Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Broadway promotional poster
Music	Michael Friedman
Lyrics	Michael Friedman
Book	Alex Timbers
Productions	2008 Los Angeles 2009 Off-Broadway Concert 2010 Off-Broadway 2010 Broadway 2012 Cincinnati 2012 Dallas 2012 Seattle 2012 Washington, D.C. 2012 St. Louis 2012 Lakewood 2012 Chicago 2012 Boston 2013 Boca Raton 2013 San Antonio 2013 Buffalo 2013 Sacramento 2014 Reno 2014 Orlando 2016 Staunton 2016 St. Francis
Awards	Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson is a rock musical with music and lyrics written by Michael Friedman, and a book by its director Alex Timbers.

The show is a comedic historical rock musical about the founding of the Democratic Party. It redefines Andrew Jackson, America's seventh President, as an Emo rock star and focuses on populism, the Indian Removal Act, and his relationship with his wife Rachel.

The show opens when the cast, dressed as 19th-century American cowboys and prostitutes take the stage. They are led by Andrew Jackson. They sing about their eagerness to strip the English, Spanish, French, and, most importantly, the Native Americans, of their land in the US. Along with this, they sing of the desire to bring political power back to the public and away from the elite ("Populism Yea Yea").

Jackson's childhood is shown in the Tennessee hills during the late 18th century. His family and the local shoe cobbler die of cholera and in Indian attacks. This leads him to join the military, where he is imprisoned by the British. Jackson begins to express his disdain for the US government’s lack of involvement with the people of the frontier and how he wishes someone would stand up to them ("I'm Not That Guy").

Jackson is then shown as a young adult, regaling local tavern goers with his short meeting with George Washington. He is interrupted and attacked by several Spaniards. Jackson defeats them, but is injured in the process. A woman named Rachel helps him to recover from his injuries. They fall in love during his recovery and eventually marry, though Rachel is not yet divorced from her current husband ("Illness as Metaphor"). At the end of the song, news comes that British, Indian, and Spanish forces are making advances into American territory. Meanwhile, the US government continues to do nothing to stop the attacks. Jackson realizes that if he wants this cycle to end, he must change things himself ("I'm So That Guy").