Liz Callaway: DEMO "Just Around the Riverbend" from Pocahontas (Audio)

Liz Callaway's early demo of "Just Around the Riverbend" from Disney's Pocahontas, with Lynne Thigpen as Grandmother Willow. Music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz.
From Liz: The first time I ever worked with Stephen Schwartz, was on this demo. I think the year was 1992 or 1993. I sang the Pocahontas role, while the late, great Lynne Thigpen (Tony winner and Godspell alum) sang Grandmother Willow. The third character on the demo, is the wild turkey, Redfeather, a Pocahontas sidekick who never made it into the final movie. Alas, I don't know the actor's name who sang with us.
I'm so glad I found my cassette of this demo- it's fascinating to see how the song changed from this early recording to the final version, sung so beautifully by Judy Kuhn.

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JUST AROUND THE RIVERBEND
Music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Demo produced by Martin Erskine

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Tony nominee and Emmy winner Liz Callaway made her Broadway debut in Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along. She has gone on to star in Baby, Miss Saigon, The Look of Love, The Three Musketeers, and for 5 years appeared as Grizabella in Cats. Off-Broadway appearances include The Spitfire Grill (Drama Desk nomination), No Way to Treat a Lady, Marry Me a Little and Brownstone. She recently starred in the one-person play “Every Brilliant Thing” at TheatreSquared. Liz sang the Academy Award-nominated song “Journey to the Past” in the animated feature Anastasia, Other film work includes Jasmine in the two Aladdin sequels, The Swan Princess, and The Rewrite with Hugh Grant. She received an Emmy Award for hosting Ready to Go, a daily, live children’s program on CBS in Boston. Other TV credits include In Performance at the White House, Inside the Actor’s Studio: Stephen Sondheim, The David Letterman Show and Senior Trip (CBS Movie of the Week.)Her extensive concert and symphony career has included appearances in London, Paris, Iceland, Vietnam, Australia, China and nearly every major city in the U.S. She performs regularly with her sister Ann Hampton Callaway, as well as composer Stephen Schwartz, and has had the great pleasure of singing with Jimmy Webb, Paul Williams and the legendary Johnny Mathis. Liz has seven solo recordings: Passage of Time, The Beat Goes On, The Story Goes On: Liz Callaway On and Off- Broadway, Anywhere I Wander: Liz Callaway Sings Frank Loesser, Merry and Bright, The Essential Liz Callaway, and her newest album, Comfort and Joy - An Acoustic Christmas.