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Bob Weir & J. Ralph Collaborate on Wretches & Jabberers Autism Documentary Soundtrack

Wretches and Jabberers, directed by Academy Award® winner Gerardine Wurzburg, is a ground breaking documentary that follows two men with autism, Tracy Thresher and Larry Bissonnette, who embark on a global quest to change attitudes about disability and intelligence. The soundtrack, Featuring 20 original songs written and produced by J. Ralph in collaboration with Bob Weir, Antony, Devendra Banhart, Paul Brady, Bonnie Bramlett, Vashti Bunyan, Martin Carthy, Judy Collins, Lila Downs, Vincent Gallo, David Garza, Ben Harper, Scarlett Johansson, Nic Jones, Norah Jones, Leah Siegel, Carly Simon, Stephen Stills & Ben Taylor, honors those who spent a lifetime living in complete silence and isolation, never having a voice of their own. J. Ralph previously scored the last two Oscar winning documentaries THE COVE & MAN ON WIRE.

Bob lent his iconic voice and innovative guitar playing to "Breaking The Hold," the song which he recorded with J. Ralph this summer in Bob's Bay Area studio.

100% of sales for this exclusive iTunes promotion go to the charities Autism Society and The Wretches & Jabberers Fund at Syracuse University.

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Breaking the Hold

As a parent of a child with autism, this song really hit home. Thanks for spreading the light!!!

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Wonderful!

So glad to see Bob contributing to spreading autism awareness. Just a reminder, there is an autism forum here on deadnet. Its called "Roll Away the Dew:Heads on the Spectrum". Its been quiet lately but any new input would be welcome!

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Autism Speaks and now it has a soundtrack!

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thanks for the heads up, this sounds really interesting.

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