Kansas City Mayor Sly James gave his fifth State of the City address Thursday, with particular focus on the city's earnings tax, education and violence.
But the proceedings weren't all serious. At the end of his speech, James joined the band and belted a rendition of Bob Dylan's "Kansas City," a nearly lost song that was recently put to music by a collective of artists including Elvis Costello, Johnny Depp and Marcus Mumford.
Here's footage of James from journalist Daniel Boothe of KCPT:
Mayor concludes State of City speech by singing Bob Dylan's "Going back to Kansas City" to delight of crowd #SOTCKC pic.twitter.com/Cbzx7CbEdq — Daniel Boothe (@danielboothe729) March 29, 2016
James admitted to members of the press that he decided to sing the tune with the help of a little liquid courage.
Sly admits he had a few “adult beverages” when he decided to sing “Going to Kansas City” by Bob Dylan at the end of his State of the City.
— Elle Moxley (@ellemoxley) March 29, 2016
You can find more coverage of the State of the City address here.
Cody Newill is a reporter and member of KCUR's digital team. You can reach him on Twitter @CodyNewill or send him an email at cody@kcur.org.
