WAYLON JENNINGS

WAYLON JENNINGS: NEVER SAY DIE

One-hour radio documentary pays tribute to American legend Waylon Jennings, tells the story behind his final concert at Nashville's Ryman Theatre, and features many musical highlights of that historic night.

• Host: Laura Cantrell
• Producer: Joyride Media (Paul Chuffo, Joshua Jackson)
• Length: 54 or 59 minutes with breaks for local spots.
• Broadcast Window: Begins July 20 2007
• Terms: Available to all US-based radio broadcasters at no cost
• Promotion: 0:30 promo spot included
• Contact: Andy Cahn (212-833-6279) or Eric Molk (212-833-5389)

DISTRIBUTION:

• CD: Mails to stations on Monday, July 23 with new albums listed below
• Request a CD
• PLAY MPE: Download 54-minute show as 7-tracks.
• PRX: Click here for the 59-minute version

By 2000, Waylon Jennings had over 40 years of experience on stage. He started as the bassist for Buddy Holly in the late 1950s, and over the years, Waylon continually grew as a musician and bandleader.

Health problems took their toll on Waylon in the 1990s. He suffered from emphysema, diabetes and had a mild stroke. Despite all that, Waylon wanted nothing more than to get back on stage. In early 2000, he put together a band with many of his favorite musicians, called it The Waymore Blues Band, and booked a show at Nashville's Ryman Theatre.

Waylon many not have known that it would be one of his last concerts. He may not have even cared. His only concern was to pull out all the stops and make this just as memorable as every other time he took the stage.

Throughout this hour, we'll hear many musical highlights of this historic evening, and comments from many of the people who made it possible - Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Bobby Bare, Chet Atkins, Cowboy Jack Clement, Billy Joe Shaver, his wife Jessi Colter, his son, Shooter Jennings, and even Waylon himself.

Waylon's classic compositions and covers heard throughout Never Say Die include "Good Hearted Woman," "I'm a Ramblin Man" with Montgomery Gentry, "Suspicious Minds" with Jessi Colter, "Can't You See" and "Trouble Man."

IN STORES JULY 24, 2007:

• Waylon Jennings and the Waymore Blues Band - Never Say Die: The Final Concert Film - Live box set with the show on DVD and 2 CDs.
• The Essential Waylon Jennings
• Request copies of these CDs (also set to mail with the special on 7/23).

JOE STRUMMER MOVIE

JOE STRUMMER: THE FUTURE IS UNWRITTEN

Directed by Julien Temple
Distributed by IFC First Take

Hits US Film Festivals in Seattle, Brooklyn and LA in June 2007, before it's "real" opening in August. Click image below to see the 2:00 trailer.

SUNDANCE AT BAM

Sat, June 2 at 11:30pm
Fri, June 8 at 8:45pm
Q&A with director Julien Temple follows the screening on June 8
BAM Rose Cinema, Brooklyn, NY

SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Sunday, June 03, 4:00 PM
Tuesday, June 05, 9:15 PM

LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL

Sat, Jun 30, 8:00pm
John Anson Ford Amphitheatre

Elvis TV Update

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ELVIS' ENTOURAGE

Members of the Memphis Mafia recall the time they spent with Elvis Presley.

BIO     Mon 6/4       10:00 PM
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TCM     Thu 8/16  All day

6:00 AM  Stay Away Joe (1968) 
7:45 AM  Charro! (1969)       
9:30 AM  Elvis: That's The Way It Is 2001 (2001)      
11:15 AM Speedway (1968)             
1:00 PM  Double Trouble (1967)
2:45 PM  Spinout (1966)              
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Joyride Media 2007

Joyride Media Radio Specials
2007 Programming Schedule

• Request these programs for broadcast on your radio station.
• Click available links below for more details on each show.

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JUNE / JULY RELEASES:

JOHNNY CASH (Gospel)
* CDs shipped on 5/25

SLY + THE FAMILY STONE
* Timely for Black Music Month
* CD mail date: 6/4
* Advance discs avail now

MONTY PYTHON
* Hosted by Keith Olbermann
* Timely for 73rd anniversary of the FCC (June 14, 2007)
* CD mail date: 6/8
* Advance discs avail now

BENNY GOODMAN
* Expected mid/late June

RAY PRICE
* Expected late June
* Timely for his 70th birthday

CHET ATKINS
* Expected late June

WAYLON JENNINGS
* Featuring his last concert
* Expected mid-July

SANTANA
* Expected mid-July
* Timely for 60th birthday on 7/20

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AUG / SEP RELEASES:

ELVIS PRESLEY
* Expected early Aug
* Timely for 30th anniversary of his death
* Multi-part program to air as series or stand-alone hours
* One-hour gospel program available now

THE CLASH
* 30th anniversary special
* Tentatively 2-hours
* Expected late Aug

CHAKA KHAN
* Avail mid-Sep

STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN
* Expexted early Sep

GLORIA ESTEFAN
* Subject: Traditional Cuban music
* Expected by mid-Sep
* Timely for Hispanic Heritage Month (9/15 to 10/15)

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FALL 2007 RELEASES:

BOB DYLAN
* Multi-part series expected for Sep/Oct

WILLIE NELSON

BILLIE HOLIDAY

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All shows are produced by Paul Chuffo and Joshua Jackson at Joyride Media. Examples of their award-winning programs are online at www.prx.org/group/joyride.

Release dates are subject to change and you will be notified once they are confirmed.

MONTY PYTHON RADIO SPECIAL

THE GAZILLIONTH (OR SO) MONTY PYTHON RADIO SPECIAL

A new one-hour Monty Python radio documentary hosted Keith Olbermann.

