David Mansfield (born September 13, 1956, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American violinist, mandolin player, guitarist, pedal steel guitar player, and composer.

Raised in Leonia, New Jersey, his first band was Quacky Duck and His Barnyard Friends, which also included two sons of Tony Bennett.

Bob Dylan asked Mansfield to tour with him on his 1975 Rolling Thunder Revue tour; he remained in Dylan's band through their 1978 world tour.

After the Revue ended in 1976, Mansfield and two other members of Dylan's band, T-Bone Burnett and Steven Soles, formed The Alpha Band. The band released three albums, ''The Alpha Band'' in 1977, ''Spark In The Dark'' in 1977, and ''The Statue Makers of Hollywood'' in 1978.

In 1986 Mansfield was an initial member of Bruce Hornsby and the Range, including playing the title instrument on the hit "Mandolin Rain". However he left the Range before their first tour.

Since The Alpha Band broke up, Mansfield has continued to work as a musician in sessions for Dylan, Burnett, Johnny Cash, Nanci Griffith, Roger McGuinn, Sam Phillips, Mark Heard, The Roches, Edie Brickell, Spinal Tap, Lucinda Williams, Dwight Yoakam, Victoria Williams, Loudon Wainwright III, Chris Hillman and Herb Pedersen and others.

Mansfield composed the music for the notable 1980 film ''Heaven's Gate'' — he appears in the movie, playing the fiddle on roller skates — and has since gone on to write scores for a number of other films, including others directed by ''Heaven's Gate's'' Michael Cimino. Mansfield cobbled together the soundtrack album for ''Songcatcher''. He also composed the music for the soundtrack to ''The Ballad of Little Jo'' (1993), a movie written and directed by Maggie Greenwald, whom he married in 1993.

Mansfield is a multi-string instrument virtuoso whose depth is especially showcased on the ''Heaven's Gate'' soundtrack album and the first album by The Alpha Band.

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name	King David
title	King of Israel
reign	over Judah c. 1010–1003 BC; over Judah and Israel c. 1003–970 BC
predecessor	Saul (Judah), Ish-bosheth (Israel)
successor	Solomon
consort	Michal, Ahinoam, Abigail, Maachah, Haggith, Abital, Eglah, Bathsheba and Abishag
royal house	House of David (new house)
father	Jesse
mother	not named in the Bible; identified by the Talmud as Nitzevet, daughter of Adael.
birth date	c. 1040 BC
birth place	Bethlehem
death date	c. 970 BC
death place	Jerusalem
buried	}}

David (; ISO 259-3 ''Dawid''; Strong's ''Daveed''; beloved; or ‎ '''') was the second king of the united Kingdom of Israel according to the Hebrew Bible and, according to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, an ancestor of Jesus Christ through both Saint Joseph and Mary. He is depicted as a righteous king, although not without fault, as well as an acclaimed warrior, musician and poet, traditionally credited for composing many of the psalms contained in the Book of Psalms.

Edwin Thiele dates his life to c. 1040–970 BC, his reign over Judah c. 1010–1003 BC, and his reign over the united Kingdom of Israel c. 1003–970 BC. The Books of Samuel, 1 Kings, and 1 Chronicles are the only source of information on his life and reign, although the Tel Dan stele may record the existence in the mid-9th century of a Judean royal dynasty called the "House of David", although this is disputed.

David's life is very important to Jewish, Christian, and Islamic culture. In Judaism, David, or David HaMelekh, is the King of Israel, and the Jewish people. A direct descendant of David will be the Messiah. In Islam, he is known as ''Dawud'', considered to be a prophet and the king of a nation.

Biblical narrative

David is chosen of God

God withdrew his favour from Saul, king of Israel. ''It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and has not performed my commandments. 1 Samuel 15:11'' The prophet Samuel seeks a new king from the sons of Jesse of Bethlehem. Seven of Jesse's sons pass before Samuel, but Samuel says "The LORD has not chosen these." He then asks "Are these all the sons you have?" and Jesse answers, "There is still the youngest but he is tending the sheep." David is brought to Samuel, and "the LORD said, 'Rise and anoint him; he is the one.'"

David at the court of Saul

God sends an evil spirit to torment Saul,''1 Samuel 16:14'', and his attendants suggest he send for David, a young warrior famed for his bravery and for his skill with the harp. Saul does so and makes David one of his armor-bearers and "whenever the spirit from God came upon Saul, David would take his harp and play. Then relief would come to Saul; he would feel better, and the evil spirit would leave him."

David and Goliath

The Israelites, under King Saul, face the Philistines in the Valley of Elah. The boy David is bringing food to his older brothers who are with Saul. He hears the Philistine giant Goliath challenging the Israelites to send their own champion to decide the outcome in single combat. David tells Saul he is prepared to face Goliath and Saul allows him to make the attempt. He is victorious, striking Goliath in the forehead with a stone from his sling. Goliath falls, and David kills him with his own sword and beheads him; the Philistines flee in terror. Saul sends to know the name of the young champion, and David tells him that he is the son of Jesse.

King Saul and David

Saul makes David a commander over his armies and offers him his daughter Michal in marriage for bringing more than 200 foreskins of the Philistines to him. David is successful in many battles, and his popularity awakes Saul's fears — "What more can he have but the kingdom?" By various stratagems the jealous king seeks his death, but the plots only endear David the more to the people, and especially to Saul's son Jonathan, who loves David (1 Samuel 18:1, 2 Samuel 1:25-26). Warned by Jonathan, David flees into the wilderness, where he gathers a band of followers and becomes the champion of the oppressed while evading the pursuit of Saul. He accepts the town of Ziklag as a chief from the Philistine king Achish of Gath, but continues secretly to champion the Israelites. Achish marches against Saul, but David is excused from the war on the accusation of the Philistine nobles that his loyalty to their cause cannot be trusted.

David becomes king

Jonathan and Saul are killed in battle with the Philistines at Mount Gilboa. David mourns their deaths, especially that of Jonathan, his friend, and then goes up to Hebron, where he is anointed king over Judah; in the north, Saul's son Ish-Bosheth is king of the tribes of Israel. War ensues between Ish-Bosheth and David, until Ish-Bosheth is murdered. The assassins bring the head of Ish-Bosheth to David hoping for reward, but David executes them for their crime against the Lord's anointed. Yet with the death of the son of Saul, the elders of Israel come to Hebron, and David, 30 years old, is anointed King over Israel and Judah.

Jerusalem and the Davidic Covenant

David conquers the Jebusite fortress of Jerusalem, and makes it his capital, and "Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, also carpenters and masons who built David a house." David brings the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem, intending to build a temple, but God, speaking to the prophet Nathan, forbids it, saying the temple must wait for a future generation. God makes a covenant with David, promising that he will establish the house of David eternally: "Your throne shall be established forever."

With God's help David is victorious over his people's enemies. The Philistines are subdued, the Moabites to the east pay tribute, along with Hadadezer of Zobah, from whom David takes gold shields and bronze vessels.

Bathsheba and Uriah the Hittite

David commits adultery with Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah the Hittite. Bathsheba becomes pregnant. David sends for Uriah, who is with the Israelite army at the siege of Rabbah, so that he may lie with his wife and conceal the identity of the child's father. Uriah refuses to do so while his companions are in the field of battle and David sends him back to Joab, the commander, with a message instructing him to abandon Uriah on the battlefield, "that he may be struck down, and die." David marries Bathsheba and she bears his child, "but the thing that David had done displeased the Lord." The prophet Nathan confronts David, saying: "Why have you despised the word of God, to do what is evil in his sight? You have smitten Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife." Nathan presents three punishments from God for this sin. First, that the "sword shall never depart from your house" (2 Samuel 12:10) second, that "Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to one who is close to you, and he will sleep with your wives in broad daylight. 12 You did it in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel., (2 Samuel 12:12) and finally, that "the son born to you will die" (2 Samuel 12:14). David repents, yet God "struck the [David's] child ... and it became sick ... [And] on the seventh day the child died." David leaves his lamentations, dresses himself, and eats. His servants ask why he wept when the baby was alive, but ends his mourning when the child dies. David replies: "While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept. I thought, 'Who knows? The may be gracious to me and let the child live.' But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me." (2 Samuel 12:22-23, New International Version).

