Corey Harris: In his own words

NOTES:

Tape time: 3:20 (including :29 music tail)
Add approx  1:15 for  full intro/outro  -- 1:00 if outro is spoken 
over music tail
Add approx  :40 for  short intro/outro  -- :25 if outro is spoken 
over music tail

This piece will fit the new ATC cutaway 

Pronouncer:
Ali Farka Toure <AH-lee FAR-kah TOOR-ay>


FULL INTRO: 

Corey Harris  is a real student of the blues. You may have seen 
him as the narrator and guide for "Feel Like Going Home" ... the 
documentary  Martin Scorsese directed for his PBS series, 
"The Blues."

For Harris, the blues is a LIVING music. He loves to find 
connections between old and new, near and far. In Scorsese's 
film and on his own recordings, Harris has explored the 
musical connections between the Mississippi Delta and the 
West African country of Mali ... especially in collaborations with 
Malian guitarist Ali Farka Toure <AH-lee FAR-kah TOOR-ay>.

Harris explores other musical connections on his CD, 
"Downhome Sophisticate," which got four stars from Rolling Stone. 
The magazine compared the record's eclectic sound  to George 
Clinton and Funkadelic.

This is how Corey Harris describes his music, in 
his own words ... 


TAPE IN:  (starts with music) First spoken words:
"There is music that's really good, but ...."

TAPE OUT: Ends with :29 music tail
Last spoken words:  "...that's what I'm trying to do."

OUTRO: 

Corey Harris ... slide guitarist, singer, and student of the blues. 

We heard from him as  part of "Musicians in their own 
words," produced by David Schulman and supported by 
the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.  

[Corey Harris will be  performing on DATE 
at VENUE in CITY.]



SHORT SCRIPT (for ATC Cutaway use)

INTRO: 

Corey Harris  is a real student of the blues. You may have seen 
him as the narrator  in "Feel Like Going Home" ... the documentary  
Martin Scorsese directed for his PBS series, "The Blues."

For Harris, the blues is a LIVING music. He loves to find links 
between old and new, near and far. Harris has explored connections 
between the Mississippi Delta and the African country of Mali ... 
especially in his collaborations with guitarist 
Ali Farka Toure <AH-lee FAR-kah TOOR-ay>.

The Blues according to Corey Harris also includes its share of 
funk... and rap ...

TAPE IN:  (starts with music) First spoken words:
"There is music that's really good, but ...."

TAPE OUT: Ends with :29 music tail
Last spoken words:  "...that's what I'm trying to do."

OUTRO: 

Corey Harris. We heard from him as  part of "Musicians in their own 
words," produced by David Schulman and supported by 
the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.  

[Corey Harris will be  performing on DATE 
at VENUE in CITY.]


ALTERNATE CREDIT LANGUAGE, IF READ AT END OF HOUR:

"'Musicians in their own words'' is produced by David
Schulman and supported by the Corporation for Public 
Broadcasting."