E-mail a friendOctober 3, 2006
New York Times columnist Frank Rich discusses his new book, The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrina. The Dirty Dozen Brass Band performs a song from the new CD, "What's Going On."
Frank Rich
Frank Rich
During the past 25 years, Frank Rich has been an Op-Ed columnist, theater, film and TV critic, editor and best-selling author. He's the first New York Times columnist to write a regular double-length column for the Op-Ed page. Expressing his views on politics and culture, his column topics have included the religious right, the film The Passion of the Christ and President Bush's reelection victory. Rich's books include his childhood memoir, Ghost List, and, his latest, The Greatest Story Ever Sold.
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
For nearly 30 years, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band has combined various musical genres with New Orleans' traditional brass band music and recorded with many artists, from Dizzy Gillespie to Elvis Costello. Hurricane Katrina forced band members to flee the Big Easy, but they've stayed together on the road and in studio. The release of the band's version of the classic 'What's Going On' marks the one-year anniversary of the devastation and a portion of sale proceeds goes to Tipitina's Foundation.