DIAMOND CUTS:  A COMPILATION OF BASEBALL SONGS AND POETRY



	What is it about the sport of baseball that inspires people to pay
homage to the game through verse and music?  (After all, when was the last
time you heard a good tennis or golf song?)  Not only are there a lot of
baseball songs out there, there are a lot of good baseball songs.  So
many, in fact, that it's impossible to put them all in one single
collection.  This marks the beginning of the Diamond Cuts collection of
baseball songs and poems.	

	The Diamond Cuts collection was inspired by a passion for
baseball, music, and helping others.  The proceeds of Diamond Cuts will
provide start-up funding for Hungry for Music, a Washington, D.C.-based
charity organization that is developing musician mentoring, creativity
workshops, and concert programs for inner city children.  It will also
benefit the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum/Players and the Jackie Robinson
Foundation through Major League Baseball's Negro Leagues Licensing
Program.

	Besides the charity aspect, Diamond Cuts other objectives are to
celebate our national pastime, honor former Negro and Major League player
greats, provide less known contributing artists with national exposure,
attract new fans to the game, and deepen existing fans appreciation for
the game.

	Diamond Cuts includes over 70 minutes of music and poetry by both
popular and lesser-known artists covering many music genres, including
bluegrass, folk, rock, pop, blues, jazz, rap and gospel.  Among those
appearing on Diamond Cuts are:  Rev. Jesse Jackson, Bob Costas,  Jerry
Jeff Walker, George Winston, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Dan Bern, Sam
Bush, Chuck Brodsky, Martin Sexton, and Tom Paxton.   The Negro Leagues
Baseball Museum's  Chairman and star of Ken Burns' Baseball documentary,
John "Buck" O'Neil is the official spokesperson for Diamond Cuts.
	
	Copies of Diamond Cuts (CD only) can be purchased by calling toll
free, 1-888 843-0933  between the hours of 10:00 am and 6:00 pm Eastern
Standard Time or contacting Hungry for Music at 2020 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20006.  Compact Discs are $15.99 plus $3.00 shipping and
handling.

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