David's son Absalom rebels

David's son Absalom rebels against his father, and they come to battle in the Wood of Ephraim. Absalom is caught by his hair in the branches of an oak and David’s general Joab kills him as he hangs there. When the news of the victory is brought to David he does not rejoice, but is instead shaken with grief: "O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!"

The old age of David

When David has become old and bedridden, Adonijah, his eldest surviving son and natural heir, declares himself king. Bathsheba, David's favorite wife, and Nathan the prophet, fearing that they will be killed by Adonijah, go to David and procure his agreement that Solomon, Bathsheba's son, should sit on the throne. And so the plans of Adonijah collapse, and Solomon becomes king. It is to Solomon that David gives his final instructions, including his promise that the line of Solomon and David will inherit the throne of Judah forever, and his request that Solomon kill his oldest enemies on his behalf. David dies and is buried in the City of David, having ruled forty years over Israel, seven in Hebron and thirty-three in Jerusalem.

David the Musician

In various biblical passages, David is referred to as “the favorite of the songs of Israel,” the one who soothed Saul with music, and the founder of Temple singing. A Psalms scroll from the Dead Sea Scrolls (11QPs^a) attributes 3600 tehilim (songs of praise) plus other compositions to David. Seventy-three of the 150 Psalms in the Bible are attributed to David. The supreme kingship of Yahweh is the most pervasive theological concept in the book of Psalms, and many psalms attributed to David are directed to Yahweh by name, whether in praise or petition, suggesting a relationship. According to the Midrash Tehillim, King David was prompted to the Psalms by the Holy Spirit that rested upon him.

In addition to ascribing authorship to David, several Psalms are identified with specific events in David’s life. Psalm 34 is attributed to David on the occasion of his escape from the Abimelech (king) Achish by pretending to be insane. According to the narrative in 1 Samuel 21, instead of killing the man who had exacted so many casualties from him, Abimelech allows David to depart, exclaiming, “Am I so short of madmen that you have to bring this fellow here to carry on like this in front of me? Must this man come into my house?" Psalm 34 is one of seven acrostic Psalms in the original Hebrew; most English translations do not retain the acrostic form. The first part of Psalm 34 is directed toward Yahweh in complete and humble gratitude (David does not even mention his own royal status); the second part confidently directs others to Yahweh. encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them … Come, O children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the . | Psalm 34:6-7,11 (ESV)}}

In contrast, Psalm 18 is not related to a specific incident but rather to God’s faithful deliverance from “all of his enemies and from the hand of Saul.” The text of this Psalm was thought to date to the 10th century BC even before the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls and is very similar to that of 2 Samuel 22. In this Psalm, David recalls being in deadly situations: “The cords of death entangled me, the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.” He cries out to God for help, and God rescues David.

The Scottish theologian Samuel Rutherford (1600–1661) notes that crying out to God is mentioned in many Psalms attributed to David. He comments, “Fervour is a heavenly ingredient in prayer. An arrow drawn with full strength hath a speedier issue.” The Midrash Tehillim teaches from Psalm 4 “that the mere mechanical application to the Throne of Mercy is not efficacious is plainly seen from the words of King David, who says God is nigh to all that call upon Him, and … he adds the important words, 'to those who call upon Him ''in truth''.'”

According to Psalm 40, David’s cries to God were heartfelt though not necessarily impatient; the poignant combination of a cry for help with a confident expression of faith echo today in the song “40” by the rock group U2 and that encapsulates David’s experience with his God: ; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the . | Psalm 40:1-3 (NIV)}}

Religions and David

David in Judaism

Name	King David the Prophet
Birth date	c. 1040 B.C.E.
Death date	c. 970 B.C.E.
Venerated in	JudaismChristianityIslamBaha'ism
Birth place	Bethlehem
Death place	Jerusalem
Titles	Holy Monarch, Prophet, Reformer, Spiritual Poet & Musician, Vicegerent of God, Psalm-Receiver
Attributes	Psalms, Harp, Head of Goliath
Prayer attrib	}}

David is an important figure in Judaism. Historically, David's reign represented the formation of a coherent Jewish kingdom centered in Jerusalem. David is an important figure within the context of Jewish messianism. In the Hebrew Bible, it is written that a human descendant of David will occupy the throne of a restored kingdom and usher in a messianic age.

David is also viewed as a tragic figure; his acquisition of Bathsheba, and the loss of his son are viewed as his central tragedies.

Many legends have grown around the figure of David. According to one Rabbinic tradition, David was raised as the son of his father Jesse and spent his early years herding his father's sheep in the wilderness while his brothers were in school. Only at his anointing by Samuel - when the oil from Samuel's flask turned to diamonds and pearls - was his true identity as Jesse's son revealed. David's adultery with Bathsheba was only an opportunity to demonstrate the power of repentance, and some Talmudic authors stated that it was not adultery at all, quoting a Jewish practice of divorce on the eve of battle. Furthermore, according to David's apologists, the death of Uriah was not to be considered murder, on the basis that Uriah had committed a capital offence by refusing to obey a direct command from the King.

According to midrashim, Adam gave up 70 years of his life for the life of David. Also, according to the Talmud Yerushalmi, David was born and died on the Jewish holiday of Shavuot (Feast of Weeks). His piety was said to be so great that his prayers could bring down things from Heaven.

David in Christianity

Originally an earthly king ruling by divine appointment ("the anointed one", as the title Messiah had it), the "son of David" became in the last two pre-Christian centuries the apocalyptic and heavenly who would deliver Israel and usher in a new kingdom. This was the background to the concept of Messiahship in early Christianity, which interpreted the career of Jesus "by means of the titles and functions assigned to David in the mysticism of the Zion cult, in which he served as priest-king and in which he was the mediator between God and man." The early Church believed that "the life of David [foreshadowed] the life of Christ; Bethlehem is the birthplace of both; the shepherd life of David points out Christ, the Good Shepherd; the five stones chosen to slay Goliath are typical of the five wounds; the betrayal by his trusted counsellor, Achitophel, and the passage over the Cedron remind us of Christ's Sacred Passion. Many of the Davidic Psalms, as we learn from the New Testament, are clearly typical of the future Messiah." In the Middle Ages, "Charlemagne thought of himself, and was viewed by his court scholars, as a 'new David'. [This was] not in itself a new idea, but [one whose] content and significance were greatly enlarged by him." The linking of David to earthly kingship was reflected in later Medieval cathedral windows all over Europe through the device of the Tree of Jesse its branches demonstrating how divine kingship descended from Jesse, through his son David, to Jesus.

Western Rite churches (Roman Catholic, Lutheran) celebrate his feast day on 29 December, Eastern-rite on 19 December. The Eastern Orthodox Church and Eastern Catholic Church celebrate the feast day of the "Holy Righteous Prophet and King David" on the Sunday of the Holy Forefathers (two Sundays before the Great Feast of the Nativity of the Lord), when he is commemorated together with other ancestors of Jesus. He is also commemorated on the Sunday after the Nativity, together with Joseph and James, the Brother of the Lord.

David in Islam

''Main article Islamic view of David''

David (Arabic داود, ''Dāwūd'') is a highly important figure in Islam as one of the major prophets sent by God to guide the nation of Israel. David is mentioned several times in the Qur'an, often with his son Solomon. In the Qur'an: David kills Goliath (II: 251) and God grants him kingship and wisdom and enforces it (XXXVIII: 20). David is made God's "vicegerent on earth" (XXXVIII: 26) and God further gives David sound judgment (XXI: 78; XXXVII: 21-24, 26) as well as the Psalms, which are regarded as books of divine wisdom (IV: 163; XVII, 55). The birds and mountains unite with David in ushering praise to God (XXI: 79; XXXIV: 10; XXXVIII: 18), while God instructs David in the art of fashioning chain-mail out of iron (XXXIV: 10; XXI: 80). Together with Solomon, David gives judgment in a case of damage to the fields (XXI: 78) and David judges in the matter between two disputants in his prayer chamber (XXXVIII: 21-23). There is no mention in the Qur'an of the wrong David did to Uriah nor is there any reference to Bathsheba, and therefore Muslims reject this narrative.

