Posted on 09/18/2007 6:37:43 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
Janet Reno CD in stores now
Published: Sept. 18, 2007 at 8:20 PM
KENDALL, Fla., Sept. 18 (UPI) -- A three-CD album of historical songs from former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno debuted Tuesday.
"Song of America," a 50-tune "history book'" that Reno helped shepherd, is in stores now, the Miami Herald has reported.
Reno is listed as an executive producer on the collection, which starts in 1492 with "Lakota Dream Song" and spans 25 eras of U.S. history, concluding with "Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning," a song about the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.
Reno said it all began when she heard her niece's musician husband, Ed Pettersen, play two history-inspired songs he had written.
"I was sitting there doing some work,'" Reno recalled. "And then I found I was listening to him and this song -- I couldn't figure out what it was about. When he told me, it came alive.'"
Pettersen said Reno immediately started suggesting eras of U.S. history that should be documented through music.
Unable to find any other comprehensive history told through folk songs, Petterson and Reno set out to compile their own.
"It's the good, the bad and the ugly," Reno said. "To omit Dixie or the Streets of Philadelphia is to omit a part of what has made America."
(Excerpt) Read more at upi.com ...
Speak for yourself.
I wonder if “Waco Bonfire” made the cut.
You can listen to clips here:
Unless it has her rendition of Shatner’s rendition of Rocketman, I don’t want it.
Burnin’ Down The House
Song of America [BOX SET]
Various Artists (Artist), Janet Reno (Artist), Ed Pettersen (Performer), David Macias (Performer), Bob Olhsson (Performer)
"To omit Dixie or the Streets of Philadelphia is to omit a part of what has made America."
Did she say "Streets of Philadelphia"? Isn't that a throwaway Bruce Springsteen song from the '90s? On an "album of historical songs"? Well then, why not "Smells Like Teen Spirit"?
“I wonder if “Waco Bonfire” made the cut.”
Or, “The Ballad of Elian”
When I first saw the title I thought she was singing on the CD.
I’m glad she’s just the producer because I fear her singing voice would probably be reminiscent of Yoko Ono.
what about “ Burning Down the House”?
"Inferno Records Proudly Presents: Miss Janet Reno - Songs of the Clinton Years"
I do hope she also got Sheets Byrd on the fiddle, and Clinton on sax.
And here I’ve been wanting a Burl Ives Songbook like we had back in the ‘50s.
Actually, I went to the Amazon site and read about the CD set. It sounds quite interesting. A good idea is a good idea, even if it did come from Janet Reno. Go read up on this on Amazon. Click on the link above. You will be surprised.
LOL!
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