Diamond Cuts: Bottom of the Fifth (Vol. V)

Various Artists - Miscellaneous - Sports | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 1, 2002)
• Original Release Date: June 1, 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Hungry for Music
• ASIN: B000069LAI
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #476,128 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #12 in Music > Indie Music > Miscellaneous > Sports Compilations

Track Listings

1. Terry Allen - Redleg Boy

2. Jumpin' Jupiter - Joe DiMaggio Done It Again

3. Kinky Friedman - Marilyn & Joe

4. Rhodes Tavern Troubadours - Here Come the Big Train

5. J. Michaels - Bottom of the Fifth

6. Sam Bush - The Wizard of Oz

7. . Hula Monsters - Take Me Out to the Ball Game

8. Dan Bern - If the Dodgers Had Stayed in Brooklyn

9. Chuck Brodsky - Bonehead Merkle

10. Tim Flannery - The Baseball Song

11. Kim & Reggie Harris - The Stars That Didn't Shine

12. George Winston - Baseball Blues

13. Dave Ross - Ichiro

14. Henry Sapoznik - Take Me Out to the Ball Game (yiddish version)

15. The Drovers Old Time Medicine Show - The All-American Game

16. The Original Brothers and Sisters of Love - Michigan and Trumbull

17. Terry Smith - Mickey's Gone

18. Gene Stamell - Billy We Hardly Knew Ya

19. Mikhail Horowitz - Cool Casey at the Bat

20. Tim Wilson - Ballad of John Rocker

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars NPR reviewed it, July 10, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Diamond Cuts: Bottom of the Fifth (Vol. V) (Audio CD)

Okay, I haven't bought it yet -- but I heard clips from each of the songs on the Album this morning on National Public Radio and I immediately wanted it. Wide variety of song writers and performers and the songs are passionate and political and most of all FUNNY. I plan to buy three copies -- one for each baseball fan in my life.

Walkforit

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fifth volume of outstanding baseball songs, December 27, 2004

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hyperbolium (Earth, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Diamond Cuts: Bottom of the Fifth (Vol. V) (Audio CD)

The fifth volume of this series follows the same fine format as the first four: a wide range of artists and styles singing songs about the American pastime. A few of the artists, such as Sam Bush and Kinky Friedman, are seasoned pros in the country and folk arenas, and three (George Winston, Dan Bern and Chuck Brodsky) continue their uninterrupted streak of appearances on all five volumes. The bulk of the roster will be new faces for most listeners.

Executive producer Jeff Campbell continues to call-up stellar contributions that meld the artists' love of music and baseball into an inseparable whole. There's Cajun, bluegrass, country, folk, jump blues and jazz, in the service of superstars like Joe DiMaggio, Walter Johnson and Ozzie Smith, and historic error-makers like Fred Merkle and Bill Buckner. There's a Yiddish version of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame," as well as another fine instrumental version to complement those on the first four volumes.

This disc is filled with childhood memories and adult ruminations that testify to the ways in which baseball is intricately interwoven into American culture. Other sports can only dream of such longstanding personal connections. Profits from this series provide funding for the Washington, DC based "Hungry for Music" charity.