Musical shares

We're going to change things up a little today and take a look at political campaign finance, Rock-the-Vote style. The dollars may not be rolling into the music industry like they used to, but some LA artists do still manage to set something aside for their favorite politicians.  

And while downtown may be home to a ton of musicians, few of them appear willing to shed any scratch on campaign contributions, according to CQ Moneyline. Thus, we'll step outside the nine-double-oh ZIPs for the sake of this little investigation.

Below is a list of SoCal's top 11 musical campaign contributors for 2007-08. Most have probably played the Staples Center at some point, so we can at least say they've set foot downtown. 

I, for one, had expected to see a lot more Romneys, Huckabees and Thompsons on the list. 

Burt Bacharach

$20,000 --> Democratic National Committee

"That's What Friends Are For"
Don Henley

$19,200 --> Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Niki Tsongas (MA), Tom Udall (NM), Mark Udall (CO)

"Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough"
Barry Manilow

$11,500 --> Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Joe Biden, Ron Paul

"Because It's Christmas"
Bonnie Raitt

$9,900 --> DSCC, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, John Edwards, Al Franken (MN), John Hall (NY), Loretta Sanchez (CA)

"You're Gonna Get What's Coming"
Herb Alpert

$7,900 --> Hillary Clinton, Barbara Boxer (CA), Barney Frank (MA)

"A Taste Of Honey"
Stone Gossard

$4,700 --> Barack Obama, Al Franken

"Better Man"
Jimmy Buffett

$4,600 --> Joe Sestak (PA)

"Money Back Guarantee"
Graham Nash

$3,300 --> Barack Obama, DCCC

"Find the Cost of Freedom"
Vicki Randle

$2,500 --> Barack Obama, John Hall

"I'm the Guitarist for the Tonight Show Band And I Still Donated More Than Sheryl Crow"
Will.i.am

$2,300 --> Barack Obama

"My Humps"
Jackson Browne

$2,000 --> Al Franken, Moveon.org

"For America"

Source: CQ Moneyline

What up, Crow? A measly grand for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is the best you can shell out? Henley owns you.