Will Friedwald's 'Clip Joint: A Video Music Mixtape' Set for Independence Day Americana Special Tonight

Tonight, June 24, from 7 to 10 PM, Will Friedwald's "Clip Joint: A Video Music Mixtape" is set for The Independence Day Americana Special.

Will Friedwald's "Clip Joint" is a unique music video presentation, designed for the comparatively intimate space of a bar or a nightclub. Curated by Will Friedwald, columnist for THE WALL STREET JOURNAL and author of eight books on music and popular culture, "Clip Joint" is a two to three hour presentation that covers the entire range and spectrum of musical performances as documented on film and video, both classic and contemporary: from jazz and Broadway to rock and pop to country & western, blues, opera, classical, comedy and novelty songs, world music, and the Great American Songbook.

Frank Sinatra singing "The House I Live In" - Bing Crosby singing "Old Glory" - Elvis singing "American Trilogy" plus Bob Dylan - Tom Waits - The Golden Gate Quartet - Cookie Monster - Fred Astaire - Busby Berkeley - Spike Jones - Patti Page - The Four Vagabonds - The Three Haircuts - Emily Bergl - Eddie Cantor - Hank Williams - Frankie Laine - Shecky Greene - Kevin Meaney - Bugs Bunny & his Hillbilly Hares - Billie Holiday - "Marilyn Monroe" - Allan Sherman - Liberace & Cassius Clay - Jack Kerouac - Pete Seeger - Celia Cruz - Trini Lopez - Slim Gailliard - Chuck Berry - The Beach Boys - Ray Charles - Johnny Cash - Lady Rizo - The HiLos - Merle Travis - Merle Haggard - Buck Owens & his Buckaroos - The Beatles - Marty Robbins - Steve Martin - Dennis Day - Leslie Uggams busting out all over - Kate Smith singing "God Bless America" & other Patriotic Songs + Old Lefty Folk Songs - all this and the immortal "Ballad For Americans!" - (and, as always, "cocktails for two!")

Cover charge: $10, one-drink minimum. To reserve a seat, send the $10 cover charge via PayPal to jeigo@aol.com. Attendees are invited to make requests in advance! To make a request, contact Will Friedwald at wfriedwald@gmail.com.