Host: Keith Olbermann
Producer: Paul Chuffo & Joshua Jackson, Joyride Media
Broadcast Window: Beings June 2007
Length: 54/59 minutes with breaks for local spots
Terms: Available to all USA-based broadcasters at no cost

Contacts:
Eric Molk, eric.molk@sonybmg.com, 212-833-5389
Andy Cahn, andy.cahn@sonybmg.com, 212-833-6279

Request this program on CD for your station

Timely for the 73rd Anniversary of the FCC on June 19, 2007

Monty Python debuted on the BBC nearly 40 years ago, and their mix of everything absurd, obscure and English has inspired generations comedians - from the professionals to the amateur line-quoters. Their skits, films and songs continue to be both poignant and funny today, whether experienced for the first or gazillionth time on TV, film, disc (plastic or vinyl), broadway or anytime a devoted fan is confronted with a cheese shop, a dead parrott or a shrubbery.

Between excerpts of their finest moments, Cast members Eric Idle, John Cleese and Terry Jones (with help from Python geek/historian Kim Howard Johnson) look back on the men, the myths, and legends behind them. Musician Mark Stewart analyzes the musical works that are equally as influential as their skits and films. Radio broadcasters Michael Berger and Jeff Prescott discuss Python's impact on concerned citizens of San Diego and the FCC. Carol Cleveland, a Python in everything but the title, adds what it's like to be a real woman.

The Gazillionth (or so) Monty Python Radio Special is hosted by television and radio personality Keith Olbermann. He can currently be seen and heard injecting Monty Python references into his coverage of news, politics and sports on The Countdown with Keith Olbermann (MSNBC), The Dan Patrick Show (ESPN Radio) and Football Night in America (NBC-TV).

Content advisories includes references to the human anatomy (bodyparts and ailments), ranging from clinical terminology from medical journals, textbooks and diagnoses, to English slang commonly featured in PBS broadcasts of classic BBC programs. Full transcripts, including song lyrics, can be provided on request.

CASH GOSPEL SPECIAL

Johnny Cash: Amazing Grace

One-hour radio documentary explores Johnny Cash's love for Gospel music, his roots in the church, and the stories behind his greatest Gospel recordings and performances.

Host: Rodney Crowell
Producer: Joyride Media (Paul Chuffo, Joshua Jackson)
Length: 59/54 minutes with two breaks for local spots
Broadcast Window: Begins May 2007
Terms: Available to all US-based radio broadcasters at no cost
Promotion: 0:30 promo spot included on CD

Contacts:
Andy Cahn, andy.cahn@sonybmg.com, 212-833-6279
Eric Molk, eric.molk@sonybmg.com, 212-833-5389

Preview/download audio and other details online from the PRX.

Request a broadcast CD of this program.

When a young man named Johnny Cash tried to get his first record deal, he told Sam Philips of Sun Records that he was a Gospel Singer. Philips said, “No Thanks,” but that didn’t stop Cash from recording and playing gospel songs. In time, Cash took his faith a lot further. He became a biblical scholar, a religious writer and even an ordained minister.

In this one-hour radio special, we’re going to hear about the spiritual world of Johnny Cash from family and friends. Interview subjects include his son, John Carter Cash, musicians Marty Stuart and Larry Gatlin and biographers Patrick Carr and Dave Urbanski.

Johnny Cash: Amazing Grace also contains more than a dozen of Cash’s best known gospel songs, including both traditional and original compositions. “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,” “Here Was a Man,” How Great Thou Art” and many more works are featured alongside stories of how Cash was inspired to record these timeless spirituals.

SLY RADIO SPECIAL

SLY & THE FAMILY STONE: FAMILY AFFAIR

One-hour music intensive radio documentary about Sly & the Family Stone, their music, their turbulent history, and the indelible marks they left behind.

Host: Ben Fong-Torres
Producer: Paul Chuffo & Joshua Jackson, Joyride Media
Broadcast Window: Beings May 2007
Length: 54/59 minutes with breaks for local spots
Terms: Available to all USA-based broadcasters at no cost

Contacts:
Eric Molk, 212-833-5389, eric.molk@sonybmg.com
Andy Cahn, 212-833-6279, andy.cahn@sonybmg.com

Preview/download audio online from the PRX.

Request a broadcast CD of this program

Seven musicians walked on the stage, some were black, some white, some were men, some women, and all of them were dressed in bright, colorful outfits. That was Sly and the Family Stone, and for seven wild years (1967-1974), they left a mark on music and culture that continues to inspire countless musicians - both black and white. Members changed, times got rough, but Sly and the Family Stone's sound and message of love and unity still speaks to the world today.

FAMILY AFFAIR is hosted by Ben Fong-Torres, and includes a wide range of Sly & the Family Stone tracks - from the big hits ("Dance to the Music," Everyday People," and others) to deep cuts from all their albums. Some songs accentuate the points made by the many interview subjects, others speak for themselves. All of them stand up as examples of Sly Stone's "watershed point in the development of rhythm and blues," as detailed by biographer and journalist Joel Selvin.

Band members Rose Stone, Larry Graham, Greg Errico and Andy Newmark provide rarely-heard, first-hand accounts of the zeniths and nadirs of Sly Stone's universe, taking us from their family roots to their mainstream success to later sessions "surrounded by really crazy people...out there in the twilight zone." Musicians Isaac Hayes and Chuck D, however, break down how music from all those episodes influence d Sly's contemporaries as well as future generations of musicians.