Covering ‘Sweet Caroline’ in Crosstown
Music has been a major part of Bryan Hartley’s life. (Courtesy Allied Global Marketing)
On Friday, Dec. 5, Bryan Hartley saw an email from local radio station WYXR. Focus Features and filmmaker Craig Brewer were promoting their new movie “Song Sung Blue,” and they partnered with the station to launch the contest. Memphis singers could enter their name and contact information, and the winner would get to record a cover of a Neil Diamond song at American Recording Studio where he had created “Sweet Caroline.”
The contest fit thematically with the film, which is about a Neil Diamond tribute band, and for Hartley, it was an intriguing possibility.
“That was a good opportunity to get to record, and I love ‘Sweet Caroline,’” he said. “That’s a great Memphis song. … So I thought I could jump in on it.”
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John Klyce
John Klyce is an enterprise reporter with The Daily Memphian who writes a wide range of in-depth features, as well as profiles about local leaders, scientists, musicians, artists, entrepreneurs, and anyone else doing exciting and important work in this city. He previously spent four years with the Memphis Business Journal, where he covered public companies, startups, and innovation, and a fifth year with The Commercial Appeal, where he covered education, and chronicled how gun violence and poverty were affecting Memphis youth and their families. He has also been a fellow with the Institute for Citizens and Scholars. John has a B.A. in journalism from the University of Memphis and an M.F.A. in creative writing from Boston University.
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