Jean Shepherd Reads Poems of Robert Service

Artista: Shepherd, Jean

Formato: COMPACT DISCS

Gravadora/Label: FOWY

Catalogo: 9754

Faixas: 1.1 Introduction to the Ballad of Pious Pete
1.2 The Ballad of Pious Pete
1.3 Introduction to the Baldness of Chewed Ear
1.4 The Baldness of Chewed Ear
1.5 Introduction to the Parson’s Son
1.6 The Parson’s Son
1.7 Introduction to the Sceptic
1.8 The Sceptic
1.9 Introduction to the Shooting of Dan McGrew
1.10 The Shooting of Dan McGrew
1.11 The Cremation of Sam McGee
1.12 Introduction to Hard Luck Henry
1.13 Hard Luck Henry
1.14 Introduction to the Pines
1.15 The Pines
1.16 Introduction to Ambition
1.17 Ambition
1.18 Introduction to the Low-Down White
1.19 The Low-Down White
1.20 Introduction to the Ballad of Blasphemous Bill
1.21 The Ballad of Blasphemous Bill

Robert W. Service (1874-1958), the “Bard of the Yukon,” was one of Canada’s best known and best loved poets. Born and raised in Britain, he moved to Vancouver at age 21 and travelled up and down the western coast of North America. His poems celebrated life in the Pacific Northwest and helped popularize the region among people around the world. Jean Shepherd (1921-1999) was a humorist and radio host who enjoyed reading Service’s poems aloud on the air. He reads the poems dramatically, and prefaces each poem with a short introduction. Liner notes include the complete text of the poems and introductions.