- published: 29 Jan 2010
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Farnell Newton (born March 21, 1977) is a composer and trumpeter. He was born in Miami, Florida. He moved to Philadelphia in 1992, where he attended the Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts. While in Philadelphia, Newton also studied with his uncle, saxophonist/arranger Conny Murray and from his uncle Sunny Murray, who was one of the early avant garde's most inventive and influential drummers.
Newton graduated from the Denver School of the Arts after moving to Denver in 1994 and then moved to Ohio to study at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. At Oberlin, Newton studied music performance with an emphasis in jazz with Wendell Logan and trumpeter Kenny Davis. Newton performed with Aretha Franklin, James Moody, Muhal Richard Abrams, and Hugh Ragin while at Oberlin.
After graduating from Oberlin, Newton moved to Portland, Oregon, where he performed regularly with Billy Hart, Pete Krebs, Willy Vlautin, and Ricardo Lemvo.
In 1999, Newton graduated with a bachelor's degree in music from Oberlin Conservatory, and went on to obtain a master's degree in Jazz studies and Performance from the Portland State University.
Actors: Roscoe Ates (actor), John Carradine (actor), Chester Clute (actor), W. Donn Hayes (editor), Eddie Dean (actor), Earle Hodgins (actor), Frank Marlowe (actor), Josef Berne (director), Paul Scardon (actor), Bert Stevens (actor), Will Wright (actor), Josef Berne (producer), Martha O'Driscoll (actress), William Wright (actor), Renee Godfrey (actress),
Plot: Jane Colwell, an associate professor at an agricultural college, thinks that a trained mule she has been working with needs a rest and takes him to her farm. There she finds a film company shooting on location. After many complications, the mule is featured in the film, and Jane wins the heart of Mike Burton, the film's producer.
Keywords: agricultural-college, animal-trainer, assistant-director, comic-stutterer, country-girl, ethical-conflict, failed-test, farm, hillbilly, love-songI get up at seven, yeah
And I go to work at nine
I got no time for livin
Yes, Im workin all the time
It seems to me
I could live my life
A lot better than I think I am
I guess thats why they call me
They call me the workin man
They call me the workin man
I guess thats what I am
I get home at five oclock
And I take myself out a nice, cold beer
Always seem to be wondrin
Why theres nothin goin down here
It seems to me
I could live my life
A lot better than I think I am
I guess thats why they call me
They call me the workin man
They call me the workin man
I guess thats what I am
Well they call me the workin man