015.

Harris and Walz likewise took turns talking throughout the rally adhering to Vernon’s efficiency, along with directly welcomed a few of the children that appeared to the occasion (paying no mind to an unceremonious interruption from an aircraft branded “Trump-Vance”). It notes among the duo’s very first project occasions considering that the resting VP revealed that the Minnesota guv would certainly work as her operating companion on Tuesday.

Watch Bon Iver do at the Harris-Walz rally listed below.