Because the Guess Who were so popular with the hippie generation, it seems odd that they would be asked to perform at the White House. It's even more odd that this was when Richard Nixon was president. As stated in Ultimate Classic Rock, Nixon's daughter Tricia was a fan of the band and was largely responsible for getting them on the bill for a White House engagement in 1970. The Guess Who's biggest hit at the time, "American Woman," had some political undertones and is even thought to have been anti-war.
However, according to the band's drummer Garry Peterson, they saw no conflict with playing for the president. Peterson revealed to Recordnet, "He had some good foreign policy and, other than getting to play at the White House, we didn't know where Nixon was going. We couldn't foresee Watergate, being from Canada, being young and not that far into politics." In fact, the entire celebration was surprisingly subdued; no one was upset by a conservative president letting a hippie rock band play at the White House, and the Guess Who behaved themselves.
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