Guest DJ Project Scott Turow

From: KCRW
Series: KCRW's Guest DJ Project
Length: 10:55

Scott Turow is a bestselling author who has had several of his books turned into feature films. His Guest DJ set is full of thoughtful and sentimental reflections on fatherhood, civil rights, and The Beatles most controversial song. Read the full description.

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Scott Turow is a bestselling author who has had several of his books turned into feature films. His Guest DJ set is full of thoughtful and sentimental reflections on fatherhood, civil rights, and The Beatles most controversial song. He also tells us about his band, the Rock Bottom Remainders, which is a group of bestselling authors who play shows to raise money for charity, including a show to celebrate their 20th anniversary in LA on June 22 at the El Rey.

For More: http://www.rockbottomremainders.com/

Tracks
1. We Shall Overcome - Pete Seeger
2. Can't Help Myself - The Four Tops
3. Runaway - Del Shannon
4. Free As A Bird - The Beatles
5. Rainbow Connection - The Muppet Movie

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Piece Description

Scott Turow is a bestselling author who has had several of his books turned into feature films. His Guest DJ set is full of thoughtful and sentimental reflections on fatherhood, civil rights, and The Beatles most controversial song. He also tells us about his band, the Rock Bottom Remainders, which is a group of bestselling authors who play shows to raise money for charity, including a show to celebrate their 20th anniversary in LA on June 22 at the El Rey.

For More: http://www.rockbottomremainders.com/

Tracks
1. We Shall Overcome - Pete Seeger
2. Can't Help Myself - The Four Tops
3. Runaway - Del Shannon
4. Free As A Bird - The Beatles
5. Rainbow Connection - The Muppet Movie

Transcript

EJL: Hi, I am Eric J. Lawrence and I am here with bestselling author Scott Turow. He’s sold over 25 million books and several of them, including “Presumed Innocent”, have been made to feature films. Today, we’re going to talk about some of the songs he selected that have inspired him over the years as part of KCRW’s Guest DJ Project. Scott, thanks so much for joining us.

ST: Thank you, I’m glad to be here.

EJL: What’s the first song you got for us?

ST: Well, the first song is “We Shall Overcome” by Pete Seeger, which he had basically gleaned from…I think it was based on an old spiritual. But Seeger popularized it and it became the anthem for the civil rights movement in which I was active until white people were basically booted out after Dr. King was killed in 1968.

But it always raised the hair on the back of my neck and it still does. The promise was that we shall overcome and...
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