Bette Midler Sings Woody Guthrie’s All You Fascists (Bound to Lose) with a Stellar Supporting Cast

Bette Midler may be 80, but she can still belt out a good number.  There are few better (or timelier) than Woody Guthrie’s All You Fascists (Bound to Lose).  The lyrics have been updated a little (with permission from Guthrie’s family) and is an exhortation to voters to get to the polls and vote.  It’s definitely a toe-tapper and Midler delivers it with her usual gusto.  Not only that, it has a stellar supporting cast of backing singers, too.

You may be able to spot one or more of the following… Barbara Hershey (co-starred with Bette Midler in Beaches), David Hyde Pierce (appeared with Bette Midler in Down and Out in Beverly Hills), Brian Hargrove (married to David Hyde Pierce, linking him to Bette Midler), Shoshana Bean (Wicked), Marisha Wallace (Dreamgirls), Jennifer Lewis (The Preacher’s Wife), Christian Dante White (Ain’t Too Proud), Sara Edwards Butler (Sister Act), Ari Butler (Les Misérables), Matthew Mucha (Save Rock and Roll), Jaime Bartolett (The Phantom of the Opera), Aron Kaburick (Jersey Boys), Amanda LaMotte (Wicked), Elaine Caswell (Cats), Kristen Beth Williams (Wicked), James Ludwig (Law & Order), Cayden Smaka (The Voice), Corban Belle (Hamilton),  and finally Don’Tae Mitchell (Dreamgirls).  Phew – that’s quite a cast.

Guthrie himself wrote the song in the early 1940s as a response to the fascist threat of Hitler, Mussolini and the likes.  Midler, who is concerned about the way that politics is going in her own home country, has sent out this message to her fans: “I hope you'll sing it when you are marching. Because sometimes people, sometimes you just gotta SING OUT!”.  Indeed.  Take a look at the video below.