Best DNC celebrity confrontation in Denver

October 3, 11:44 AMDenver People ExaminerErnie Tucker

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Herbie Hancock ... shortly after confronting Hillary diehards
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The city was awash in big names during the Democratic National Convention, but most seemed to behave themselves. And because the DNC was mostly upbeat (except for those protesters and bystanders who got a whiff of pepper spray), tempers remained fairly cool during Obamapalooza.

There was friction between supporters of Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama, but it didn't really reach the meltdown that some feared.

However, the day after Hillary essentially endorsed her primary rival, an angry knot of Clintonistas gathered on Speer near the perimeter to the Pepsi Center to loudly voice their displeasure.

And it was there that Wednesday that a slight African American man walked over, and chided them for their continued divisiveness. "You're going to ruin this election," the man said. "Is that what you want?"

Answers ranged from -- well, basically yes, to "it's our right". And so it went for several minutes until the man  left, shaking his head. His point, he explained, is that Democrats had to join together behind the party's nominee. In other words,  make beautiful music together. And he should know. The man was Emmy-Award-winning jazz great Herbie Hancock, who happened to be on his way to pre-Invesco rehearsal with musician John Legend.

He was soon met by DNC officials who gave him his credentials, and ushered him past the chanting Hillary-ites. Stay tuned to see if he plays an encore at an inauguration next January.