Gov. O'Malley Hits Annapolis Streets in Flip Flops to Strum Banjo

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley spent time Monday strumming a banjo as a street musician in Annapolis, reports CapitalGazette.com. 

Photos of the governor playing a six-string banjo emerged Monday on the Twitter account for the blog Eye on Annapolis.

O'Malley's Twitter account later posted the photo along with the words "I love that as governor of MD I can still play street music in Annapolis." It was a casual dress day for the governor, photographed wearing a Baltimore Ravens T-shirt, cargo shorts and flip-flops.

O'Malley, a Democrat, has for years been the frontman of a Celtic rock band, O'Malley's March, where he sings and plays guitar, banjo and tin whistle, says the Capital-Gazette.

Maryland residents and the media weighed in on Twitter.

Michael Freeman took a jab at the governor, tweeting: “I would have had money to tip Martin O'Malley, the street banjo player, if it hadn't already been overtaxed by @GovernorOMalley.”

The Washington Post’s Reid Wilson said: “Martin O'Malley reveals post-office plans, will be wandering banjo-playing minstrel.”

And Byron York joked: “If Martin O'Malley doesn't run for president, he can still pick up spare change around Annapolis.”