Muslim tradition and the ''hadith'' stress David's zeal in daily prayer as well as in fasting. Qur'an commentators, historians and compilers of the numerous ''Stories of the Prophets'' elaborate upon David's concise Qur'anic narratives and specifically mention David's gift in singing his Psalms as well as his beautiful musical and vocal talents. His voice is described as having had a captivating power, weaving its influence not only over man but over all beasts and nature, who would unite with him to praise God.

David in Baha'i Faith

David is described as a minor prophet who came in the shadow of the dispensation of Moses to develop and consolidate the process he set in motion.

David in the LDS Faith

The Doctrine and Covenants of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints cites David as one directed by God to practise polygamy, but who sinned in committing adultery with Bathsheba and having Uriah killed. The LDS doctrine is that polygamy is only allowed as directed by the Lord, otherwise it is a grievous sin. Since 1898 the LDS church has prohibited the practice of polygamy by its members.

Historicity of David

''See The Bible and history and dating the Bible for a more complete description of the general issues surrounding the Bible as a historical source.''

Archaeological evidence

Tel Dan Stele and Mesha Stele

A fragment of an Aramaean victory stele discovered in 1993 at Tel Dan and dated c.850-835 BC contains a phrase (bytdwd). Because ancient Aramaic script does not contain vowels, different readings are possible. Scholars agree that the first part should be read (beyt), meaning "house". However, the second part can be read as 1) (dod), which means "uncle" or "beloved" or as 2) (David). The phrase therefore can mean either "House of the beloved", "House of the uncle" or "House of David". Since the stele recounts the victory of an Aramean king over "the king of Israel" the translation of "" as "the House of David" is not illogical. The Mesha Stele from Moab, dating from approximately the same period, may also contain the name David, in two places: in line 12, where the interpretation is uncertain, and בת[ד]וד in line 31, where one destroyed letter must be supplied (here it is bracketed in the middle). Kenneth Kitchen has proposed that an inscription of c. 945 BC by the Egyptian Pharaoh Shoshenq I mentions "the highlands of David." Although a reference to King David in this geographical name is not certain, some scholars suggest it is reasonable.

City of David and Judah, ca. 1000 BC onward

The Bronze and Iron Age remains of the City of David, the original urban core of Jerusalem identified with the reigns of David and Solomon, were investigated extensively in the 1970s and 1980s under the direction of Yigal Shiloh of the Hebrew University, but failed to discover significant evidence of occupation during the 10th century BC, In 2005, Eilat Mazar found a Large Stone Structure which she claimed was David's Palace, but the archaeology is contaminated and impossible to date accurately. Finkelstein and Silberman feel the archaeological evidence from surface surveys indicates that Judah at the time of David was a small tribal kingdom, although both do accept that David and Solomon were likely historical figures in Judah about the 10th century BC (describing David as a "bandit leader").

The biblical account

The biblical account about David comes from the book of Samuel and the book of Chronicles (both of which are divided into two books in Jewish and Christian traditions). (Although almost half of the Psalms are headed "A Psalm of David", the headings are later additions, and no psalm can be attributed to David with certainty). Chronicles merely retells Samuel from a different theological vantage point, and contains little if any information not available there, and the biblical evidence for David is therefore dependent almost exclusively on the material contained in the chapters from 1 Samuel 16 to 1 Kings 2.

Since Martin Noth put forward his analysis of the Deuteronomistic History biblical scholars have accepted that these two books form part of a continuous history of Israel, compiled no earlier than the late 7th century BC, but incorporating earlier works and fragments. Samuel's account of David "seems to have undergone two separate acts of editorial slanting. The original writers show a strong bias against Saul, and in favour of David and Solomon. Many years later, the Deuteronomists edited the material in a manner that conveyed their religious message, inserting reports and anecdotes that strengthened their monotheistic doctrine. Some of the materials in Samuel I and II, notably the boundary, allotment and administrative lists are believed to be very early, since they correspond closely to what we know of the territorial conditions of the late Davidic-early Solomonic period.

Beyond this, the full range of possible interpretations is available. The late John Bright, whose ''History of Israel'', which went through four editions from 1959 to 2000, takes Samuel at face value, but Donald B. Redford thinks all reconstructions from Biblical sources for the United Monarchy period are examples of 'academic wishful thinking', and Thomas L. Thompson measures Samuel against the archaeological evidence and concludes that "an independent history of Judea during the Iron I [i.e., the period of David] and Iron II periods has little room for historicizing readings of the stories of I-II Samuel and I Kings." Some interesting studies of David have been written: Baruch Halpern has pictured David as a lifelong vassal of Achish, the Philistine king of Gath; Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman have identified as the oldest and most reliable section of Samuel those chapters which describe David as the charismatic leader of a band of outlaws who captures Jerusalem and makes it his capital. Steven McKenzie, Associate Professor of the Hebrew Bible at Rhodes College and author of ''King David: A Biography'', states the belief that David actually came from a wealthy family, was "ambitious and ruthless" and a tyrant who murdered his opponents, including his own sons.

David's succession

Genealogy

According to and , David is the eleventh generation from Judah, the fourth son of the patriarch Jacob (Israel). The genealogical line runs as follows: (1) Judah → (2) Pharez → (3) Hezron → (4) Ram → (5) Amminadab → (6) Nahshon → (7) Salmon → (8) Boaz (the husband of Ruth) → (9) Obed → (10) Jesse → (11) David.

David's family

David was born in Bethlehem, in the territory of the Tribe of Judah. His father was named Jesse. His mother is not named in the Bible, but the Talmud identifies her as Nitzevet daughter of Adael. David had seven brothers and was the youngest of them all. He had eight wives: Michal, the second daughter of King Saul; Ahinoam the Jezreelite; Abigail the Carmelite, previously wife of Nabal; Maachah, daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; Haggith; Abital; Eglah; and Bathsheba, previously the wife of Uriah the Hittite.

The Book of Chronicles lists David's sons by various wives and concubines. In Hebron he had six sons : Amnon, by Ahinoam; Daniel, by Abigail; Absalom, by Maachah; Adonijah, by Haggith; Shephatiah, by Abital; and Ithream, by Eglah. By Bathsheba, his sons were: Shammua; Shobab; Nathan; and Solomon. His sons born in Jerusalem by other wives included: Ibhar; Elishua; Eliphelet; Nogah; Nepheg; Japhia; Elishama; and Eliada. According to , Jerimoth, who is not mentioned in any of the genealogies, is mentioned as another of David's sons. According to , David adopted Jonathan's son Mephibosheth as his own.

David also had at least one daughter, Tamar by Maachah, who was raped by Amnon, her half-brother. Her rape leads to Amnon's death. Absalom, Amnon's half-brother and Tamar's full-brother, waits two years, then avenges his sister by sending his servants to kill Amnon at a feast to which he had invited all the king's sons.

Descendants of David

The following are some of the more notable persons who have claimed descent from the Biblical David, or had it claimed on their behalf:

Maimonides (Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon of Spain/haRaMbaM apx. 1135-1204)

Judah Loew, Yehuda Loew ben Bezalel (c. 1525, Prague; 22 August 1609 Prague), also known as "The Maharal of Prague".

The Abravanel family

The Baal Shem Tov, and through him every Hassidic Rebbe descended from him

Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, whose family is descended from Judah Loew.

Legend & Legacy

In European Christian culture of the Middle Ages David was created a member of the Nine Worthies, a group of heroes encapsulating all the ideal qualities of chivalry. His life was thus proposed as a valuable subject for study by those aspiring to chivalric status. This aspect of David in the Nine Worthies was popularised firstly through literature, and was thereafter adopted as a frequent subject for painters and sculptors.

