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America: Our Country, Our Music

From: Charlie Warren
Length: 00:58:28

Music and comments that take your listeners into the soul of America Read the full description.
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Piece Description

Familiar and forgotten songs, many not normally associated with Indepependence Day, that highlight the people, issues, and ideas that create America, supported by insightful commentary.

This fully pre-recorded program is in two formats:

Format 1: Continuous 58 minutes with two music bed breaks. These beds are unique instrumentals so that no live material is necessary.

Format 2: A 58:30 version split into three segments. The first two segments end with :60 music beds for live station announcements.

My other 4th of July special, a 12-minute sound retrospective of American life, can be found here: http://www.prx.org/pieces/26403.

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Review of America: Our Country, Our Music - A New One Hour July 4th Special

i LOVED this past hour. just wonderful music on the 4th of july!

can i purchase a CD of 'America, Our Country, Our Music'?

jane kerr

Timing and Cues

AMERICA: OUR COUNTRY, OUR MUSIC
Format 1-Continuous Pre-Recorded Hour

PRE-RECORDED OPEN-(OVER MUSIC & SFX) Feels like a hot July night somewhere in the American forest doesn't it? You're right. We're in one of the many wonderful places our country offers us, literally from sea to shining sea. ETC.

BREAK #1 -

PRE-RECORDED LINER- Coming up we'll hear Linda Ronstadt, Neil Diamond, LeAnn Rimes, and we might even take a train ride, on "America: Our Country, Our Music." I'm Charlie Warren.
23:47

:60 (MUSIC BED) FOR LIVE ANNOUNCEMENT UNTIL
24:47

PRE-RECORDED LINER- There's Mannheim Steamroller with "Morning" from their album "Yellowstone: The Music of Nature." You're listening to "America: Our Country, Our Music." Alright, let's get this baby pumpin' now. After all, ETC.

BREAK #2

PRE-RECORDED LINER-As we complete our journey we'll hear from The Impressions, Mickey Newberry's American Trilogy, and The New York Philharmonic, ahead here on "America: Our Country, Our Music." I'm Charlie Warren.
48:00

:22 (MUSIC BED) FOR LIVE ANNOUNCEMENT UNTIL 48:23

PRE-RECORDED LINER- That's Mannheim Steamroller with "The Sky" from their album "Yellowstone." I'm Charlie Warren and this is "America: Our Country, Our Music." And here are The Impressions!

PRE-RECORDED CLOSE- Our thanks to all of these talented American musicians, Neil Diamond, LeAnn Rimes, ETC.....
with Brooklyn born Aaron Copeland's "Fanfare For The Common Man." (MUSIC UP)

(MUSIC OUT) AT 58:00

AMERICA: OUR COUNTRY, OUR MUSIC
Format 2 - 3 Segment Hour

SEGMENT 1

PRE-RECORDED OPEN-(OVER MUSIC & SFX) Feels like a hot July night somewhere in the American forest doesn't it? You're right. We're in one of the many wonderful places our country offers us, literally from sea to shining sea. ETC.

BREAK #1 -

PRE-RECORDED LINER- Coming up we'll hear Linda Ronstadt, Neil Diamond, LeAnn Rimes, and we might even take a train ride, on "America: Our Country, Our Music." I'm Charlie Warren.
23:47

:60 (MUSIC BED) FOR LIVE ANNOUNCEMENT UNTIL
24:51

SEGMENT 2

Alright, let's get this baby pumpin' now. After all, ETC.

BREAK #2

PRE-RECORDED LINER-As we complete our journey we'll hear from The Impressions, Mickey Newberry's American Trilogy, and The New York Philharmonic, ahead here on "America: Our Country, Our Music." I'm Charlie Warren.
23:03

:60 (MUSIC BED) FOR LIVE ANNOUNCEMENT UNTIL 24:09

SEGMENT 3

STARTS WITH MUSIC (THE IMPRESSIONS "THIS IS MY COUNTRY")

PRE-RECORDED CLOSE- Our thanks to all of these talented American musicians, Neil Diamond, LeAnn Rimes, ETC.....
with Brooklyn born Aaron Copeland's "Fanfare For The Common Man." (MUSIC UP)

(MUSIC OUT) AT 58:30

Musical Works

Title Artist Album Label Year Length Find on Amazon
The Sky Mannheim Steamroller Yellowstone. American Gramaphone 1989 01:30 find now
Star Spangled Banner Cher Sing America. Warner Bros 1998 02:01 find now
This Land Is Your Land Peter, Paul & Mary Moving. Warner Bros 1963 02:26 find now
My Hometown Bruce Springsteen Born In The USA. Columbia 1984 04:16 find now
Take Me Home, Country Roads John Denver Poems, Prayers, & Promises. RCA 1971 03:09 find now
The House I Live In Frank Sinatra America, I Hear You Singing. Reprise 1964 03:38 find now
The Immigrant Neil Sedaka The Definitive Collection. Razor & Tie 2007 03:44 find now
Morning Mannheim Steamroller Yellowstone. American Gramaphone 1989 01:44 find now
Back In The U.S.A. Linda Ronstadt Living In The U.S.A.. Asylum 1978 02:58 find now
City Of New Orleans Arlo Guthrie Hobo's Lullaby. Reprise 1972 04:31 find now
God Bless America LeAnn Rimes You Light Up My Life. Curb 1997 03:05 find now
What A Wonderful World Louis Armstrong Flying Dutchman-Amsterdam. single 1967 03:20 find now
Show Opener Adrian Cronauer Vietnam: A Musical Retrospective. Universal 1998 00:13 find now
America Neil Diamond The Jazz Singer. Columbia 1980 04:17 find now
The Sky Mannheim Steamroller Yellowstone. American Gramaphone 1989 02:44 find now
This Is My Country The Impressions This Is My Country. Curtom 1968 02:48 find now
An American Trilogy Mickey Newberry single. Elektra 1971 03:46 find now
Fanfare For The Common Man Leonard Bernstein with The New York Philharmonic The Joy Of Bernstein. Deautsche Grammophon GmbH 1986 03:10 find now