Linda, Sounds good. Let me know when you have something. Best, Tracy On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 7:03 PM, Linda Morris <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Tracy, > This email jogged my memory. I'm more or less working on a blog about = > the Mark Twain Circle. I'll try to make more progress after the = > week-end. > Linda > On Aug 31, 2011, at 4:46 PM, Tracy Wuster wrote: > > > Henry, > >=20 > > This looks exciting. I have recently started a humor studies blog = > with > > several other humor scholars. The blog is a place to inform humor = > scholars > > about what is going on in the field--and this CD would be great. > >=20 > > Would someone involved be interested in writing a post on the CD? = > Nothing > > elaborate, but it might be a good promotion space. Maybe posting a = > preview > > track? > >=20 > > Let me know if you are interested. Best, > >=20 > > Tracy > >=20 > > On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 2:33 PM, Henry Sweets < > > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > >=20 > >> Dear Friends, > >>=20 > >>=20 > >>=20 > >> We promised to keep you in the loop, so here's the big news! The Mark > >> Twain: > >> Words & Music CD will be released on Sept. 21. You can pre-order = > copies at: > >> http://www.marktwainmuseum.org/shop/proddetail.php?prod=3DMarkTwainCD > >>=20 > >>=20 > >>=20 > >> CDs are only $18.95. Remember, this is a double-CD with a 40-page = > booklet > >> that tells Mark Twain's life in spoken word and song. The CD is = > produced by > >> Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter/musician producer Carl = > Jackson. It > >> features Jimmy Buffett as Huck Finn, Garrison Keillor as the = > narrator, > >> Clint > >> Eastwood as Mark Twain, and Angela Lovell as Susy. Songs are = > performed by > >> Emmylou Harris, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Rhonda Vincent, Bradley = > Walker, > >> Carl Jackson, The Church Sisters, Sheryl Crow, Brad Paisely, Marty = > Raybon, > >> Val Storey, Vince Gill, Joe Diffie, and Ricky Skaggs. > >>=20 > >>=20 > >>=20 > >> We hope you'll consider purchasing one (or more!). They will ship by = > Sept. > >> 21st, and this first batch will be collectors' items in their own = > right. > >> Jimmy Buffett's label, Mailboat Records, has come on board as the > >> distributor, but this first batch will not indicate that since it was = > a > >> recent development. > >>=20 > >>=20 > >>=20 > >> Also, if you can make it out for our big release party on September = > 20, > >> you'll get to meet Carl Jackson and other special guests. Details = > here: > >>=20 > >> = > http://www.marktwainmuseum.org/index.php/events-exhibits/icalrepeat.detail= > /2 > >> 011/09/20/1447/-/cd-release-party > >>=20 > >>=20 > >>=20 > >> Thank you for your support of the Museum! > >>=20 > >>=20 > >>=20 > >> Cindy Lovell, Ph.D. > >>=20 > >> Executive Director > >>=20 > >> Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum > >>=20 > >> 120 N. Main St., Hannibal MO 63401 > >>=20 > >> Phone: 573-221-9010 ext. 402 | Cell: 386-748-1256 | Fax: 573-221-7975 > >>=20 > >> Email: [log in to unmask] | Web site: > >> http://marktwainmuseum.org/ > >>=20 > >>=20 > >>=20 > >> Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to the Museum today: > >> http://marktwainmuseum.org/shop/donations.php > >>=20 > >>=20 > >>=20 > >> "Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the = > undertaker > >> will be sorry." ~Mark Twain > >>=20 > >>=20 > >>=20 > >> Henry Sweets, Curator for Cindy Lovell > >>=20 > >> Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum > >>=20 > >> 120 North Main Street > >>=20 > >> Hannibal MO 63401 > >>=20 > >> 573-221-9010 extension 405 > >>=20 > >>=20 > >>=20 >