One of their singers (not Jay Siegel -- Jay Traynor) was once Jay of Jay and the Americans, a group that itself is still out on the road in a different configuration with a different Jay (you don't want to know).

CNN: What's better than a Grammy? Immortality

There are times when it seems you can't tell the players without a scorecard -- the Tokens at the highway hotel were, technically and contractually, Jay Siegel's Tokens (you don't want to know the details).

CNN: What's better than a Grammy? Immortality

And, as Jay points out, being the beloved senator from West Virginia where my vote totals don't always match my aspirations -- (laughter) -- for Jay to have been such a great friend all these years means the world to me.

WHITEHOUSE: Remarks by the President at a Campaign Event