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Connecting Marsha Blackburn and Robert Burns
Marsha Blackburn
American politician and businesswoman (born 1952)
Blackburn spent time during the trial to tweet about Lt. Col. Vindman, calling him unpatriotic for allegedly "badmouth[ing] and ridicul[ing]" the United States in front of Russia.
Alexander Vindman
US Army officer (born 1975)
The twins appear briefly with their maternal grandmother in the Ken Burnsdocumentary '' The Statue of Liberty''.
Ken Burns
American documentarian and filmmaker
Burns is a descendant of Johannes de Peyster Sr. through Gerardus Clarkson, an American Revolutionary War physician from Philadelphia, and he is a distant relative of Scottish poet Robert Burns. In 2014 Burns appeared in Henry Louis Gates's '' Finding Your Roots'' where he discovered that he is a descendant of a slave owner from the Deep South, in addition to having a lineage which traces back to Colonial Americans of Loyalist allegiance during the American Revolution.
Taylor Swift
As a songwriter, Swift was influenced by Joni Mitchell, citing especially how Mitchell's autobiographical lyrics convey the deepest emotions: "She wrote it about her deepest pains and most haunting demons ...
Joni Mitchell
Mitchell's work has had an influence on many other artists, including Taylor Swift, Björk, Prince, Ellie Goulding, Harry Styles, Corinne Bailey Rae, Gabrielle Aplin, Mikael Åkerfeldt from Opeth, Pink Floyd's David Gilmour, Marillion members Steve Hogarth and Steve Rothery, their former vocalist and lyricist Fish, Paul Carrack, Haim and Lorde.
"Lavender" by Marillion was partly influenced by "going through parks listening to Joni Mitchell", according to vocalist and lyricist Fish, and she was later mentioned in the lyrics of their song "Montreal" from '' Sounds That Can't Be Made''.
Fish (singer)
As well as his love for music, he was also a voracious reader, and his literary inspirations included Jack Kerouac, Truman Capote, Robert Burns and Dylan Thomas (all of whom would later be depicted on the sleeve of Marillion's '' Clutching at Straws'').
Marsha Blackburn
American politician and businesswoman (born 1952)
Blackburn, a supporter of the Tea Party movement, is a staunch backer of former president Donald Trump.
She nominated him for a Nobel Peace Prize for his negotiations with North Korea. '' Vox'' speculated that Blackburn's ties to Trump, who won Tennessee in the 2016 election by 26 points, helped boost her Senate candidacy.Blackburn and President Donald Trump waving at Nashville Rally in 2018
Donald Trump
In 1988, he approached Lee Atwater asking to be put into consideration as Republican nominee George H.W. Bush's running mate.
Lee Atwater
American political consultant and strategist
He also performed with Paul Shaffer and his band in an episode of '' Late Night with David Letterman''.
Paul Shaffer
Canadian musician
Shaffer has also recorded with a wide range of artists, including Donald Fagen, Ronnie Wood, Grand Funk Railroad, Diana Ross, B.B. King, Asleep at the Wheel, Cyndi Lauper, Carl Perkins, Yoko Ono, Blues Traveler, Jeff Healey, Cher, Barry Manilow, Chicago, Luba, Robert Burns, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Nina Hagen, Robert Plant, Peter Criss, Scandal, Brian Wilson, ''Late Show'' regular Warren Zevon, jazz trumpeters Miles Davis and Lew Soloff, jazz saxophonist Lou Marini, and bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs. In 1982, he co-wrote "It's Raining Men" with Paul Jabara.
Jennifer Lopez
American singer, actress, and dancer (born 1969)
She became a brand ambassador for L'Oréal, Venus and Fiat, and launched the Jennifer Lopez Collection, a clothing and homeware line with Tommy Hilfiger for Kohl's.
