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"American Jerusalem" is a song written by singer-songwriter and guitarist Rod MacDonald〔(''San Francisco Chronicle'' - Rod MacDonald biography )〕 in 1978. Considered his "signature tune",〔(''The Daily Freeman'': Rod MacDonald performs tonight in Hyde Park )〕 the nearly-six-minute long song first appeared on MacDonald’s 1983 debut album ''No Commercial Traffic'' (originally on Cinemagic Records, reissued by Blue Flute Music). MacDonald re-recorded the song for his 2009 CD ''After the War,'' with Gary Burke (drums), Pete Levin (keyboards), Mark Dann (bass), JP Bowersock (guitar) and Tracy Grammer (harmony vocals). The publishing rights to "American Jerusalem" were acquired in 1985 by Dick James Music, which later sold its entire catalogue to PolyGram International; it is currently the property of Universal Music. MacDonald is a longtime member of ASCAP. == Context == Called "a brilliant contrast of rich and poor, of the powerful and the powerless in Manhattan",〔Regenstreif, Mike Sing Out! Summer 2003〕 the song also presages some of the September 11, 2001 events with such lines as “in the ashes of American Jerusalem/the prophets live their deaths out on the corner/the pretty people say there should have been a warning/but nobody heard it” and “then shadows lick the sun/the streets are paved with footsteps on the run.” When Smithsonian Folkways re-released ''Fast Folk: A Community of Singers & Songwriters'' from the vaults of Fast Folk's seminal collection of 200 songwriters and 600 songs dating back to 1982, a live performance of "American Jerusalem" by MacDonald at NYC’s Bottom Line was the opening track.〔(Smithsonian Folkways: Fast Folk: A Community of Singers & Songwriters )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「American Jerusalem」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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