This year marks the 100th anniversary of the soundtrack to baseball’s seventh-inning stretch, "Take Me Out to the Ball Game." Today, we learn about a hit song that lost two verses en route to stardom in the big leagues. Plus: gritty blues duo The Black Keys talk about collaborating with studio wiz (and Gnarls Barkley member) Danger Mouse on the Keys' latest album, "Attack and Release."
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This year marks the 100th anniversary of that staple of baseball’s seventh-inning stretch, “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.” Tim Wiles, director of research at the National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum, shares the history of a hit song that somehow lost two verses on its way to the stardom in the big leagues. Wiles is co-author of the book "Baseball’s Greatest Hit: The Story of 'Take Me Out to the Ball Game.'"
Our blog: John Schaefer on "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Website
"Baseball's Greatest Hit" on Amazon.com
After four albums of down-and-dirty blues tracks recorded in basements, The Black Keys teamed up with superstar producer and Gnarls Barkley mastermind Danger Mouse. The result is “Attack & Release,” a dynamic CD of blues rock that avoids the genre’s biggest pitfalls: studio polish.
The Black Keys will perform at Terminal 5 tonight at 8 p.m. (The show is sold out.) They also play McCarren Park Pool on Aug. 5
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