Vintage Vinyl Records: Various Artists - T-Bone Burnett Presents The Speaking Clock Revue

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In October 2010, multiple-Grammy and Oscar-winning producer T Bone Burnett organized an impressive group of musicians, dubbed The Speaking Clock Revue, and joined with Participant Media for concerts benefiting arts education. The Speaking Clock Revue was recorded at the Beacon Theater in New York, and featured a house band made up of musicians from many Burnett-produced recordings and led by music director and guitarist Marc Ribot. The resulting album contains 11 previously unreleased performances by Elton John and Leon Russell, Elvis Costello, John Mellencamp, Gregg Allman, Ralph Stanley, Jeff Bridges, Neko Case, Yim Yames, Punch Brothers, Karen Elson, and The Secret Sisters.

Burnett was inspired to do the fundraising concerts after attending an early screening of Participant's documentary Waiting for Superman, from Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth, It Might Get Loud), which focused on the troubled state of public education in the U.S., following a handful of promising students through a U.S. public school system and offering creative new approaches to education reform. Proceeds from the sale of the album benefit arts and music education in public schools.

  1. Jimmie Standing In The Rain - Elvis Costello
  2. Midnight Rider - Gregg Allman
  3. Hold On, Hold On - Neko Case
  4. Rye Whiskey - Punch Brothers
  5. Wonderful (The Way I Feel) - Yim Yames
  6. The Truth Is In The Dirt - Karen Elson
  7. The One I Love Is Gone - The Secret Sisters
  8. Troubled Land - John Mellencamp
  9. Lift Him Up That's All - Ralph Stanley
10. Fallin' & Flyin' - Jeff Bridges
11. Monkey Suit - Elton John;Leon Russell