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Van Zandt became interested in writing a song about Sun City to make parallels with the plight of Native Americans. Danny Schechter, a journalist who was then working with ABC News' 20/20, suggested turning the song into a different kind of "We Are the World", or as Schechter explains, "a song about change not charity, freedom not famine."
Daniel Isaac "Danny" Schechter (June 27, 1942 – March 19, 2015) was an American television producer, independent filmmaker, blogger, and media critic. He wrote and spoke about many issues including apartheid , civil rights , economics, foreign policy , journalistic control and ethics, and medicine.
Short title: Rider in the sun: Author: Smith, Edmund Ware, 1900-Software used: Internet Archive: Conversion program: Recoded by LuraDocument PDF v2.68: Encrypted
Van Zandt and Schechter also struggled to get their documentary seen. Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) refused to broadcast the non-profit film The Making of Sun City [18] even though it won the International Documentary Association's top honors in 1986. PBS claimed the featured artists were also involved in making the film and were therefore ...
"In the Sun" is the second single from Joseph Arthur's second studio album Come to Where I'm From, though the song had been performed during his live shows as early as 1996. [ 1 ] Release
Schechter formed the band while also a member of Michael Gira's band Angels of Light. Bee and Flower's co-founding band members include Ani Cordero on drums and backing vocals, Roderick Miller (Richard Ruin, Kitty Solaris) on piano and keyboards, Jon Petrow (Cordero, And the Wiremen) on viola and violin, and Lynn Wright ( James Hall , And the ...
It’s the ultimate singalong — and now we know some of the backstory. On the Nov. 12 episode of the Howie Mandel Does Stuff podcast, former Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora reflected on the ...
He came from Romanian town Brăila, but after World War I he came to Brno, where he studied piano at Vilém Kurz.He moved to Prague with Kurz and started to study piano at master school with Karel Hoffmeister, and composition and conducting at Prague Conservatory.