$500 a ticket for Frampton - er, Kerry

[Philostopher]

By Gregory Korte
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Allan Berliant and his wife, Jennie Rosenthal Berliant (right) meet Ann Katz of Indian Hill Thursday during the Berliants' fund-raiser for Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry in East Walnut Hills.

Peter Frampton performed at the Berliants' fund-raiser.
The story of how Peter Frampton ended up playing a private concert on Allan and Jennie Berliant's front lawn Thursday night starts at their breakfast table last winter, over newspaper stories about the presidential election.

"I looked at Jennie and said, 'This year, I can't just put up a yard sign and feel comfortable that we're doing everything we can,'" Allan said. President Bush "is just so arrogant, just so self-righteous, and just so wrong, that I had to do something."

And so, a few months later, the Berliants have entered the rarified circles of top Democratic fund-raisers in Hamilton County. A month ago, they shared billing with trial lawyers Stan Chesley and Dick Lawrence as co-hosts of a $1 million downtown luncheon featuring the Democratic candidate, John F. Kerry.

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http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/07/16/loc_berliants16.html

Not that I had any doubts about either Pete or the Rosenthals, but I'm glad he's getting involved! He seems like a genuinely good guy, I've read some interviews with Pete since he moved to Cincinnati. He's supported the local music scene some, too, apparently.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

1. Frampton toured with David Bowie back in 1987

for the Glass Spiders tour. He was awesome.

[jjmalonejr]

2. I saw that concert at Foxboro

Bowie and Frampton were great!

[Philostopher]

3. I saw him last year, here in Dayton.

His voice ain't what it used to be -- whose ever is, after thirty years? -- but man, that guy can still smoke 'em on the guitar.