Weekend America Series
Song & Memory
Songs have a way of bringing things back: a place, a person, a time. Here on "Weekend America" we're asking you about the one song that unlocks all those those memories for our Song & Memory series. This series is produced by Ann Heppermann, Kara Oehler, and Rick Moody and is produced with support from Hearing Voices.
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Song and Memory: "Let's Get Together"
Harley Hansen was finishing his first year of college in 1970. The Weathermen Underground were threatening to blow up buildings, anti-war demonstrations were happening on college campuses and students like Hansen were inspired by the peace-minded music of the time.
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Song and Memory: "Coming in on a Wing and Prayer"
"Coming in on a Wing and Prayer," by Harold Adamson, reminds Lucinda Alsobrook Coulter-Burbach of growing up on Dyersberg Army Air Base in Halls, Tenn.
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Song and Memory: "96 Tears"
Rebel Chef Anthony Bourdain is best known for his raucous ways in the world of the professional kitchen, which he details in his book "Kitchen Confidential." We asked him to put away his pans and think back to when he was a kid -- is there a song from childhood that brings it all back? Bourdain can pinpoint his desire for a rebellious drug- and sex- drenched youth to one song: "96 Tears" by ? and the Mysterians. Weekend America asks him what he loved about that song.
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Song and Memory: "Private Eyes"
People recall songs from their lives that evoke strong memories. Independent producers Ann Heppermann and Kara Oehler talk with Mike Daisey, who says "Private Eyes," by Hall and Oats conjures up some serious memories for him.
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Song and Memory: "96 Tears"
Rebel Chef Anthony Bourdain is best known for his raucous ways in the world of the professional kitchen, which he details in his book "Kitchen Confidential." We asked him to put away his pans and think back to when he was a kid -- is there a song from childhood that brings it all back? Bourdain can pinpoint his desire for a rebellious drug- and sex- drenched youth to one song: "96 Tears" by ? and the Mysterians. Weekend America asks him what he loved about that song.
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Song and Memory: The New Christy Minstrels
In our latest installment of Song and Memory, we hear from acclaimed non-fiction writer Luc Sante. He was born in post-war Belgium, but his parents soon emigrated to New Jersey. It was while living in the suburbs of the Garden State that Luc Sante first discovered folk music. At the time, folk was so big that it had its own television program, "Hootenanny." The show made quite an impression on a boy from a strict Catholic family in post-war Europe. This piece comes to us from the public radio Web site, HearingVoices.com.
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Song and Memory
Is there a song that brings back a strong memory from your childhood? In this installment of our ongoing series, "Song and Memory," we meet James Palmer, a listener in Seattle, Wash. Palmer grew up in small town in Michigan. For much of his early life, his family consisted only of himself and his mother. One of Palmer's earliest memories is a popular lullaby his mother used to sing to him. Years later, after quite a bit of hardship, the memory of the song became even more significant, if also bittersweet.
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Remembering a Song and Memory
We've asked you over the year to tell us about a song that brings back a strong memory from your childhood. And we've heard from all sorts of people--listeners, musicians, a reverend, office workers, writers--anyone with a story about a song. We return now to the first person who shared his song and memory with us.
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Song and Memory
Is there a song that brings back a strong memory from your childhood? In this installment of our ongoing series, "Song and Memory," we meet Reverend Ruth Shaver. She is a Weekend America listener and she is new minister at the United Church of Schellsburg in Pennsylvania. Shaver tells us about a song that's stayed with her throughout her life called "Family of God."
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Song and Memory
Is there a song that brings back a strong memory from your childhood? In this installment of our ongoing series, "Song and Memory," we meet Hannah Marcus, a singer-songwriter from Brooklyn. When Hannah was little, she often found herself listening to music with her babysitter. Hannah didn't just get a musical education from the babysitter, she was schooled in politics and race.
