CD Details: Diamond Cuts - Bottom Of The Fifth

"Bottom of the Fifth" is the fifth volume of the Diamond Cuts series of baseball song collections. The collections are inspired by a passion for baseball, music, and helping others. The proceeds from Diamond Cuts will provide funding for Hungry for Music, a Washington, DC-based charity. This is another musically diverse compilation featuring 20 songs about our national pastime and includes songs about baseball personalities such as: Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Walter Johnson, Ozzie Smith, Ichiro, Bonehead Merkle, John Rocker, Bill Buckner and more. Songs with the following baseball themes are also included: Negro Leagues, the remembrance of players who played for the love of the game, a songwriter paying tribute to his major league dad, playing ball in the neighborhood, and a washed up player who finds solace in the bottle. A few of the many highlights on Diamond Cuts "Bottom of the Fifth" include Sam Bush's swinging tribute to the Wizard of Oz - Ozzie Smith (which will also be featured in the National Baseball Hall of Fame video tribute to the newly elected Hall of Famer); a Yiddish version of " Take Me Out to the Ball Game " from the award-winning documentary " The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg "; a parody of Rossini's " The Barber of Seville ," but instead of Figaro it's ICHIRO; Tim Wilson's hilarious novelty song about the infamous John Rocker; and Kinky Friedman's touching ballad " Marilyn and Joe ." A Diamond Cuts tradition continues with the Hula Monsters Hawaiian bluegrass version of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game". Each of the previous Diamond Cuts compilations has include an instrumental version of baseball's most famous song. Instrumental renditions include bluegrass (Sam Bush), blues piano (George Winston), surf (Los Straitjackets), stride piano (Johnny Guarnieri). Artists who have appeared on previous Diamond Cuts compilations in support of Hungry for Music include Dan Bern, Chuck Brodsky, Big Bill Broonzy, Greg Brown, Sam Bush, Ruth Brown, Tom Chapin, Bob Costas, Bob Dylan, Dave Frishberg, Johnny Guarnieri, Garrison Keillor, Bill Kirchen, Christine Lavin, Los Straitjackets, Barbara Manning (SF Seals), John McCutcheon, David Olney, Tom Paxton, Jonathan Richman, Tom Russell, Martin Sexton, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Jerry Jeff Walker, George Winston. Check out NPR's interview with Jeff Campbell about Diamond Cuts: Bottom of the Fifth. This interview aired on July 10, 2002.
$15.99	1. Terry Allen - Dave Elliot Band 2. Joe DiMaggio Done It Again - Jumpin' Jupiter 3. Marilyn & Joe - Kinky Freidman 4. Here Come the Big Train - Rhodes Tavern Troubadours 5. Bottom of the Fifth - J. Michaels 6. The Wizard of Oz - Sam Bush 7. Take Me Out to the Ball Game - Hula Monsters 8. If the Dodgers Had Stayed in Brooklyn - Dan Bern 9. Bonehead Merkle - Chuck Brodsky 10. The Baseball Song - Tim Flannery 11. The Stars That Didn't Shine - Kim & Reggie Harris 12. Baseball Blues - George Winston 13. Ichiro - Dave Ross 14. Take Me Out to the Ball Game(yiddish version) - Henry Sapoznik 15. The All-American Game - The Drovers Old Time Medicine Show 16. Michigan and Trumbull - The Original Brothers and Sisters of Love 17. Mickey's Gone - Terry Smith 18. Billy We Hardly Knew Ya - Gene Stamell 19. Cool Casey at the Bat - Mikhail Horowitz 20. Ballad of John Rocker - Tim Wilson

"Bottom of the Fifth" is the fifth volume of the Diamond Cuts series of baseball song collections. The collections are inspired by a passion for baseball, music, and helping others. The proceeds from Diamond Cuts will provide funding for Hungry for Music, a Washington, DC-based charity.
This is another musically diverse compilation featuring 20 songs about our national pastime and includes songs about baseball personalities such as: Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Walter Johnson, Ozzie Smith, Ichiro, Bonehead Merkle, John Rocker, Bill Buckner and more.
Songs with the following baseball themes are also included: Negro Leagues, the remembrance of players who played for the love of the game, a songwriter paying tribute to his major league dad, playing ball in the neighborhood, and a washed up player who finds solace in the bottle.
A few of the many highlights on Diamond Cuts "Bottom of the Fifth" include Sam Bush's swinging tribute to the Wizard of Oz - Ozzie Smith (which will also be featured in the National Baseball Hall of Fame video tribute to the newly elected Hall of Famer); a Yiddish version of " Take Me Out to the Ball Game " from the award-winning documentary " The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg "; a parody of Rossini's " The Barber of Seville ," but instead of Figaro it's ICHIRO; Tim Wilson's hilarious novelty song about the infamous John Rocker; and Kinky Friedman's touching ballad " Marilyn and Joe ."
A Diamond Cuts tradition continues with the Hula Monsters Hawaiian bluegrass version of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game". Each of the previous Diamond Cuts compilations has include an instrumental version of baseball's most famous song. Instrumental renditions include bluegrass (Sam Bush), blues piano (George Winston), surf (Los Straitjackets), stride piano (Johnny Guarnieri).
Artists who have appeared on previous Diamond Cuts compilations in support of Hungry for Music include Dan Bern, Chuck Brodsky, Big Bill Broonzy, Greg Brown, Sam Bush, Ruth Brown, Tom Chapin, Bob Costas, Bob Dylan, Dave Frishberg, Johnny Guarnieri, Garrison Keillor, Bill Kirchen, Christine Lavin, Los Straitjackets, Barbara Manning (SF Seals), John McCutcheon, David Olney, Tom Paxton, Jonathan Richman, Tom Russell, Martin Sexton, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Jerry Jeff Walker, George Winston.
Check out NPR's interview with Jeff Campbell about Diamond Cuts: Bottom of the Fifth. This interview aired on July 10, 2002.

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1. Terry Allen - Dave Elliot Band
2. Joe DiMaggio Done It Again - Jumpin' Jupiter
3. Marilyn & Joe - Kinky Freidman
4. Here Come the Big Train - Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
5. Bottom of the Fifth - J. Michaels
6. The Wizard of Oz - Sam Bush
7. Take Me Out to the Ball Game - Hula Monsters
8. If the Dodgers Had Stayed in Brooklyn - Dan Bern
9. Bonehead Merkle - Chuck Brodsky
10. The Baseball Song - Tim Flannery
11. The Stars That Didn't Shine - Kim & Reggie Harris
12. Baseball Blues - George Winston
13. Ichiro - Dave Ross
14. Take Me Out to the Ball Game(yiddish version) - Henry Sapoznik
15. The All-American Game - The Drovers Old Time Medicine Show
16. Michigan and Trumbull - The Original Brothers and Sisters of Love
17. Mickey's Gone - Terry Smith
18. Billy We Hardly Knew Ya - Gene Stamell
19. Cool Casey at the Bat - Mikhail Horowitz
20. Ballad of John Rocker - Tim Wilson