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, > > 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. > > 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? > > Let me know if you are interested. Best, > > Tracy > > On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 2:33 PM, Henry Sweets < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Dear Friends, >> >> >> >> 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=MarkTwainCD >> >> >> >> 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. >> >> >> >> 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. >> >> >> >> 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: >> >> http://www.marktwainmuseum.org/index.php/events-exhibits/icalrepeat.detail/2 >> 011/09/20/1447/-/cd-release-party >> >> >> >> Thank you for your support of the Museum! >> >> >> >> Cindy Lovell, Ph.D. >> >> Executive Director >> >> Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum >> >> 120 N. Main St., Hannibal MO 63401 >> >> Phone: 573-221-9010 ext. 402 | Cell: 386-748-1256 | Fax: 573-221-7975 >> >> Email: [log in to unmask] | Web site: >> http://marktwainmuseum.org/ >> >> >> >> Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to the Museum today: >> http://marktwainmuseum.org/shop/donations.php >> >> >> >> "Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker >> will be sorry." ~Mark Twain >> >> >> >> Henry Sweets, Curator for Cindy Lovell >> >> Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum >> >> 120 North Main Street >> >> Hannibal MO 63401 >> >> 573-221-9010 extension 405 >> >> >>