America: Our Country, Our Music
From: Charlie Warren
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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.
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 |
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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