JoanM
12-18-2008, 12:48 PM
check out this CD by John McCutcheon, Sermon on the Mound (http://www.folkmusic.com/sermon/index.html)
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(http://javascript%3cb%3e%3c/b%3E:popupWindow%28%27http://folkmusic.com/store/nfoscomm/catalog/popup_image.php?pID=67%27%29)"Some people say there are better games than baseball. They are wrong." --Tom Boswell, The Washington Post "The first thing in my life I ever did right," muses John McCutcheon, "was baseball." Since that day in 1959 when the lanky seven-year-old showed up a year too early for Little League tryouts (they took him anyway) McCutcheon has done quite a few other things right. With over thirty-five years of international concert touring, six Grammy nominations, countless awards, over thirty recordings and numerous books under his belt, he's been a busy man. With the release of Sermon on the Mound he's finally brought together two lifelong loves: music and baseball. Whether honoring the games heroes (Roberto Clemente, Cal Ripkin Jr., Jackie Robinson, PeeWee Reese), tackling the game's foul balls (steroids, John Rocker), celebrating street ball and Little League, or distilling it all down to its essence (the universal and heart-rending 'Catch'), once again, McCutcheon's pen and eye are wise, bittersweet, and wickedly funny. A home run of an album! The official release date was Opening Day, March 31st.
I grew up next to the college baseball field and have always loved the game. Now I tend to watch more than play (blame those old knees). I've always liked John's music and a few years back he recorded "I Am Here", a song written for a performance at the Baseball Hall of Fame, on one of his CDs. Other favorite baseball songs of mine include "Right Field" by Willy Welch (recorded by PP&M), "Ballad of a Ballgame" by Christine Lavin, "Dyin' Cub's Fan Last Request" by Steve Goodman...and on and on.
I just got Sermon on the Mound and it is quickly joining my playlist of favorite baseball songs. It's on iTunes if you want to hear parts of the songs. (There are video links to performances off John's page but I can't get them to load.) jm
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(http://javascript%3cb%3e%3c/b%3E:popupWindow%28%27http://folkmusic.com/store/nfoscomm/catalog/popup_image.php?pID=67%27%29)"Some people say there are better games than baseball. They are wrong." --Tom Boswell, The Washington Post "The first thing in my life I ever did right," muses John McCutcheon, "was baseball." Since that day in 1959 when the lanky seven-year-old showed up a year too early for Little League tryouts (they took him anyway) McCutcheon has done quite a few other things right. With over thirty-five years of international concert touring, six Grammy nominations, countless awards, over thirty recordings and numerous books under his belt, he's been a busy man. With the release of Sermon on the Mound he's finally brought together two lifelong loves: music and baseball. Whether honoring the games heroes (Roberto Clemente, Cal Ripkin Jr., Jackie Robinson, PeeWee Reese), tackling the game's foul balls (steroids, John Rocker), celebrating street ball and Little League, or distilling it all down to its essence (the universal and heart-rending 'Catch'), once again, McCutcheon's pen and eye are wise, bittersweet, and wickedly funny. A home run of an album! The official release date was Opening Day, March 31st.
I grew up next to the college baseball field and have always loved the game. Now I tend to watch more than play (blame those old knees). I've always liked John's music and a few years back he recorded "I Am Here", a song written for a performance at the Baseball Hall of Fame, on one of his CDs. Other favorite baseball songs of mine include "Right Field" by Willy Welch (recorded by PP&M), "Ballad of a Ballgame" by Christine Lavin, "Dyin' Cub's Fan Last Request" by Steve Goodman...and on and on.
I just got Sermon on the Mound and it is quickly joining my playlist of favorite baseball songs. It's on iTunes if you want to hear parts of the songs. (There are video links to performances off John's page but I can't get them to load.) jm