Ralph the Dog

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Member Since: 12/18/2001
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Ralph the Dog: A Film by Ken Burns

Artist Song
Bruce Hornsby & Branford Marsalis  Star spangled banner 
Jay Ungar and Molly Mason  Ashokan Farewell 
Jane Siberry   Ol' Man River 
Alsion Krauss with Yo-yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, and Mark O'Connor  Slumber My Darling 
The Corrs  The Minstrel Boy 
Garrison Keillor  Quote: Walt WHitman 
Les Brown & His Orchestra with Betty Bonney  Joltin' Joe DiMaggio 
Edward Meeker  Take Me Out to the Ball Game 
Count Basie & His Orchestra with Taps Miller  Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball? 
Louis Armstrong  Bucket's Got a Hole in it 
Earl Hines  Cavernism 
Billy Holiday  The Way You Look Tonight 
Irving Aaronson  Let's Misbehave 
Thelonious Monk  'Round Midnight 
Dave Frishberg  Van Lingle Mungo 
Houston Person & Ron Carter  Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most 
Rickie Lee Jones  Smile 
Ladysmith Black Mambazo  Swing Low, Sweet Chariot 

Comment:

I've made quite a lot of mix tapes/cds under the 'Ralph the Dog' moniker - but this one was a little different. After watching Ken Burns' 'Jazz' 'Civil War' and 'Baseball' back to back to back, I felt it could be kind of fun to try to combine musical elements from each show into a single cohesive narrative. It's certainly a unique listen, considering I had the soundtracks to none of these documentaries (although I did get the 'Baseball' CD from the library for the Walt Whitman quote..the rest came from 'Baseball's Greatest Hits Vol 1 & 2')
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Spockita
Date: 12/18/2001
All three back-to-back? Are you talking consecutively? 'Cause then you're Superman. Interesting mix.
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Who Moved My Cheese?
Date: 7/1/2003
Slumber My Darling!!! Are you kidding me? Quite possibly the purest song I've ever come across. Congrats on finding that one.