Since leaving his home in Canterbury, NH to work in the L.A. Music Business, Emmy Award winning composer Glenn Jordan has piled up many memorable moments, including performing as a member of Sha Na Na, Being Musical director of Pee-wee's Playhouse and most recently, singing on Kanye West’s new album 808s and Heartbreak.
But, Jordan, still a New Englander at heart, recalls that one of his peak experiences occurred when he was nine. He walked up the ramp in the right field grandstand and saw Fenway Park for the first time. Seeing the green field under the lights, like most red-blooded New England boys, Jordan fell in love. The Sox were playing Cleveland and Ted hit one of his 521 in his first at bat, a low line drive into the right field stands. The Sox won and a lifetime Red Sox fan was born.
Years later, Glenn was working in his studio in LA and a song presented itself. WE ALL LOVE THE RED SOX was written in about twenty minutes, one of those gifts-from-somewhere-else songs.
Playing all the instruments and singing all the vocals himself, he recorded the song. It evokes the feelings of appreciation and love that all Red Sox fans have about their team no matter how transplanted they have become.
We all love the Red Sox
Always have and always will
Thank you Dustin, Papi, Yaz and Ted
We’ve treasured every thrill
From the northern tip of Maine’s Presque Isle
To Connecticut’s Windsor Locks
The one thing that unites us all is
We all love the Red Sox
Jordan is releasing We All Love the Red Sox as part of his upcoming album, Rainbows and Red Sox. This version is the single release with broadcast edits.
As a fan, he hopes that it becomes the anthem of Red Sox Nation across New England and the world. He imagines another nine year old boy or girl leaving Fenway after David Ortiz hits one out for a Sox victory singing with the crowd, “The one thing that unites us all is we all love the Red Sox.” Another Sox fan for life.
Other memorable moments, said Jordan, include producing and working with some of his childhood heroes, such as Little Richard and the Beach Boys and having his music in over a thousand episodes of various TV shows.
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