- Audio CD (11 Jun 1995)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: East West
- ASIN: B0000072GN
- Other Editions: Paperback | Audio CD | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 6,108 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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10 TRACK CD ALBUM
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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I was already a jimmy nail fan and loved his part in aufwiedersen pet and his early cd.s were good,but then he got together with mark knopfler (of dire staits fame)to produce this masterpiece of an album. Anybody who likes music with a country flavour and admires the work of dire straits will love this,in my opinion there isn't one bad track on this album.
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Love to review this CD. Unfortunately after one whole month since ordering, it has still not arrived.
I live in Australia..So Aussies beware of CD purchasing from here!!
I live in Australia..So Aussies beware of CD purchasing from here!!
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Roger Miller's Tony Award winning songs for "Big River"
7 Feb 2004
Format:Paperback
Roger Miller is remembered for his humorous novelty songs like "King of the Road," "Dang Me," "England Swings," "Do-Wacka-Do," and "You Can't Roller Skate in a Buffalo Herd." What gets forgotten sometimes is that he had considerable songwriting talent, and the best proof of that is his Tony Award-winning songs for "Big River." You have to appreciate the audacity of trying to turn Mark Twain's classic novel into a Broadway musical, but in turning to Roger Miller to write the songs you get the feeling Samuel Clemens was moving them in the right direction. Yes, there are stuff the fun songs like Pa's diatribe on "Guv'ment" and Tom Sawyer's "Hand for the Hog," as well as the two songs by the King and the Duke, "When the Sun Goes Down in the South" and "The Royal Nonesuch." But Miller also provides a tender country ballad, "You Oughta Be Here With Me" and the spiritual "The Crossing." The most powerful songs remain those between Huck and Jim, which includes "Muddy Water," "River in the Rain," and "Worlds Apart."
"Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" contains sixteen of Miller's songs, with piano-vocal arrangements by Rick Walters along with guitar chords. In addition to the above mentioned songs you also get the music for "Arkansas/How Blest We Are," "The Boys," "Do Ya Wanna Go To Heaven?," "Free At Last," "I, Huckleberry, Me," and "Waitin' For the Light To Shine." So you get most of the songs from the musical and if you can play the piano or guitar, or are willing to risk others hearing you sing about "The Royal Nonesuch" out loud, then this is another way of enjoying Miller's work. Just remember, no music library is complete without one of the more comprehensive Roger Miller hit collections and the Original Broadway Cast album for "Big River" (with Daniel Jenkins, Ron Richardson, Rene Auberjonis, Patti Cohenour, John Goodman, and Bob Gunton).
Baseline, no frills
5 Nov 2010
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
The book has all the songs from the broadway show, Big River, but all the pieces have only the melody part. Any harmony or chorus parts you were hoping to get are not there. This works for simple performances but not for any duets or ensembles.
Great!
14 Sep 2010
Format:Paperback
I use this when teaching Huckleberry Finn and (believe it or not) a great workout CD!
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