Representation in art and literature

Art

Famous sculptures of David include (in chronological order) those by:

Donatello (''c.'' 1430 - 1440), ''David'' (Donatello)

Andrea del Verrocchio (1476), ''David'' (Verrocchio)

Michelangelo (1504), ''David'' (Michelangelo)

Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1624), ''David'' (Bernini)

Antonin Mercié (1873)

Literature

Dryden's long poem Absalom and Achitophel is an allegory that uses the story of the rebellion of Absalom against King David as the basis for his satire of the contemporary political situation, including events such as the Monmouth Rebellion (1685), the Popish Plot (1678) and the Exclusion Crisis.

Elmer Davis's novel ''Giant Killer'' (1928, The John Day company) retells and embellishes the Biblical story of David, casting David as primarily a poet who managed always to find others to do the "dirty work" of heroism and kingship. In the novel, Elhanan in fact killed Goliath but David claimed the credit; and Joab, David's cousin and general, took it upon himself to make many of the difficult decisions of war and statecraft when David vacillated or wrote poetry instead.

Gladys Schmitt wrote a novel titled "David the King" (1946, Doubleday Books) which proceeds as a richly embellished biography of David's entire life. The book took a risk, especially for its time, in portraying David's relationship with Jonathan as overtly homoerotic, but was ultimately panned by critics as a bland rendition of the title character.

In Thomas Burnett Swann's Biblical fantasy novel ''How are the Mighty Fallen'' (1974, DAW) David and Jonathan are explicitly stated to be lovers. Moreover, Jonathan is a member of a winged semi-human race (possibly nephilim), one of several such races co-existing with humanity but often persecuted by it.

Joseph Heller wrote a novel based on David, ''God Knows'' (1984, Simon & Schuster). Told from the perspective of an aging David, the humanity—rather than the heroism—of various biblical characters are emphasized. The portrayal of David as a man of flaws such as greed, lust, selfishness, and his alienation from God, the falling apart of his family is a distinctly 20th century interpretation of the events told in the Bible.

Juan Bosch, Dominican political leader and writer, wrote "David: Biography of a King" (1966, Hawthorn, NY) a realistic approach to David's life and political career.

Allan Massie wrote "King David" (1996, Sceptre), a novel about David's career which portrays the king's relationship to Jonathan and others as openly homosexual.

Madeleine L'Engle's novel ''Certain Women'' (1993, HarperOne) explores family, the Christian faith, and the nature of God through the story of King David's family and an analogous modern family's saga.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle used the story of David and Bathsheba as the main structure for the Sherlock Holmes story ''The Adventure of the Crooked Man''. The betrayal of the Crooked Man is paralleled with David's betrayal of Uriah the Hittite, carried out in order to win Bathsheba.

Stefan Heym's "The King David Report" (1998, Northwestern University Press) is a fiction depicting the writings of the Bible historian, Ethan, upon King Solomon's orders, of a true and authoritative report on the life of David, Son of Jesse.

Malachi Martin's 1980 factional novel ''King of Kings: A Novel of the Life of David'' relates the life of David, Adonai's champion in his battle with the Philistine deity Dagon.

William Faulkner's "Absalom, Absalom!"(1936) refers to the story of Absalom, David's son; his rebellion against his father and his death at the hands of David's general, Joab. In addition it parallels Absalom's vengeance for the rape of his sister Tamar by his half-brother, Amnon.

Film

Gregory Peck played King David in the 1951 film ''David and Bathsheba'', directed by Henry King. Susan Hayward played Bathsheba and Raymond Massey played the prophet Nathan.

Jeft Chandler played David in the 1960 film Story of David

Finlay Currie played an aged King David in the 1959 film ''Solomon and Sheba'', directed by King Vidor. Yul Brynner played Solomon and Gina Lollobrigida played the Queen of Sheba.

Richard Gere portrayed King David in the 1985 film ''King David'' directed by Bruce Beresford.

Music

Josquin des Prez's Planxit autem David is a polyphonic setting of 2 Samuel Chapter I verses 17-27, David's lamentation for the dead Saul and Jonathan. His Absalon fili mi is a polyphonic lamentation from David's perspective on the death of his son.

George Frideric Handel's oratorio ''Saul'' features David as one of its main characters

Arthur Honegger's oratorio, ''Le Roi David'' ('King David'), with a libretto by Rene Morax, was composed in 1921 and instantly became a staple of the choral repertoire; it is still widely performed.

Leonard Cohen's song "Hallelujah" has references to David ("there was a secret chord that David played and it pleased the Lord", "The baffled king composing Hallelujah") and Bathsheba ("you saw her bathing on the roof") in its opening verses.

"Mad About You", a song on Sting's 1991 album ''The Soul Cages'' explores David's obsession with Bathsheba from David's perspective.

Dead by the Pixies is a retelling of David's adultery and repentance.

Herbert Howells (1892–1983) composed an artsong for voice and piano called "King David".

Eric Whitacre composed a choral piece, "When David Heard," chronicling the death of Absalom and David's grief over losing his son.

mewithoutYou has a song from their album It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All a Dream! It's Alright, entitled "The Angel of Death Came to David's Room," which tells the story of David struggle with the Angel of Death when his (David's) time of death has arrived. It is based on folk tradition of King David and some Hebrew Bible.

Pierce Pettis wrote and recorded a song on his album "Making Light of It" called "Absalom, Absalom," expressing David's feelings of grief over and responsibility for his son's death.

Spoken (band) released a track on their album Echoes of the Spirit Still Dwell called "David" that is based on 2 Samuel 6:14.

Musical theatre

King David, a modern oratorio, with a book and lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Alan Menken.

Television

Nathaniel Parker portrayed King David in the 1997 TV film "David", with Leonard Nimoy as Samuel and Jonathan Pryce as Saul.

In 2009, NBC introduced the series ''Kings'', which was explicitly designed as a modern retelling of the David story.

In the PBS television series Wishbone the episode "Little Big Dog" recounts the story of David, his favor with Saul, and his triumphant battle over Goliath.

The season two episode of Xena: Warrior Princess "Giant Killer" features David and his killing of Goliath.

Trivia

For a considerable period, starting in the 15th century and continuing until the 19th, French playing card manufacturers assigned to each of the court cards names taken from history or mythology. In this context, the King of Spades was often known as "David".

See also

David and Jonathan

King David's Palace site

King David's Tomb

Midrash Shmuel (aggadah)

Passover songs

Tel Arad

Notes

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References

Kirsch, Jonathan (2000) ''King David: the real life of the man who ruled Israel''. Ballantine. ISBN 0-345-43275-4.

See also the entry "David" in ''Easton's Bible Dictionary''.

Dever, William G. (2001) ''What did the Bible writers know and when did they know it?'' William B. Eerdmans Publ. Co., Cambridge UK.

Further reading

For a more complete summary of all the episodes in the Saul/David story in Samuel (but excluding Chronicles), see synopsis

External links

Complete Bible Genealogy David's family tree

Double Identity: Orpheus as David. Orpheus as Christ? Biblical Archaeology Review

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Country	England
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Population	67,885
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Mansfield is a town in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest town in the county (Nottingham being a city), lying on the River Maun, from which the name of the town is derived. It is the main town in the Mansfield local government district. Mansfield is a part of the Mansfield Urban Area. The town is surrounded by a pocket of steep hills within the Maun Valley, and has a population of 67,885.

Economy

Mansfield has a large market square and around the market a large commercial centre including a museum, the Palace Theatre and numerous pubs, bars and night clubs. It has also a new indoor market which is nearing completion.

Mansfield was originally the home of Mansfield Brewery, once the largest independent brewer in the UK. The brewery was acquired by Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries for £253m in October 1999, with production of the Mansfield range of ales moving to other parts of the country. The brewery's assets were later sold to Pubmaster Ltd and the former site of the brewery is due for redevelopment. In the 1980s, Mansfield Bitter was advertised with a photograph of then US president Ronald Reagan and the tagline "He may be president of the most powerful nation on Earth but he's never had a pint of Mansfield"; "Not much matches Mansfield" was also used. Mansfield was also the location of an Irn-Bru factory, owned by the Scottish drinks company A. G. Barr, production ceased in January 2011 when A. G. Barr decided to close the factory. The brewery was demolished in late 2008 and the land is for sale.

The Coal Authority is based in the town.

