LISA DENTON: Barry, I’m not sure I’d normally get overly excited about an organ concert, but the one coming up at 7 p.m. Thursday at Memorial Auditorium might be an exception.
Dr. Steven Ball from the University of Michigan will be playing for the Chattanooga Music Club’s fifth annual Patriotic Organ Concert. Yes, there’ll be an Independence Day salute to the armed forces, but the biggest portion of the show will be Ball playing the music for the silent film “The General.” For 75 minutes, he’ll be pulling out all the stops, so to speak.
BARRY COURTER: For free, folks can hear that beautiful organ and experience Buster Keaton’s classic film the way it was originally screened. This movie still shows up on most everyone’s Top Movies list for a reason. Plus, there are all kinds of local notes of interest attached to this. The movie is based on a real event that happened around here. In fact, I think a couple of the soldiers involved are buried at the National Cemetery.
LISA: Eight, actually (I looked it up).
BARRY: Of course you looked it up.