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''Mark Twain: Words & Music'' is a double-CD produced by Grammy Award-winner Carl Jackson, a Bluegrass and Country music artist, as a benefit for the Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum, a non-profit foundation in Hannibal, Missouri. The project tells the life story of Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) in spoken word and song and features many well-known artists. "Run Mississippi" by Rhonda Vincent reached #2 on the Bluegrass Today charts the same week that "Comet Ride" by Ricky Skaggs reached #7. The album was released on September 21, 2011 and is the most downloaded Americana album of all time on AirPlay Direct,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=AirPlay Direct Charts )〕 an online music source for radio stations, with more than 7,000 downloads its first year. The spoken word passages include narration and excerpts from Twain's writing to form the biography. Corresponding songs follow each spoken word track to further tell the story of the Missouri boy who grew up alongside the Mississippi River and eventually became America's most popular author. Jimmy Buffett provides the voice of Huckleberry Finn, Garrison Keillor narrates, Clint Eastwood voices Mark Twain, and Angela Lovell performs as Twain's daughter, Susy Clemens. Singers include Emmylou Harris, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Rhonda Vincent, Bradley Walker, Carl Jackson, The Church Sisters, Sheryl Crow, Brad Paisley, Marty Raybon, Val Storey, Vince Gill, Joe Diffie, and Ricky Skaggs. The album includes several new songs written specifically for the project. Museum director Cindy Lovell conceived the project. She wrote the narrative for the spoken word passages and served as co-executive director with Carl Jackson. ==Track listing 1== Disc One # "Hello yourself, and see how you like it..." (Narrative: Mark Twain/Cindy Lovell; Background score: "Comet Ride" performed by Andy Leftwich) Jimmy Buffett, Garrison Keillor, Clint Eastwood – 1:24 # "When Halley Came To Jackson" (Mary Chapin Carpenter) Emmylou Harris – 3:11 # "Hannibal, Missouri, where my boyhood was spent..." (Narrative: Mark Twain/Cindy Lovell; Background score: "Comet Ride" performed by Carl Jackson/Andy Leftwich; "Uncle John's Farm" written and performed by Carl Jackson) Garrison Keillor, Jimmy Buffett, Clint Eastwood – 6:28 # "Better Times A' Comin'" (Cal Veale) Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver – 2:37 # "He agreed to teach me the Mississippi River..." (Narrative: Mark Twain/Cindy Lovell; Background score: "Run Mississippi" performed by Carl Jackson) Garrison Keillor, Jimmy Buffett, Clint Eastwood – 3:44 # "Run Mississippi" (Priscilla Houliston/Carl Jackson) Rhonda Vincent – 2:59 # "Several years of variegated vagabondizing..." (Narrative: Mark Twain/Cindy Lovell; Background score: Medley: "Dixie," "Ink," and "Mexican Telegram" arranged and performed by Carl Jackson; "Dixie" written by Daniel D. Emmett, "Mexican Telegram" written by Carl Jackson) Garrison Keillor, Jimmy Buffett, Clint Eastwood – 2:29 # "A Cowboy In His Soul" (Bryan Kennedy/Jim Rushing) Bradley Walker – 2:07 # "It liberates the vandal to travel..." (Narrative: Mark Twain/Cindy Lovell; Background score: "Safe Water" performed by Carl Jackson) Garrison Keillor, Jimmy Buffett, Clint Eastwood – 1:51 # "Safe Water" (Carl Jackson/Jerry Salley) Carl Jackson – 3:37 # "You ain't ever to love anybody but me..." (Narrative: Mark Twain/Cindy Lovell; Background score: "Sam & Livy" written and performed by Carl Jackson) Garrison Keillor, Clint Eastwood – 2:07 # "I Wandered By A Brookside" (Traditional/Music by Barbara Berry) The Church Sisters – 3:37 # "It was a mighty nice family..." (Narrative: Mark Twain/Cindy Lovell; Background score: "Little Creatures" written and performed by Carl Jackson) Garrison Keillor, Clint Eastwood, Angela Lovell – 3:49 # "Beautiful Dreamer" (Stephen Foster) Sheryl Crow – 2:06 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「Mark Twain: Words & Music」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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