Mansfield has many retail outlets and the Four Seasons shopping Centre contains many popular shops such as Primark, HMV and the bookstore W.H. Smith.

Several urban regeneration projects are underway in Mansfield, including reconstruction of the nearby Kings Mill Hospital and the MARR (Mansfield and Ashfield Regeneration Route) which was completed 3 months early; it is basically a bypass route round the town designed to reduce traffic flow and improve public transport.

In 2009 Mansfield made a bid for city status and many more redevelopment plans were unveiled to fit with this, such as retail & residential developments, leisure facilities and road improvements, which are underway around the town. However the Town was Absent from the 2012 short list.

Notable people

The television presenter Adam Kingswood (from BBC TVs The Truth About Property), Richard Bacon and professional golfers Oliver Wilson and Greg Owen come from Mansfield. The singer Alvin Stardust lived there as a child. Radio, Television and West End actor Stephen Critchlow was raised and schooled in Mansfield and pianist John Ogdon was born in the suburb of Mansfield Woodhouse in 1937. Mark Holmes, lead singer of the Canadian New Wave/stadium rock group Platinum Blonde, was born and partly raised there. Mansfield is also the home of the Cantamus Girls Choir, World Choir Olympics champions. As well as this it also features a thriving music scene with many promising up and coming young artists.

Richard Bacon - TV Presenter

Alvin Lee - Ten Years After guitarist

Robert Kozluk - Barnsley F.C. footballer

James Perch - Newcastle United F.C. footballer

Kris Commons - Celtic F.C. footballer

Craig Disley - Shrewsbury Town F.C. footballer

Rebecca Adlington - 2008 Olympic swimming gold medalist, 400 m and 800m freestyle, the latter in a new world record time.

Joe Mills - Green Date singer/guitarist

Sam Hynd - Paralympic Gold medalist 400 m freestyle and Bronze medalist in the 200 m Individual Medley

John Bainbridge Webster - Chair of Systematic Theology at King's College, University of Aberdeen

Chris Gascoyne - Coronation Street's Peter Barlow

The ancestral home of Lord Byron, Newstead Abbey, is located not far away in Ravenshead. Liam Lawrence - Former Mansfield Town footballer, now playing for Portsmouth FC in the Championship. William Martin, naturalist, was born here in 1767.

Transport

Buses

Buses in Mansfield are primarily operated by Stagecoach, with Trent Barton, Veolia Transport (Dunn-Line) and National Express also operating in the area. All the operators are investing in transport, with leather seats and air con now becoming a familiar sight. The town's bus station is often cited as one of the worst places in England to spend time waiting for transport. Planning permission has been given to develop a new bus station on the station road car park which is estimated to cost £7 million. The bus station, built in 1977, handles around 1,500 buses and 16,000 passenger arrivals a day. It is the busiest bus station in the county but does not offer an attractive waiting environment and has poor pedestrian links to the town centre.

The new bus station is an attempt for redevelopment of the old bus station site to enhance Mansfield town centre and to regenerate the whole of the Stockwell Gate area. Potential improvements could include a fully enclosed waiting area; automatic doors for comfort and safety, a tourist information centre, electronic bus and rail departure information, toilets and baby changing facilities, tower with lift and stairs to an elevated walkway connecting to the rail station and bus driver's facilities.

Road

The town is the northern terminus of the A38, which runs from Bodmin in Cornwall and is the longest 'A' road entirely within England. Mansfield can be reached in around 10 min from junctions 27, 28 and 29 of the M1 and is around 18 mi from the A1 at neighbouring Newark-on-Trent.

Railway

Mansfield railway station is a stop on the Robin Hood Line, a rail link connecting the town with Nottingham and Worksop. Before the introduction of the Robin Hood Line in the 1990s, Mansfield was the largest town in Britain without a railway station, all the more remarkable because the town pioneered the railway in the East Midlands. A Sunday rail service began in December 2008 after it was previously one of the largest towns without it.

The town was originally the terminus of the Mansfield and Pinxton Railway, built as a horse-drawn plateway in 1819 and one of the first acquisitions of the newly-formed Midland Railway. The Midland used the final section to extend its new Leen Valley line to the present station in 1849.

Thus, prior to the 1970s, the town had two railway stations: the LNER (former GCR) line on Great Central Road, near Ratcliffe Gate, and the LMSR (Former Midland) line on Station Road, near Belvedere Street. From the early 1950s, however, the LNER line ceased carrying passengers and remained as a freight-only line; and in the 1970s the former LMSR line ceased to travel via Mansfield.

A tram service operated between 1905 and 1932, run by Mansfield & District Light Railways.

Sport

Mansfield is home to Mansfield Town F.C., known as the Stags. They were relegated to the Conference National after 77 years in the Football League at the end of the 2007–08 season. The team's traditional rival is the nearby town of Chesterfield in Derbyshire. The rivalry between the two clubs is considered among the fiercest in the lower leagues. Some Yorkshire (and Derbyshire) folk still associate Mansfield with failure to support the UK miners' strike (1984–1985); football matches between Mansfield Town: Barnsley, Rotherham United, Doncaster Rovers and Chesterfield and have seen fans of the latter chant "scab". Before the strike, Mansfield Town and Chesterfield FC fans could stand in relative harmony on the terraces (this is no-longer the case).

Mansfield Giants are Mansfield’s Premier Basketball Club, and have a 3 star Accreditation and Club Mark from the English Sports Council. Giants play in the England Basketball (EB2)

Angling is well supported in the Mansfield district, where ponds remain from the former textile milling industry. Tennis there is Mansfield Lawn Tennis Club. It has 4 grass courts and 5 hard courts.

Mansfield is one of the three outlets of the Nottinghamshire County Council Swim Squad, who compete as Nova Centurion. The Sherwood Swimming Baths in Mansfield Woodhouse are, as of 2008, being refurbished and likely to re-open in 2009 as the Rebecca Adlington Swimming Centre in September 2009.

Entertainment

Palace Theatre

The ''Palace Theatre'' is located on Leeming Street and is the town's primary entertainment venues. Built as a cinema in 1910, it was originally known as the Palace Electric Theatre and was later adapted to a proscenium arch theatre presenting live shows. It has also been known as the Civic Hall and Civic Theatre before the current name was revived in the 1990s. With a seating capacity of 534, the theatre is a mid scale touring venue presenting a programme of both professional and amateur productions.It features lots of productions such as pantomimes,dance shows,plays and award ceremoneys.

Mansfield Museum

Mansfield Museum is situated alongside the Palace Theatre on Leeming Street. This museum has won a number of awards in recent years.

Intake Club

The ''Intake Club'' is a music venue located on Kirkland Avenue in Mansfield town centre. The venue has a public bar, function room and a gig room with a stage and capacity for 450 patrons. The full capacity of the Venue is 700. A number of leading bands have played at the club including Deathstars, Fightstar, Green Date, Witchfynde, Hayseed Dixie, Hardcore Superstar, Wishbone Ash, The Hamsters, John Parr, Ade Edmondson, Tygers of Pan Tang and Vampires Rock. The club also caters for more local bands, including Sherwood and RockMelon. The club also hosted the annual CAMRA Mansfield Beer Festival. In September 2009, the recession caused the Intake to close until it reopened under new management in early December. As of 2010, The Intake Club reopened its doors and continues to host events.

Town Mill

The ''Town Mill'' was a Mansfield music venue that was converted from the original mill of Mansfield. The Town Mill re-opened its doors on July 5, 2002 with the UK Subs being the first band on the opening night. Leading bands that have played the venue include Jamie T, INME, Wheatus, The Levellers, The Bluetones, B-Movie, Dr Feelgood, The Futureheads, The Wildhearts, Midge Ure, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Hadouken! The Wombats, RockMelon and Battlecat!, among many others including the recently signed up and coming star Danny Apple, in the seven years it was open. The venue also had local, unsigned bands playing regularly. It also hosted an annual "Battle of the Bands".The Town Mill closed on 4 December 2010, making The Intake Club the primary local gig venue in Mansfield. Plans are currently underway (as of 7 December 2010) to reopen the Town Mill with a special gig to save the popular pub. So far the venue remains closed, as groups of local musicians and fans attempt to find plausible ways to reopen the venue and provide a stage for local and national acts again.

