Just to go back to my surreal Canadian Aboriginal Peoples casino experience with Ted, the gig was solid musically, and he did have the guitar player from Whitford-St Holmes with him. He was solid, and he got to step out front. Very solid.
In fact, of the guitar characters I've seen over the last couple of years, Derek and Brad Whitford both stole significant. Brad Whitford eats Joe Perry alive these days.
I can't buy the Ted is racist stuff though. He can't stand Obama but that gets thrown into the line of thinking that all critiques are racist. But maybe it is. I can't buy the leap of logic.