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After Trent Lott announced his resignation last week, we were reminded that (adoy!) Larry Craig is the last remaining, er, member of the Singing Senators. The gayest Republican a capella group on Captiol Hill is now a one man act, if at all. Formed in 1995, the barbershop quartet stopped performing when John Ashcroft lost his seat in 2000. Then Jim Jeffords bolted the party. And now Lott is out, sort of speak. “It’s the biggest musical breakup since the legendary Ben E. King left the Drifters,” says The Washington Post. Without Lott, the Singing Senators Are of One Voice [WaPo] MORE »

Here they are, in happier days: The Singing Senators barbershop quartet! Pictured from right, that’s Jim Jeffords, John Ashcroft, Larry “Wide Stance” Craig and Trent Lott, performing Judy Garland songs. They also performed a beloved selection of Barbara Streisand numbers and once opened for Rufus Wainwright Jr. Ha ha, just kidding, they weren’t actually any good so they didn’t open for anybody except the, uh, Oak Ridge Boys in Branson, Missouri. That part is apparently true.

The Singing Senators: Behind the Music [The Fed]