made it to the mountain

jon ben berger — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:09:17 GMT

HE MADE IT TO THE MOUNTAIN TOO A SONG WRITTEN FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING AND DEDICATED TO PRESIDENT ELECT OBAMA from Jon Berger to publisher@nytimes.com, president@nytimes.com, clarosa@nytimes.com, schools@nytimes.com, letters@nytimes.com date Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 1:39 PM subject HE MADE IT TO THE MOUNTAIN TOO A SONG WRITTEN FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING AND DEDICATED TO PRESIDENT ELECT OBAMA mailed-by gmail.com hide details 1:39 PM (1 hour ago) [MADE IT TO THE MOUNTAIN.mp3] Reply ATT: Arthur Sulzberger Jr Scott H. Heekin-Canedy I AM WORKING ON AN IDEA RIGHT NOW THAT CAN CHANGE OUR LIVES IN THE USA AND MAYBE THE WORLD. SO MANY OF US LOVED THESE MEN AND YET THEY COULD NOT BE PROTECTED . PRESIDENT OBAMA MUST BE ALLOWED TO DO THE WORK INTENDED. SO MANY YEARS AGO I WAS SITTING IN A CLASS ROOM AT PMA A MILITARY SCHOOL ACROSS THE RIVER FROM WEST POINT. OVER THE LOUD SPEAKER CAME THE WORDS THAT PRESIDENT KENNEDY HAD BEEN SHOT. LIKE MOST OF US FOR GOOD AND FOR BAD WE FOUND OUT THAT ALL WAS NOT WELL WITH THINGS IN MY USA. AND THEN MARTIN LUTHER KING AND THEN ROBERT AND ON AND ON . I HAVE WRITTEN A SONG FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING AND NOW I WILL DEDICATE IT TO PRESIDENT OBAMA.I HAVE BEEN CALLED FROM ATLANTA AND ROBIN CASTLE AND THECENTER FOR THE ARTS SCHOOL HAVE AGREED TO HELP ME WITH A GOSPEL CHORUS AND BAND.TOGETHER WE RECORD A RECORD WE WANT IT DONE BY THE TIME OUR NEW PRESIDENT IS SWORN IN AND PRESENTED TO HIM ON THAT DAY OR ON MARTIN LUTHER KINGS BIRTHDAY::: THE SONG IS CALLED "MADE IT TO THE MOUNTAIN"AND YOU CAN HEAR THE FIRST VERSION I WROTE AT http://www.ilike.com/artist/JON+BEN+BERGER Jerry Ash wrote at 5:10pm Your recollections and song bring back my memories of the day the news of President Kennedy's assassination reached me -- in Korea! I can't tell you how strange it was to be serving in the Army in a country half way around the world, along a demilitarized zone, and learn that my commander in chief had been shot in my own country. Sure gave me something to think about. Ernest Shukara Walker wrote at 4:48pm John, I am speechless. heard the MLK song. Can find nothing wrong with it. Your music seems to come from a very stable and centered place within you. Rare for a musician, I mean I could go into where I think your influences stem from but that's not important. The song is simple, direct and fun. I like it. keep doing what you do "MADE IT TO THE MOUNTAIN" Written for Martin Luther King by Jon Ben Berger Dedicated to President Obama http://www.ilike.com/artist/JON+BEN+BERGER WISH LIST TO GIVE AMERICANS JOY AT KNOWING SOME TIMES DREAMS TAKE MORE THEN A LIFE TIME BUT IDEAS THAT ARE SOUND AND FAIR CAN BE ACHIEVED... IF WE WORK TOGETHER SMART AND PASS ON OUR CONVICTION TO OUR YOUTH, THAT WITH EXTRA PROTECTION TO OUR LEADERS AND TO OUR CONSTITUTION, OUR DREAMS CAN BE REALIZED... HEALTH, PEACE AND EQUAL JUSTICE FOR ALL .. I AM COMMITTED TO THIS IDEA AND TO SEEING IT THROUGH TO FRUITION, JON BEN BERGER 0046-703654239 AMERICAN ARTIST LIVING IN SWEDEN JB BERGER VRETGRÄND 4b 75322 UPPSALA SWEDEN http://www.myspace.com/jonbenberger

"THANK YOU FOR LIVING YOUR LIFE" OUT NOW

jon ben berger — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:47:23 GMT

AFTER MUCH WORK AND LOVE JON AND MARTIN HAVE TEMED UP TO MAKE THEIR FIRST CD TOGETHER WITH 14 TRACKS OF MOSTLY ACUSTIC LIVE IN THE STUDIO FRESH NEW SONGS. WITH MÅRTEN KORKMAN ON UPRIGHT AND IDA ERICKSSON ON BACKUP VOCALS

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made it to the mountain

"THANK YOU FOR LIVING YOUR LIFE" OUT NOW