Gnu, I'm sorry you couldn't watch it.

John Stewart introduced Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam (Peace Train), who was interrupted by Stephen Colbert who intoduced Ozzy Ozborne (Off the Rails) who was interrupted by Jon, who... well, they ended up settling on the OJays who sang "Love Train," because love can bring sanity or be scary. There was Kid Rock, Sheryl Crow, Mavis Staples, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Roots, R2D2, Tony Bennett (not in that order) and probably others I'm forgetting. Mavis Staples did close the rally, and all (or nearly all?) of the performers were standing with her.

As humorous and entertaining as it was, I found myself tearing up from time to time. Jon Stewart spoke at the end, basically saying that people could work together, and did so every day. The only place they didn't was... and he pointed to the Capitol building. I dare say it's not the only place. Lots of hatred/demonizing on the internet, including Mudcat. I think the most comprehensive way I could describe the message was that we need to get along with folks and be able to laugh at ourselves.