Sherwood Forest

Just a few miles outside of Mansfield lies Sherwood Forest. Mansfield had an Oak Tree and a plaque to mark what was the centre of Sherwood Forest on West Gate. Now the trees have been taken down and a giant metallic feather has replaced them as a marker. Some residents of the town feel this is an eyesore, and the feather sculpture has been plagued by health and safety problems.

Summer In The Streets

Every year between the months of June & August, Mansfield District Council hosts an event called Summer In The Streets. This festival consists of various public events held all over the town over many days, such as children's entertainment, fairground rides in the market square, hands on workshops for things like crafts & circus skills. The highlight of the festival is an event held in the town's Titchfield park, called 'Party In The Park'. This hosts a wide range of entertainment, such as live music acts by local bands, performances from local dance groups and activities such as face painting.

On August the 21st 2010 as a part of various summer entertainment set on by Mansfield District Council, the popular Irish boyband Westlife played a live concert at Mansfield's Field Mill Stadium, home to the town's football team, the Stags. This is the first big name to visit the town, and it is suggested the act brought a lot of visitors and financial benefits to Mansfield.

Odeon Cinema

Mansfield has a large cinema run by Odeon Cinemas. The theatre screens most new release films, and hosts special days for children, older people and the hearing/visually impaired.

Media

The local newspaper is the ''Chad'' (Formerly Chronicle Advertiser). Mansfield is home to one radio station, Mansfield 103.2 broadcast from the Fishpond Hill transmitting station on Skegby Lane which also broadcasts Mansfield versions of the Nottingham stations Radio Nottingham and 96 Trent FM on 95.5 and 96.5 FM respectively.

DAB broadcasts from Fishpond's Hill began on 21 July 2006 with the NOW Nottingham multiplex, subsequently the Digital One and BBC National muxes were also added (during 2006-07) to give excellent digital radio reception across the town.

Television reception in Mansfield however is a different story. Television reception has often been poor due to the location of the town being between regions. Historically Mansfield has been part of the BBC North and Yorkshire Television region. Between 20 December 1965 and 30th July 1974 some homes in Mansfield received Anglia Television (until Belmont began transmitting Yorkshire Television).

Since the arrival of Diamond Cable (formerly ntl, and now Virgin Media) in 1995, BBC East Midlands and Central East were provided and since regionalisation of SKY digital many residents can now watch BBC East Midlands which is the default region for this area and appears on channel 101. Channel 103 is still showing ITV Yorkshire East.

The Belmont transmitter provides the best reception to most of the town offering analogue and digital TV and is the most frequently used transmitter in the town providing BBC East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire and ITV Yorkshire (East)

Emley Moor is also receivable and in some areas of the town offers better reception than Belmont, providing BBC Yorkshire & North Midlands and Yorkshire Television (West).

While Yorkshire Television's news programme "Calendar" still covers Mansfield, BBC Look North has for many years refused to cover the town, insisting that Mansfield belongs in the BBC East Midlands region (though few homes get acceptable terrestrial reception of BBC East Midlands). This was highlighted when the celebrations for Rebecca Adlington's success at the Beijing olympics, although recorded by East Midlands Today, were shown on both East Midlands Today and Look North so that all Mansfield residents could see them.

Many homes have dual aerials with one pointing at Belmont (or in some places Emley Moor) and the other at Waltham (East Midlands), the latter which usually gives a far inferior picture quality but was often used in the days when ITV had more regional variations so that Mansfield folk could keep up with local news and sport. Dual aerial systems are being removed as they will not work for reception of digital terrestrial TV (until after switchover in 2011), in addition to the East Midlands variations being available through cable and satellite but many still remain from the 1990s and late 1980s.

Other transmitters serving Mansfield include:

Emley Moor- BBC Yorkshire & Yorkshire (West)

Sutton Coldfield- BBC Midlands & Central (West) and

Bilsdale- BBC North East & Tyne Tees (South)

All three transmitters provide good signals across the town, in many cases providing superior reception to Waltham. With the correct aerial it is also possible to pick up Granada Television from Winter Hill, though the picture is usually very poor quality.

During an episode of CBBC's 'Dick n Dom in Da Bungalow', one of their games which consisted of sticking pictures of themselves on the backs of members of the public, was broadcast from West Gate in Mansfield.

Politics

Mansfield is notable for being one of the few towns in the United Kingdom with a directly-elected Mayor. Tony Egginton has been the Mayor of Mansfield since 17 October 2002

Alan Meale (born Joseph Alan Meale) has been the Labour constituent Member of Parliament since 1987. Prior to this, Mr. Meale had been a member of the Socialist Campaign Group.

Criticisms

D. H. Lawrence, in ''Lady Chatterley's Lover'', described Mansfield as "that once romantic now utterly disheartening colliery town".

The 2005 and 2007 editions of Channel 4's programme ''The Best and Worst Places to Live in the UK'' named Mansfield as the sixth and ninth worst place to live in Britain, largely due to the poor performance of schools in the area at the time.

Twin towns

Neighbouring cities, towns and villages

Climate

Mansfield experiences a maritime climatic regime, as is typical for all parts of the British Isles. This results in a narrow temperature range, evenly spread rainfall, low levels of sunshine, and often breezy conditions throughout the year. The closest weather station to Mansfield for which records are available is Warsop, approximately 4 miles to the North of Mansfield town centre.

The absolute maximum temperature record for the area stands at 34.6c(94.3f), recorded in August 1990. In a typical year the warmest day should reach 28.9c(84.0f), and 12.72 days should reach 25.1c(77.2f) or higher.

The absolute minimum temperature record for the area is -19.1c(-2.4f), recorded during January 1987. 59.0 nights of the year report an air frost on average.

Rainfall averages 634mm annually, with 113 days reporting in excess of 1mm of rain. All averages refer to the observation period 1971-2000.

See also

Mansfield Town F.C.

Cantamus Girls Choir

Portland College

St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Mansfield

St. John's Church, Mansfield

St. Mark's Church, Mansfield

A Spire for Mansfield

References

External links

Official site

Mansfield regeneration site

Palace Theatre official site

Mansfield and District University of the Third Age

Local Mansfield Online Community

The Brunts School, in Mansfield

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Ronee Blakley (born August 24, 1945) is an American entertainer. Though an accomplished singer, songwriter, composer, producer and director, she is perhaps best known as an actress. Her most famous role was as the fictional country superstar Barbara Jean in Robert Altman's 1975 film ''Nashville'', for which she won a National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress and was nominated for an Academy Award. She also had a notable role in ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' (1984).

Life and career

Blakley was born in Nampa, Idaho, daughter of civil engineer Ronald Blakley and his wife Carol. Blakley’s early years were spent in the Pacific Northwest where she was selected as Idaho's representative to Girl's Nation while in high school. She studied at Mills College, Stanford University, and went to New York to attend Juilliard for post-graduate work.

Blakley began in New York improvising vocally with Moog synthesizers in Carnegie Hall to music by Gershon Kingsley. Her first soundtrack was composed for the 20th Century Fox film ''Welcome Home Soldier Boys'' and earned her a spot in ''Who's Who in America.''

1970s

In 1972, the folk-rock album ''Ronee Blakley'' debuted on Elektra Records and featured Blakley’s original songs, accompanied by herself on her piano. Blakley also made the musical arrangements. The song “Bluebird” featured a duet with Linda Ronstadt. Blakley's songs were published by her own company, Sawtooth Music.

Her second album, ''Welcome'' was released on Warner Bros. in 1975, produced by Jerry Wexler and recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Alabama. The Los Angeles ''Herald Examiner'' wrote it was a "near perfect album."

That same year, Blakley appeared in what may be her most widely known performance in ''Nashville.'' Her character Barbara Jean was purported to be modeled after country star Loretta Lynn. In ''Nashville'' Blakley performs her own songs in character, including "Tapedeck In His Tractor," "Dues" and "My Idaho Home." In her review for ''The New Yorker'', film critic Pauline Kael wrote:

“This is Ronee Blakley’s first movie, and she puts most movie hysteria to shame. She achieves her gifts so simply, I wasn’t surprised when somebody sitting beside me started to cry. Perhaps, for the first time on the screen, one gets the sense of an artist being destroyed by her gifts.”

