Manu Chao: Manu, That’s Who
Jeff Tamarkin, Harp, September 2007
"THERE IS only one thing I still dont understand," Manu Chao says the day after his triumphant Bonnaroo set and not long after an equally successful Coachella gig. "Ive got two passports, French and Spanish. In both cases I cannot be proud of my president. But if we had a president like Bush, there would be 100,000 people every weekend in front of the White House protesting."
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