Three-time Grammy winners Train will headline the closing stadium show at the 2013 National Scout Jamboree at the Summit Bechtel Reserve, the Boy Scouts of America announced today.
For my money, this is the biggest musical act to perform at a national Scout jamboree since the Beach Boys in 1985. And I’m told it’s the earliest in the jamboree planning cycle that a headliner has signed on.
OK, so this is now overachieving for today, but I just LOVE that Train will be playing the BSA Jamboree next year. I love Train's music, but I also love that Train uses proceeds from their own wine label to support charities, AND I love that Train considers a Scout event to be worthwhile. In a time when so many people are criticizing BSA, its values, and its policies, rock stars still see something there. I don't know or care if Train is being well paid to play -- it doesn't matter. They don't need the money that bad, and if they were of a mind to do it, they could easily make a political statement via public press release saying, "BSA asked us to play but philosophically we just didn't feel like we could do that, considering...blah blah blah."