Blakley was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Supporting Actress along with Lily Tomlin (who was also nominated in the same category). Blakley was also nominated for a Grammy, a Golden Globe and a British Academy award, and won the National Board of Review award for Best Supporting Actress. She was featured on the covers of ''Newsweek'', ''American Cinematographer'' and Andy Warhol's ''Interview Magazine''.

She toured as backup singer to Bob Dylan in the ''Rolling Thunder Revue'', the caravan of a band Dylan put together to tour after his album "Desire". The band also featured Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott. She appears on the live albums from that tour "Hard Rain" and "The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue". She also recorded with Leonard Cohen and Hoyt Axton.

In 1977, Blakley starred in the film ''She Came to the Valley'' with Dean Stockwell, Scott Glenn, and Freddy Fender. She also appeared in several TV movies including ''Desperate Women'', ''Ladies in Waiting'', ''Oklahoma City Dolls'' and the ''Ford 75th Anniversary Special'' introduced by Tennessee Williams and co-starring John Ritter in ''The Glass Menagerie.'' Her guest starring roles in television series include ''Vegas'', ''The Love Boat'', ''Highway to Heaven'', ''Trapper John'', ''Hotel'', ''The Runaways'', ''Beyond Westworld'' and ''Tales from the Darkside''.

1980s

In 1980, Blakley starred in ''The Baltimore Bullet'' with James Coburn, Omar Sharif and Bruce Boxleitner. Two years later, in 1982 she appeared on Broadway in ''Pump Boys and Dinettes'' with Loudon Wainwright III and starred Off Broadway with Tammy Grimes in 1983. She starred in Somerset Maugham's ''Rain' for the Indiana Repertory Theatre. For Wes Craven's 1984 horror film ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' she played the role of the mother.

In 1985, she produced, wrote, starred in, and directed her own feature music docudrama titled ''I Played It for You'' which debuted at the Venice Film Festival and which has subsequently appeared at several other film festivals around the world, including a recent screening at the Silver Lake Film Festival. Sheila Benson of the ''Los Angeles Times'' called “I Played It For You” "passionate and brave, an absorbing work." FX Feeney of the ''LA Weekly'' called it "a valuable document." the film was released on DVD in 2008, bundled with the soundtrack on CD and a new spoken word poetry album titled ''Freespeak''.

Personal life and recent activity

Throughout her career, Blakley has performed on behalf of several political and social causes with an emphasis on civil rights and equal rights for women. During the 1976 presidential campaign, she toured performing before the speeches of Jerry Brown and later performed at the final Los Angeles rally of Walter Mondale with Kris Kristofferson.

Blakley was married to German filmmaker Wim Wenders from 1979 to 1981. She completed a master's degree at California State University in 2002.

She has one child, a daughter, author Sarah Blakley-Cartwright, born in 1988. Blakley's career was put on hold while she raised her daughter and also recovered from a back injury.

Her most recent album of original songs, ''River Nile,'' was released in 2009, inspired by a trip she made to Egypt. In October 2010, she appeared on stage at New York's Bitter End for the first time in 20 years.

Works

Discography

''Ronee Blakley'' (1972) – Elektra (re-released by Collector's Choice 2006)

''Nashville'' Soundtrack – MCA

''Welcome'' (1975) – Warner Bros. (re-released by Collector's Choice 2006)

''I Played It for You'' (2007) – RBPI (CDBaby.com)

''Freespeak'' (2008 – RBPI (CDBaby.com)

''Lightning Over Water'' Soundtrack (2008) – RBPI (CDBaby.com)

''Ronee Blakley Live at the Mint'' (2008) – RBPI

''River Nile'' (2009)

''Grief Holes'' (2009), spoken word and instrumental

Film

''Wilbur and the Baby Factory'' (1970)

''Nashville'' (1975)

''Mannikin'' (1977)

''Three Dangerous Ladies'' (1977) (segment "The Mannikin")

''The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover'' (1977)

''Renaldo and Clara'' (1978)

''The Driver'' (1978)

''She Came to the Valley'' (1979)

''Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff'' (1979)

''The Baltimore Bullet'' (1980)

"Lightning Over Water" (1980)

''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' (1984)

''A Return to Salem's Lot'' (1987)

''Student Confidential'' (1987)

''Someone to Love'' (1987)

''Murder by Numbers'' (1990)

Television

''Desperate Women'' (1978)

''Vega$'' (1 episode, 1978) : Second Stanza (1978)

''Ladies in Waiting'' (1979)

''The Love Boat'' (1 episode, 1979) : Doc's Ex' Change/Gift, The/Making the Grade (1979)

''Beyond Westworld'' (1 episode, 1980) : Sound of Terror (1980) 0

''The Oklahoma City Dolls'' (1981)

''Highway to Heaven'' (1 episode, 1984) : Song of the Wild West (1984)

''Trapper John, M.D.'' (1 episode, 1985) : So Little, Gone (1985)

''Tales from the Darkside'' (1 episode, 1985) : The False Prophet (1985)

''ABC Afterschool Special'' Sherman (1 episode, 1987) : Divorced Kids' Blues (1987)

''Hotel'' (1 episode, 1988) : Double Take (1988) TV episode

Composer

''Welcome Home, Soldier Boys'' (1972)

''Nashville'' (1975)

''Lightning Over Water'' (1980)

''Docu Drama'' (1984)

Soundtracks

''Nashville'' (1975) (writer: "Bluebird", "Tapedeck in His Tractor", "Dues", "My Idaho Home") (music: "Down to the River") (lyrics: "Down to the River") (performer: "Tapedeck in His Tractor", "Dues", "My Idaho Home", "One, I Love You", "Down to the River")

''Renaldo and Clara'' (1978) (writer: "Need a New Sun Rising") (performer: "Need a New Sun Rising")

Director, writer & producer

''Docu Drama'' (1984)

References

External links

Official Website

Ronee Blakley at MySpace

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name	Shooter Jennings
background	solo_singer
birth name	Waylon Albright Jennings
birth date	May 19, 1979
instrument	VocalsElectric guitarAcoustic guitarPianoHammond organBanjo
genre	Outlaw country, Alternative country, Country rock, Southern rock, hard rock, psychedelic rock
occupation	Singer-songwriter
years active	2005–present
label	Universal South
associated acts	Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter, Stargunn, Tom Morello, Scott H. Biram, Jim "Dandy" Mangrum, Patty Griffin
website	ShooterJennings.com }}

Waylon Albright "Shooter" Jennings (born May 19, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter active in the country music and Southern rock genres as well as making his first foray into psychedelic rock in 2009. The only child of country singers Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter, Jennings signed his first recording contract, with Universal South Records, in 2005, releasing his debut album ''Put the "O" Back in Country'' that year. This album produced his only entry on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs charts in its lead-off single "Fourth of July", which peaked at #26. Jennings has since followed ''Put the "O" Back in Country'' with three more albums: ''Electric Rodeo'', ''Live at Irving Plaza 4.18.06'' (both 2006), and ''The Wolf'' (2007). In 2009, he re-named his long-time backing band "Hierophant", to coincide with his forth-coming concept album and toured with them on the Warped Tour. ''Black Ribbons'' was released in 2010, Shooter's most ambitious effort, and gained him much critical acclaim as well as a brand new underground following. In 2011, Shooter formed "The Triple Crown" in New York City featuring Erik Deutsch on piano, Tony Leone on drums, Jon Graboff on Pedal Steel, Eleanor Whitmore on Fiddle and Chris Masterson on lead guitar and recorded his 5th album titled "Family Man".

Biography

Shooter Jennings lived his first few years in a crib on his parents' tour bus. By age five, he was playing drums. At 8 years old, he took piano lessons. He started playing guitar at fourteen and sometimes played percussion in his father's band. He and his father recorded a record together called "Fenixon" in 1996 which was partially used for the core material which led to the album "Waylon Forever". "Fenixon" has yet to be released. Shooter graduated from University School of Nashville in 1997.

