Jerry Cruncher - Narrator
Jerry Cruncher. An English working class commoner, who ran errands for Tellson's Bank by day and by night dug up bodies and sold them to doctors for scientific experiments. He travelled back and forth between the cities of London and Paris and was in the middle of everyone's lives, which is why he knew so much about all these people, these two cities and this great story of Love and Revolution.
THINK FAST
(ERNEST DEFARGE)
IT WAS THE BEST OF TIMES, IT WAS THE WORST
NO ONE COULD FIND A WAY TOO MAKE THINGS WORK
PARIS IS PERISHING, HUNGRY AND HURT
THEY TAX US TO POVERTY, WILL WE EVER LEARN.
(CHORUS)
THINK FAST
MAKE IT LAST
WE'RE THE ONES THAT CHOOSE
THINK BACK
TO THE PAST
WE'RE THE ONES
THAT LOSE
...
A STORY OF GREAT LOVE
Two men fall in love with the same beautiful woman. One of them makes the ultimate sacrifice and gives up his life to save the life of the other, all in the name of love.
IN THE EYES OF LOVE
(LUCY MANETTE)
YOU AND I WILL NOT BE BROKEN
WE WERE BORN TWO OF A KIND
ABOVE THE CLOUDS THERE IS A RAINBOW
AND NOW OUR LOVE WILL CLEAR THE SKIES
(CHARLES DARNAY)
IN THE SHADOW OF A DREAM I SAW YOUR FACE
YOU WERE CLOSE TO ME BUT THEN YOU DRIFTED FAR AWAY
AND EVERYTHING AROUND ME DISAPPEARED INTO A SEA
AND AS I GASPED FOR AIR I WOKE AND YOU WERE NEXT TO ME
(CHARLES DARNAY & LUCY MANETTE)
IN THE EYES OF LOVE
I'VE NEVER LOVED YOU MORE
NO ONE ELSE CAN MAKE ME FEEL
THE WAY I FEEL WHEN YOU'RE WITH ME
IN THE EYES OF LOVE
I'VE NEVER BEEN SO SURE
YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE FOR ME
CAUSE NO ONE ELSE CAN MAKE ME FEEL
FEEL THIS WAY
(SYDNEY CARTON JOINS IN LAST CHORUS)
...
A STORY OF REVOLUTION
A young girl grows up intent of killing the man who killed her sister and burns down Paris in a blind lust for revenge that eventually takes her own life and the lives of everyone around her.
(DRUM SOLO UNDERSCORE)
STAND UP
(MADAME DEFARGE)
TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AROUND
THERE IS NO ROOM TO BREATH
WE TURN ANOTHER REVOLUTION
STEP OUTSIDE ARE YOU WHERE YOU WANT TO BE
OR ARE YOU LOST IN THEIR ILLUSIONS
(CHORUS)
STAND UP
WE'VE GOT TO STAND UP TO IT
DON'T LET
CHANGE BRING US DOWN
STAND UP
WE'VE GOT TO STAND UP TO IT
DON'T LET THEM PUSH US AROUND...NO!
...
A Narrator, A Band of revolutionaries, Singers, Dancers, Movable set design, special screen effects and lighting, "Two Cites" will be a great live rock show for all ages. I did this video below during the pandemic as I needed to do some sort of visual demo after I finished the album, I had no resources other than the internet. So, I went into secondlife, a 3d website and built a full working theatre with sets & Lighting so I could shoot A video using 3D avatars to try and give everyone an idea of what this might look like as a live Show & A 3D show.
Secondlife Video Credits * Jenna Dirval - Dancers Choreography * Pmann Sands - Drummer * Blackfoot Riederer- Synth Player * Bones Writer - Guitar *
Video & Editing - Theatre, Set & Light design and build and all other Characters - Bones Writer
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INCLUDES
26 Streaming Narrated Songs, Lyrics & Story Pages.
3 Music Players -
Go at your own pace - Music, Narration & Lyric pages
Auto Play Entire Show - Music and Narration Only
Auto Play Music Only - No Narration (26 Separate Song mixes)
The original digital Gutenberg online copy of "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens.
Artist's Personal Internet Autobiography
ALBUM CREDITS
Story, Music, Lyrics by Christopher Meredith
Adapted by Christopher Meredith from
"A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens
Recorded at Rockin’ Horse LLC Studios
Nantucket Island, Massachusetts U.S.A.
