This stirring tribute to Samuel Langhorne Clemens in word and music features the voices of Jimmy Buffett as Huck Finn, Clint Eastwood as Mark Twain, Angela Lovell as Susy Clemens and Garrison Keillor is the narrator, with performances by EmmyLou Harris, Carl Jackson, Sheryl Crow and others. 2 discs.
DISC ONE:
1. “Hello yourself, and see how you like it…”
2. When Halley Came to Jackson ~ Emmylou Harris
3. “Hannibal, Missouri, where my boyhood was spent…”
4. Better Times a’ Comin’ ~ Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
5. “He agreed to teach me the Mississippi River…”
6. Run Mississippi ~ Rhonda Vincent
7. “Several years of variegated vagabondizing…”
8. A Cowboy in His Soul ~ Bradley Walker
9. “It liberates the vandal to travel…”
10. Safe Water ~ Carl Jackson
11. “You ain’t ever to love anybody but me…”
12. I Wandered by a Brookside ~ The Church Sisters
13. “It was a mighty nice family…”
14. Beautiful Dreamer ~ Sheryl Crow
DISC TWO:
15. “Don’t scrunch up like that, Huckleberry…”
16. Huck Finn Blues ~ Brad Paisley
17. “The crows would gather on the railing and talk about me…”
18. Indian Crow ~ Marty Raybon
19. “So wounded, so broken-hearted…”
20. Love is On Our Side ~ Val Storey
21. “Wheresoever she was, there was Eden…”
22. I Know You By Heart ~ Vince Gill
23. “My conscience got to stirring me up hotter than ever…”
24. Ink ~ Joe Diffie
25. “The report of my death was an exaggeration…”
26. Comet Ride ~ Ricky Skaggs
27. "The truth, mainly..."
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