As an adult, Jennings left Nashville, Tennessee to seek his fortunes in Los Angeles. He assembled and performed with Stargunn, a southern rock band who, through three distinct phases, sounded like a hybrid of Lynyrd Skynyrd, David Bowie, Guns n' Roses and The Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies. Stargunn performed at local clubs for six years, built an avid following, and earned praise from the local music press.

On March 30, 2003, Jennings dissolved Stargunn and began travelling often to New York City to spend time with his girlfriend and sort out what he wanted to do next. He returned to Los Angeles in 2003 to begin working on new material. He recorded his first album "Put The O Back in Country" with Dave Cobb producing in 2004 and it was released in 2005.

Jennings portrayed his father in the Johnny Cash biopic ''Walk the Line''. He is the host of ''Shooter Jennings' Electric Rodeo'', a two-hour weekly music show on Sirius Satellite Radio's Outlaw Country channel. His second solo album ''Electric Rodeo'' was released on April 4, 2006, followed by ''The Wolf'' on October 23, 2007. This album was followed in 2009 by his first compilation album, ''Bad Magick: The Best of Shooter Jennings and the .357's''.

In 2010 Jennings' fourth album, ''Black Ribbons'', a dystopian concept rock opera featuring Stephen King as Will O' The Wisp, was released March 2, 2010. On May 1, 2010 Shooter Jennings announced "Black Ribbons: The Living Album" on his Twitter account. The "Living Album" includes the full studio record and live shows with Hierophant on a USB flash drive shaped like a tarot card. Although a complete departure from his country sound, the album showed off the diversity and imagination of Shooter as an artist. When asked if there would be more Hierophant albums in the future, Shooter said "Definitely, when we need one"

In 2011, following a move to New York, Shooter, with childhood friend and master pianist Erik Deutsch, formed "The Triple Crown", a new backing band for his forthcoming country album. The album, his first self-produced outing, is said to be released in September on 429 records.

Personal life

He is engaged to Drea de Matteo, with whom he had a baby girl, Alabama Gypsy Rose, on November 28, 2007. Jennings proposed onstage at the Stanley Center during a show in Utica, New York, on June 11, 2009, and confirmed the news on Twitter. "Asked Drea to marry me on stage tonight. I'm a lucky man," he Tweeted, "I'll never forget Utica, NY."

On December 8, 2010, it was announced that the couple are expecting their second child, due in spring 2011.

They welcomed their son, Waylon Albert "Blackjack" Jennings, in April 2011

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
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''Put the "O" Back in Country''		* Release date: March 1, 2005	Show Dog-Universal Music>Universal South Records	* Formats: ''[[Electric Rodeo">Compact disc	22	124	1	—	—
''[[Electric Rodeo''		* Release date: April 4, 2006	* Label: Universal South Records	* Formats: CD, LP, music download	12	64	—	—	—
! scope="row"		* Release date: October 23, 2007	* Label: Universal South Records	* Formats: CD, LP, music download	12	52	—	—	—
''Black Ribbons''		* Release date: March 2, 2010	* Label: Black Country Rock	* Formats: CD, LP, music download	—	133	—	16	34
''Family Man''		* Release date: January 2012	* Label: Black Country Rock / 429 Records	* Formats: CD, LP, music download

Compilation albums

Title	Details	Peak positions
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''Bad Magick: The Best of Shooter Jennings and the .357's''		* Release date: March 24, 2009	* Label: Universal South Records	* Formats: CD, music download	45

Other appearances

! Year	Title	! Album
2000	"White Lines and Black Ties" (with Stargunn)	''
2001	"KatWalk" (with Stargunn)	''
2003	"I've Always Been Crazy" (with Stargunn)	''I've Always Been Crazy: A Tribute to Waylon Jennings''
2004	"Please Carry Me Home" (with Jessi Colter)	''Songs Inspired by the Passion of the Christ''
2005	"I'm a Long Way from Home"
2006	"The Silver Tongued Devil & I"	''The Pilgrim: A Celebration of Kris Kristofferson''
2006	"If it ain't One Thing" (with Carter Falco)	''If It Aint One Thing''
2006	"Better Before You Were Big Time" (with Ted Russel Kamp)	''Divisadero''
2006	"Long Gone" (with Carter Falco)	''If It Aint One Thing''
2007	"Good Hearted Woman" (with Deana Carter)
2008	"The Iron Wheel" (with The Nightwatchman)	''The Fabled City''
2008	"Never Work In This Town Again " (with Matt Reasor & the Madness )	''Pentecostal Pasta Salad''
2009	"The War on the Terror and the Drugs" (with Ike Reilly)	''Hard Luck Stories''
2010	"Call Me The Breeze"	''Sweet Home Alabama: The Country Music Tribute To Lynyrd Skynyrd''
2011	"Belle Of The Ball"	''Music Inside - Collaboration Dedicated to Waylon Vol 1''
2011	"I Miss My Boyfriend" (with Folk Uke)	''I Miss My Boyfriend (feat. Shooter Jennings)''
2011	"Fuck You, I'm Famous!"
2011	"TBA"	'Music Inside - Collaboration Dedicated to Waylon Vol 2''
2012	"Almost Lover/You Picked Me " (with A Fine Frenzy)	'TBA (Summer 2012), ''

Stargunn Albums

Title	Details	Peak positions
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''The Only Way Up Is Down, Part One''		* Release date: June 14th, 2001	* Label: The Electric Banana Company	* Formats: CD	_

Live albums

Title	Details	Peak positions
		! width="40"
''Live at Irving Plaza 4.18.06''		* Release date: October 10, 2006	* Label: Universal South Records	* Formats: CD, music download	55

Digital Releases

Title	Details	Peak positions
		! width="40"
''Missed The Boat: A Collection of Demos & Rarities''		* Release date: December 25, 2010	* Label: Black Country Rock	* Formats: music download	_

Black Ribbons Living Album Releases

Title	Details	Peak positions
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''Memorial Auditorium, Raleigh, NC''		* Release date: April 21, 2010	* Label: Black Country Rock	* Formats: USB	_
''Delaware Valley College, Doylestown, PA''		* Release date: April 23, 2010	* Label: Black Country Rock	* Formats: USB	_
''Memorial Auditorium, St Augustine, FL''		* Release date: April 25, 2010	* Label: Black Country Rock	* Formats: USB	_
''Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, Asheville, NC''		* Release date: April 27, 2010	* Label: Black Country Rock	* Formats: USB	_
''Memorial Auditorium, Chattanooga, TN''		* Release date: April 28, 2010	* Label: Black Country Rock	* Formats: USB	_
''Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, NC''		* Release date: September 16, 2010	* Label: Black Country Rock	* Formats: USB	_
''Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, VA''		* Release date: April 24, 2010	* Label: Black Country Rock	* Formats: USB	_
''Soul Kitchen, Mobile, AL''		* Release date: September 11, 2010	* Label: Black Country Rock	* Formats: USB	_

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions	Album
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	"4th of July" (featuring George Jones)	26
"Steady at the Wheel"	—
	"Gone to Carolina"	—
"Some Rowdy Women"	—
	"It Ain't Easy"	—
! scope="row"	—
2008	"This Ol' Wheel"	—
2009	"Wake Up!"	—
2011	"Outlaw You"	—

Videography

Music videos

! Year	Video	! Director
	"4th of July"	Roger Pistole
"Steady at the Wheel"	James Minchin
2006	"Gone to Carolina"
	"It Ain't Easy"
"Walk of Life"	Deaton-Flanigen Productions
2010	"Summer of Rage"
	"Lights in the Sky"
"Outlaw You"

Filmography

Film
! Year	! Title	! Role
2005	''Walk the Line''	Waylon Jennings
2006	''American Revolutions: The Highwaymen''
2008	''Shooter''
Television
! Year	! Title	! Role
2008	''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation''	Himself

References

External links

Official Website

Official MySpace

IMDB Profile

An Interview with Shooter Jennings

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