Produced, Engineered & Mixed by Christopher Meredith
Mastered in NYC by the amazing Jay Messina
2 Cities Web Design & Build by Christopher Meredith
Logo, Album Cover Design,Web Graphics Christopher Meredith
Coin Logo Graphic by Alesia Kaye
I-Bio Background Art - Richard & Nathanial Pousette-Dart
NARRATOR
Joe Butcher (Jerry Cruncher)
LEAD VOCALISTS
Rudiger (Charles Darnay)
Rachel Gavaletz (Madame Defarge)
Jennifer Cella (Lucy Manette)
Justin Morgan (Sydney Carton)
Freddy Krumins (Marquis Saint Evremonde)
Onur Cobin (Ernest Defarge)
Pete Mroz (The Judge)
Monique Timmermans (Miss Pross)
Tom Stoddart (Lawyer Stryver)
Shawn Radley (Jerry Cruncher)
Ray Kenndy (Marquis's Laugh)
Christopher Meredith (Gaspard & Roger Cly)
KEYBOARDS
Christopher Meredith
DRUMS
Kenny Howard
Christopher Meredith
BASS
Jonathan Brickley
Jon Pousette-Dart
Christopher Meredith
GUITARS
Jon Pousette-Dart
Adam Bomb Paul Pesko
Tony Bellantoni Jonny Therrien Christopher Meredith
SAXAPHONE
Paul Weddle Tom Stoddart
BACKGROUND VOCALS
Marge Raymond
Steve Augri
Linda Meredith
Christopher Meredith
To all who donate! I so appreciate your support and hopefully if I raise enough , I will be able to fund the mounting of the full show on stage one day. A great band together with great players and singers and dancers and lights and all that goes into doing a live rock and roll show. Until then I hope you enjoy the story and my music and the talents of all those who went into helping me make this a reality. It has been a labor of love that has taken many years to complete and has gone through many incarnations but this is the one I always envisioned for my work. And one last thanks to David Krebs who believed in my music and my show and who supported it for so many years. It may not be what you thought it should be, but you helped keep it alive all these years and for that support I thank you.
Other Thanks: Juliette Mann, Steven Tyler, Warren Kishner, Steve Leber, Johnathan Stuart, Felix Pappalardi, Richie Supa, Doug Kershaw, Joe Leonardi, Bobby Lamb, Anonymous Actor, Craig Alexander and all of the other people in my life who I have had the pleasure of working with. And thanks to all those who lent their talent to my creation. And to all those who inspired me. I thank all of you over and over again!
Special Thanks to everyone in my family that are no longer with us. Love you all.
To Linda Meredith - The Love of my Life! The years you have had to listen to this! You have been it’s inspiration and it’s lifeforce ever since I wrote it in our little room in New York City. Without you, none of this would have ever been created or finally come to fruition! This is your accomplishment as well as mine! Love You FOREVER!
CREATOR
STORY - MUSIC - LYRICS
Christopher Meredith - Composer, Producer, Musician & Inventor
Chris has been a professional producer, musician, composer and inventor for over 40 years. He has played and worked with artists such as Michael Murphy, Felix Pappalardi, Corky Laing, Leslie West, Doug Kershaw, Peter Noone, Felix Cavalari, Steve Stevens, Nicki Hopkins, Mick Taylor, Jack Douglas, Steven Tyler, Jimmy Crespo, Adam Bomb, Jon Pousette-Dart, Stu Daye, Marge Raymond, Rick Derringer, Steve Augri , Ray Kenndy, Jimmy Buffet, Marvin Hamlisch, Frank Annunziata, Michael Shrieve, Richie Havens, G Tom Mac and many others. Commissioned by Joeseph & Gail Papp, at the New York Shakespeare Theatre in NYC to write 10 Minute musicals. He has produced several projects for artists through the years including Monica Chen's first record in Amsterdam for RCA, The winning song for John Lennon's song festival winner "Julliete", Produced in Jamacia for Reggae Artist Ras Karbi. and also created one of the first ever, Multimedia Music CD's that not only played on a cd player but also played multi media presentations on your computer for Jon Pousette-Dart's album "Sample This". The CD also included a game he designed and built based on a song called Amnesia. He co wrote and produced with Ray Kenndy, "Captain Planet" a musical version of the Ted Turner Broadcasting TV show and also wrote and recorded the music for Kelsey Grammer's pilot comedy show called "The Sketch Show" on NBC.
He is the inventor and owner of several patents on gaming controllers for computers and game consoles including, Fishing, Pool, Golf, Baseball and Laser Light Sabers. He has also designed and built several software games including Reel Feel Fishing and Balloon Magic for his own company Miacomet Software. He has designed and programmed many websites including one for Joan Walsh Anglund, world famous children's book author. Recently, he was Musical Director on the Beacon Films movie "Grey Lady" where he not only performed and coordinated the live band in the movie but co produced and recorded the main song "Keep Your Eyes on the Prize" with G Tom Mac writer from "Lost Boys" movie theme. He has also performed his original music live online in over 30 countries around the world in a 3d Virtual world called Secondlife for over 15 years.
He has written and scored music for Dance Festivals including 3 years of original music scoring Theatre Workshop Productions including Oklahoma and Little Shop of Horrors which he co-directed with his wife Linda Meredith and also scored the music and performed live. He has worked and performed on hundreds of music, dance and theatre projects throughout the years and now works from his home in his studio in the house he designed and built.