Live Cast Album of Banjo Boy Released: Musical about Meredith Willson
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This is a wonderful album to hear especially if you like energetic show tunes with memorable originality.” And reviewer Catherine Surowiec of What’sOnStage.com said, “This big-hearted musical boasts a score that is itself a celebration of America’s musical and social diversity, paying tribute to a variety of styles reflected in Willson’s own work – barbershop harmony, ragtime, and marches.### Dobbs Ferry, NY, July 16, 2009 --( PR.com )-- Randy Hobler, composer, lyricist and book writer of the bio-musical Banjo Boy—about the youthful adventures of Meredith Willson—has announced the release of the Live Cast Album CD.He forms a banjo band, “The Banjo Boys” that helps Mason City, Iowa (Meredith Willson’s hometown, the original “River City”) win the Iowa High School Band Contest.The album includes homages to The Music Man, including a catchy barbershop quartet (“The Clip-Clop Life”) and a mock love song to the Sears, Roebuck Catalog (“Sears, Dear Sears”) that echoes “Wells Fargo Wagon”.Two of the show’s numbers are viewable on video on You Tube (www.youtube.com): “Sears, Dear Sears” and “Thanks Be to Music” (must include quotation marks in the search box.) Randal West directed, Adam Cates choreographed.The Banjo Boy CD is available for sale online at http://cdbaby.com, where one can listen to samples of all the songs.For other purchasing options, one can visit www.banjoboy.net.### Contact Information Banjo Boy Entertainment Randy Hobler 914-693-5938 www.banjoboy.net Click here to view the list of recent Press Releases from Banjo Boy Entertainment Promote Your Business Press Release Pricing Email this page to a friend