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Now
| Bill | Mike | Jim
| Tommy | Jack ]| Jack
Herrick...
is still going strong with the Red Clay Ramblers. The group gathers rave reviews for their work on stages across the country. Besides earning a Tony award for the Broadway hit Fool Moon, Jack has been involved in the creation of a number of other musicals over the years. He and Bland Simpson together have written and developed the musicals Cool Spring and Tar Heel Voices. Jack composed and produced music for the soundtrack of Sam Shepard's film Silent Tongue and has collaborated with Tommy Thompson on the music and lyrics for an off-Broadway play by Shepard, A Lie of the Mind. With Jack Herrick and Don Baker, he co-authored Ear Rings, a musical adaptation of Lee Smith’s Oral History. Tommy, Jack, and John Haber created Lone Star Love, or the Merry Wives of Windsor, Texas. Herrick, Simpson, and Doug Marlette created the musical of the comic strip Kudzu. Jack says of his work in Fool Moon: "My favorite moment is the first big laugh, whenever it comes. The audience doesn't know what to expect, and there's a hushed quality that never occurs again in the show. You can tell that people haven't laughed like that for years -- it sounds like an old machine cranking up. There's nothing like it." In 2003, Jack has joined with Mike Craver and Judy Cressida Wilson to coauthor and perform in Wilder. Jack at the
ArtsCenter, 2003 (pic by Bren Overholt)
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After
perusing the history of the Red Clay Ramblers on this website, be sure
to catch up with today's band at the Red
Clay Ramblers Official Website. Jack Herrick, Clay Buckner, Chris
Frank, Bland Simpson, and the guys keep RCR going strong. Check the
Official site for pics, the latest performance info, press releases, and
pages about their plays, performances, and recordings.
Congrats
to Jack and all the Red Clay Ramblers on their Tony award for Fool Moon!
(Our RCR Theater page)1993 Durham Independent, "Red Clay, Broadway" - Fool Moon begins
1992 Carolina Alumni Review "It Was Twenty Years Ago Today" - RCR at 20
1988 Option - RCR and Sam Shepard, Roger Miller, Eugene Chadbourne
1986 "New York Ramblers" - interview with Tommy Thompson and Jack Herrick about RCR in Sam Shepard's play "Lie of the Mind"
1986 "Old Time Sounds With Wit, In Taste"
1972 - 2001 Program, reviews, and more from Lone Star Love, or the Merry Wives of Windsor, Texas
