VARIOUS ARTISTS: CLEAR PATH INTERNATIONAL: Too Many Years: A Benefit for Clear Path International

Various Artists: Clear Path International

Too Many Years: A Benefit for Clear Path International

© 2005 Clear Path International

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Natalie Merchant, Widespread Panic, The String Cheese Incident, Jorma Kaukonen, Juliana Hatfield, Yonder Mountain String Band, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, The Samples, Philip Glass, Dark Star Orchestra, Ben Taylor, Sally Taylor, Rick Redington, & Jim Gilmour.

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For too many years landmines and bombs have been claiming lives and limbs in Vietnam.

The Vietnam War ended 30 years ago on April 30th, 1975, but bombs and landmines left over from that conflict continue to injure and kill on a near daily basis. At Clear Path, we work to address the needs of survivors of such accidents.

Over the past few months, we have joined forces with a number of great musicians and other friends to put together a benefit CD to help raise much needed funds to continue our work in Vietnam and other parts of Asia.

We're pretty proud of the result.

Not only does this CD feature the ever-popular NATALIE MERCHANT and alternative-rock icon JULIANA HATFIELD, but also the legendary JORMA KAUKONEN of Hot Tuna and Jefferson Airplane.

We have jam band giants WIDESPREAD PANIC covering The Doors live and THE STRING CHEESE INCIDENT with a song written in collaboration with one of the Grateful Dead's longtime songwriters.

Breakout artists THE JIM GILMOUR BAND and RICK REDINGTON & THE LUV MACHINE offer up AN HOUR IN TEXARKANA and MOTHER EARTH, two new songs which are fresh and unforgettable.

This CD also features rock legacies SALLY TAYLOR and THE BEN TAYLOR BAND. Sally and Ben's parents are James Taylor and Carly Simon and they have the talent to back up their famous names.

Bluegrass fans will love the old and the new with THE NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND's track off the classic WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN album followed up by bluegrass's hottest band the YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND.

Grateful Dead fans will be stunned by THE DARK STAR ORCHESTRA's dead on cover of EYES OF THE WORLD and fans of THE SAMPLES will be happy to see we have included Sean Kelly's lamentation of war in his classic "OCEAN OF WAR".

Finishing this CD is world renowned composer PHILIP GLASS on piano with FOG OF WAR. The title track off the Oscar Winning documentary profiling Vietnam-War-Era Defense Secretary Robert McNamara.

Special thanks to legendary Bay Area artist Stanley Mouse for providing the cover art.

Due to licensing agreements we can only produce a limited number of these CDs. A rarity to add to your collection, on top of being a phenomenal collection of music for a worthy cause.

ALL proceeds from this CD will benefit Clear Path International.

Too Many Years is dedicated in memory of Marla Ruzicka the 28-year-old founder of the Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict (CIVIC) who gave her life helping civilian victims of war in Iraq on April 17, 2005 and to the families CPI serves in Vietnam.

ABOUT Clear Path International:

Clear Path International was formed by a group of friends with a wealth of relief-work experience in Vietnam and other parts of Asia. Originally formed as a landmine and bomb removal organization, the Board of Directors recognized the need for a professional non-profit organization to undertake landmine and UXO victim assistance activities in Southeast Asia. In this way, Clear Path International makes a compassionate attempt to redress the destructive legacy of armed conflict and help families get back on track after their often devastating, if not deadly, accidents.

Our mission is to remove obstacles that stand in the way of the health, safety and development of children and their families.
Our goals include:
Raising awarenessof the landmine/uxo problem in the world, particularly in Southeast Asia.

Sponsoring and managing programs to assist victims of accidental landmine/uxo explosions through emergency medical treatment, surgery, long-term health care, nutritional support, special scholarships and other initiatives that support the victims' reintegration into their communities.

Clear Path International's approach to humanitarian programs calls for close cooperation with local residents and agencies that represent them. Its projects are also designed to create an in-country capacity that can sustain the victim assistance activities well into the future, independently or with minimal support from the international community.

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  • Superb compilation of sweet, sweet music!
    author: Carlos Q

    Beautiful album! I particularly like the songs by Natalie Merchant, Ben Taylor and the title song "Too Many Years" by Jorma Kaukonen but the whole CD is really a fantastic mix. Also, this is CD easily worth buying not least for the worthy cause it supports

  • excellent put together cd for a very worthy cause....
    author: butch

    great title,good song selection, well done! will tell all my friends to buy this cd... thanks a bunch, butch

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