Earth to America is the ninth studio album by the Athens, Georgia based band Widespread Panic. It was recorded in January 2006 with Terry Manning producing in Nassau, Bahamas at the Compass Point Studios. The album is being offered in three variations; a regular CD release, a digipak release, and a vinyl record release. The digipak release includes free song downloads through the band's concert album web page, Live Widespread Panic.com. The vinyl release includes two extra bonus tracks not found on the regular CD release.
Earth to America was a 2-hour television special that aired on TBS on November 20, 2005. Hosted by Tom Hanks, the show used a comic approach to raise awareness of issues concerning the environment, mostly global warming. It was taped at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
The Performers scheduled to appear were:
Jack Black Cedric "The Entertainer" Rob Corddry Larry David Will Ferrell Tom Hanks Julia Louis-Dreyfus Bill Maher Steve Martin Kevin Nealon (Subliminal Man) Ray Romano Martin Short Ben Stiller Wanda Sykes Robin Williams The Cast Of Avenue Q Robert F Kennedy Jr. Triumph The Insult Comic Dog
Celebrating the earth with the funnies people on it... A comedy event of Global proportions
