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- Producers: Mark Johnson, Jonathan Walls, Whitney Burditt, Dave Bacon, Joe Carnahan, and Raan Williams
- Video is 4 minutes long
- Project included 100 musicians and took 10 years to assemble*PBS Bill Moyers Journal: Video and Transcript, Interview with Mark Johnson (October 17, 2008)
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A four-minute video from The Playing for Change Foundation features singers and instrumentalists from all over the world playing the old Ben E. King classic Stand By Me. The video is one cut of several in a 2008 documentary film called Playing for Change: Peace through Music. PBS's Bill Moyers interviewed Playing for Change producer Mark Johnson on October 24, 2008.PBS Bill Moyers Journal: Video and Transcript, Interview with Mark Johnson (October 17, 2008)
Locations and Musicians Featured
- Santa Monica, California: Roger Ridley
- New Orleans, Louisiana: Grandpa Elliot, Washboard Chaz, Roberto Luti
- Amsterdam, Netherlands: Clarence Bekker
- Zuni, New Mexico: Twin Eagle Drum Group
- Toulouse, France: Francois Viguie
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Caesar Pope
- Moscow, Russia: Dimitri Dolganov
- Caracas, Venezuela: Geraldo & Dionisio
- The Congo: Junior Kissangwa Mbouta
- Gugulethu, South Africa: Pokei Klaas
- Barcelona, Spain: Django Degen
- Umlazi, South Africa: Sinamuva
- Pisa, Italy: Stefano Tomaselli
- Mamelodi, South Africa: Vusi Mahlasela
Playing for Change Foundation
The Playing for Change Foundation is a nonprofit foundation dedicated to supplying facilities, supplies and educational programs to musicians and their communities throughout the world. Among the projects that they have underway is the Ntonga Music School in Gugulethu, South Africa; Tibetan Refugee Centers in Dharamsala, India and Kathmandu, Nepal; and the Mehlo Arts Center in Johannesburg, South Africa.-
Stand By Me Video
- YouTube Video: "Stand By Me" - Beautiful International Version (Time: 4:06)
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