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| On March 22, 1977, at Brushy Mountain Prison in Tennessee Richard Sprague (Chief Counsel for the House Select Committe on Assassinations), Robert Lehner (Deputy Chief Counsel), Jack Kershaw (Counsel to James Earl Ray), Mary Noel-Kershaw, Gary Revel and others began the first HSCA interview of James Earl Ray. The HSCA was a Congressional Committee set up to investigate the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and President John F. Kennedy. Special Investigator Gary Revel was commissioned by Chief Counsel Richard Sprague of the House Select Committee on Assassinations to investigate Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination in an effort to prosecute any and all conspirators involved and to follow wherever the investigation led. That investigation eventually led to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy. Richard Sprague was soon replaced by G. Robert Blakey.
Later that year Gary Revel and attorney Mary Noel-Kershaw wrote the song, THEY SLEW THE DREAMER, that contained a story of a conspiracy related to the King killing. In a few months Gary recorded the song and released it as a single 45 rpm record on the Rebel Label. The song was published by Milene Music Inc. the ASCAP arm of Acuff-Rose Music and soon received front page publicity with the editorial caption that it was a 'James Earl Ray Promotion Gimmick'. This was on the front page and top fold of the newspaper, Nashville Banner. Later Opryland Music Group bought the publishing. In 2002 the publishing was sold to SONY/ATV TUNES LLC-SONY/ATV MILENE MUSIC. Sony continues to publish the song and the new recording remixed with the April 4, 1968 Memphis Police Dispatch recording announcing 'The Reverend King has been shot' is available on iTunes, Rhapsody, Emusic, Amazonmp3 and more. The lyrics to the song are below the recent photo of Gary. 
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(LYRICS TO SONG) EARLY IN THE EVENING THE SUN WAS GOING DOWN HE STOOD ON THE BALCONY IN A TROUBLED PART OF TOWN CALLING TO THE SINGER SAID SING MY FAVORITE SONG TAKE MY HAND PRECIOUS LORD LEAD ME HOME THEY SLEW THE DREAMER LET A DREAMER TAKE THE FALL THEY TURNED THE COURTROOM INTO A COSTUME BALL THEY SLEW THE DREAMER MADE ANOTHER SING THEIR SONG THEY SLEW THE DREAMER BUT THE DREAM LIVES ON THE SHOT RANG OUT IT'S WARNING THE DREAMER FELL TO DIE RAUL SLIPPED INTO HIDING FOLLOWED BY THE NIGHT THE REAPER NOW IS READY IT'S TIME TO AWAKE SLEEPING DREAMER TELL US WHO ARE THEY THEY SLEW THE DREAMER LET A DREAMER TAKE THE FALL THEY TURNED THE COURTROOM INTO A COSTUME BALL THEY SLEW THE DREAMER MADE ANOTHER SING THEIR SONG THEY SLEW THE DREAMER BUT THE DREAM LIVES ON Words and Music BY Gary Revel and Mary Noel PUBLISHING SONY/ATV MILENE MUSIC Jongleur Music Album-They Slew The Dreamer Copyright 2008-2009 by Gary Revel ALL RIGHTS RESERVED |
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