Doug Ranno Music and Musical Harvest Salinas,

California
Northern California song writer Doug Ranno in association with Franklin Street Studios
and Redpath Music, has released a new usic al!u with a tea of " list usicians
called #he Harvesting Crew$
Ranno releases new version of %art of Me song replacing &ietna with "fghanistan in the
words$
Salinas, CA, October 29, 2014 - Long time BMI singer song writer, Doug Ranno with his band The
Harvesting Crew, in association with Franklin Street Studios, has released his irst studio
!roduced and mastered, music album, eaturing an " list team o musicians he likes to call The
Harvesting Crew# Some o the musicians have !la$ed and recorded with the likes o The %oobie
Brothers, The Steve Miller Band, &reat "merican Ta'i, (ora )ones, *illie (elson, Merle Haggard,
The )eerson "ir!lane, Lac$ ) %alton, +ust to name a ew# ,anno has written or co-written .. o
the songs on the album he calls The Musical Harvester/ and the music is receiving !owerul
reviews rom Caliornia to (ashville# 0ou can see a link below o the band recording a songs rom
the Musical Harvester "lbum in the studio and the "lbum is now available at most digital stores
including IT1(2S# 0ou can also listen to the .3 songs rom the album at the %ro! Bo' link location
below or b$ going to Doug Ranno Music on Facebook
4htt!s566www#acebook#com6%oug,annoMusic7 and like the %oug ,anno and The Harvesting
Crew Band 8age to receive a ree non downloadable ,everb(ation stream o the songs#
Music 8roducer )im Lewin said about the Musical Harvester "lbum, 9*orking on the Musical
Harvester record has been a ton o un# *e had this ama:ing grou! o countr$ musicians to create
a backdro! or %oug;s rich baritone voice, and then he brought a great collection o songs which
touch on various dierent st$les within a modern countr$ and blues conte't# Some (ashville
countr$, some Caliornia countr$ and some %elta Blues mi'ed in# Feedback on the album has been
great#< )im Lewin, Musician and 8roducer at ,ed!ath Music#
In addition to being a ver$ recogni:ed agricultural business leader or $ears in Caliornia and
Florida, a successul entre!reneur in the resh !roduce industr$, ,anno has also started Musical
Harvest/ 4***#M1SIC"LH",=2ST#C>M7 a uni?ue custom made guitar business that makes
uni?uel$ designed guitars sha!ed like ruits and vegetables and who knows what else# Musical
Harvest/ guitars have raised thousands o dollars at charit$ events such as The (ashville Liting
Lives Foundation, The Florida Migrant Farmworkers Charit$, (ashville Sound @itchenAs *e are
Building Lives veterans charit$, )uvenile %iabetes Foundation, Several childrenAs Food "llerg$
charities, School Music !rograms and numerous communit$ su!!ort !rograms#
1ntil now, ,annoAs best known musical work was a song written in .BCD titled 8art o Me# The
song is about the thoughts that run through the mind o a recentl$ returning =ietnam =eteran as
he is !re!aring to get married# 8art o Me was a !o!ular EF record in the late .BCGAs and earl$
.BBGAs and was used to raise unds to build the =ietnam =eterans Memorial in the Ca!itol o
Caliornia, Sacramento CaliorniaAs Ca!itol 8ark# In addition, the song 8art o Me was used as
background music or the (BC 2mm$ nominated documentar$ titled 8erce!tions 4"SI"(
"M2,IC"(S I( TH2 =I2T("M *",7#
,anno and the Harvesting Crew decided to u!date the l$rics o the song re!lacing =ietnam with
"ghanistan and it is ama:ing how the song still works# ,anno said, 9It must be some t$!e o
message about war# The act that almost 3G $ears later the l$rics to this song are still relevant and
touch !eo!le aected b$ war#< 0ou can view a video and interview with ,anno about the song
recorded at Franklin Street Studios in Montere$ Caliornia below#
>ne o the songs rom the Musical Harvester album, The Strange Harvest Song, is eatured on a
T= show !ilot ,anno is also involved in as the Co Host a!!ro!riatel$ titled Strange Harvest# The
Strange Harvest show has evolved rom an original conce!t that celebrates local armers, their
great tasting, rare and uni?ue cro!s while having un with ood, music and cra:$ guitars along the
wa$# Show segment earl$ si::le reels titled The Musical Harvester and current the Strange
Harvest T= Show !romo roll =ideo Link can each be seen b$ clicking on the video links below#

Link to the original Musical Harvester TV Show promo roll:
htt!s566www#$outube#com6watchHvIT3!)&>%Jn1
Link to Strange Harvest TV show pilot:
htt!566$outu#be6FTK+CBbw=TI
Link to Doug Ranno and the Harvesting Crew in Studio recording original song Misty
Situation:
htt!s566www#$outube#com6watchHvIKwtFLoSBoMk
Link to Doug Ranno and The Harvesting Crews song !art o" Me with #ew Lyrics and an
in Studio interview with Doug a$out the original song version and why he recorded the
new version%
htt!s566www#$outube#com6watchHvIw?(HE:N:o3I
Link to the &riginal !art o" Me song'music video with Vietnam lyrics recorded $y Doug
Ranno at Sonic (rts Studios in San )rancisco Cali"ornia in *+,-%
htt!s566www#$outube#com6watchHvIwH-)J8)@iF0
Link to songs on the Musical Harvester (l$um
htt!s566www#dro!bo'#com6sh6GJ$kOgEED3n?nC6""BLDcT1l=Fwl+hiB'2&&DEa
For inormation on %oug ,anno Music, %oug ,anno and The Harvesting Crew or The Musical
Harvester Music "lbum ***#%ougrannomusic#com or email us at InoP%ougrannomusic#com
For inormation on Musical Harvest &uitars ***#Musicalharvest#com or email us at
InorPmusicalharvest#com
For Inormation on %oug ,anno 8roduce ***#%ougranno!roduce#com or email us at
InoP%ougranno!roduce#com
The Musical Harvester "lbum is now available on IT1(2S and other ine digital stores
www#%ougrannomusic#com
%oug ,anno and The Harvesting Crew will make a ew select a!!earances in OG.E and OG.F to
!romote the Musical Harvester "lbum and are e'!ected to do one o those shows as a live
internet broadcast# 8erormance dates will be !osted at ***#%ougrannomusic#com
Contact:
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