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Stephen Colbert, Jack White cut a record together

Stephen Colbert wants to climb the charts.

Colbert debuted his new Jack White-produced single, "Charlene II (I'm Over You)" on "The Colbert Report" Thursday night.

Colbert has featured White on "The Colbert Report" all week during his "rock odyssey" series, "Dr. Pepper Presents StePhest ColbChella `011 - Rock You Like a Thirst-Icane."

The former White Stripe and his Nashville-based record label, Third Man Records, produced the track. The Black Belles, a goth girl rock band on Third Man, performed backup.

The reference of the song is one only die-hard members of the Colbert Nation likely will grasp. It's a follow-up to his mock `80s new wave song, "Charlene (I'm Right Behind You)."

Since 2006, Colbert has occasionally alluded to the song and suggested that before his conservative pundit character became a TV show host, he was the lead singer in a group called Stephen and the Colberts.

But the sequel, "Charlene II (I'm Over You)," is entering the real world. The song is to be available from iTunes and Third Man Records, including on vinyl copies. There's even a limited edition red-white-and-blue edition, with the vinyl dyed in the colors of the flag.

Colbert and White will be selling copies Friday in Manhattan from the Third Man Records' "rolling record store" - a truck that travels the country selling the label's music.

This is White's second collaboration with a late-night talk show host. Last year he released a live rockabilly album with Conan O'Brien.

Colbert has taken every chance to remind White that he's a Grammy winner. Colbert's "A Colbert Christmas" won the Grammy for best comedy album in 2010.

But this is far from the comedian's first foray into musical performance. Among his greatest hits are a performance of "Empire State of Mind" with Alicia Keys, a "shred-off" with the Decemberists and a rendition of Rebecca Black's "Friday."

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BAND COMPOSER SERIES: LARRY CLARK |

Larry Clark’s pieces have been performed internationally and appear on numerous contest/festival lists.  He  is an ASCAP award-winning composer with over 200 titles in print and is in high demand to write commissions for bands and orchestras across the country.  Larry has presented clinics recently at the Midwest Clinic; the New York State School Music Association conference; the Texas, Ohio, and Wisconsin Music Educators conferences; as well as numerous national guest-conducting appearances.  Recently I had the privilege of interviewing Larry Clark about his musical experiences from his earliest days until now, and I’m sure you will enjoy reading about his musical journey too.

When did you begin in music?  What instrument did you begin with?

My father was a band director, so I have been in music as long as I can remember.  He taught me to read music before I could read.  My first instrument was drums in the first grade.  I later learned to play the trombone starting in the fifth grade.

Did you have a specific “a-ha” moment when you knew you wanted to be a musician?

I resisted thinking I was going to go into music for a long time.  When I was in junior high and early high school I was trying not to do or be the same thing as my father, but when I was a senior in high school I became the drum major and student conductor.  My band director let me really rehearse the band – a lot.  At that point I was hooked!

What inspired you to become a composer?

It was kind of an accident.  I was a middle school band director first and started writing arrangements of pop tunes and movie themes for my band.  I think they were pretty bad, but my students liked to play them, so I kept doing it.  Later on I started to try to write original pieces for them and it just sort of progressed from there.  I guess I would have to say that I was inspired to become a composer by my father.  As a band director he was always writing music for his own groups and he also wrote a lot things for his church choir.  He taught me to love music.

When did you start composing and what kind of ensemble did you start writing for?

As I stated in the previous question I arranged music first and then started composing music for my middle school band.  It was nice to have sort of a lab group to learn from!  I guess that is why I have been successful writing music for middle school bands.

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