Feburary 4, 2006

This week Wake Up & Live has an interview lined up with State Representative Mike Turner (D, Old Hickory). Representative Turner will introduce legislation (HB 2485) supporting the State of Tennessee's purchase of over 100,000 acres of Cumberland Plateau forest that is being sold by Bowater Incorporated. Governor Bredesen had indicated support for the idea.

In out music segment Tony Gerber will interview Space For Music Records Ambient Recording Artist, Neal Merrick. http://merrickmusic.com Neal has produced and engineered Grammy award winning artists ranging from instrumental to alternative rock. Neal is a multi-instrumentalist who is a native of Nashville, Tennessee, USA. He is a classically trained musician, audio engineer and composer that received his training at Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee in 1978. Neal will be in the studio to join Tony and Bongo Boy for some live music. (That is if Bongo Boy can drag his butt out of bed)

And once again Cecily Friday joins us for a discussion of President Bush's State of the Union address.