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Jack Clement publicity still for his first album (Cowboy Jack Clement's Home Movies)Country Music Maverick
Maverick entrepreneur, madcap jester of the country music industry, songwriter and producer Jack Clement has produced hits by everyone from Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis, to Louis Armstrong and U2. He'll perform live in the studio today. He'll be joined by one of the documentary filmmakers whose film "Shakespeare was a Big George Jones Fan: "Cowboy" Jack Clement's Home Movies" is being screened at the Tribeca Film Festival.
And what can we expect from the German Pope in terms of musical policy? John Paul II was known as an ally of pop culture, quoting Bob Dylan, appearing beside Bono, and entertaining break dancers at the Vatican. Benedict XVI is not so much a fan of pop musicjudging by his past comments on the matterbut he is a classical pianist with a knack for Beethoven. Joining us today to look at the history of music and the Pope is New Yorker music critic Alex Ross and author Will Berger.
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