KPLU Local News
(2010-05-18)
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At exactly 8:32 a.m., 30 years ago today, May 18, a massive natural explosion took place. The force of the Mount St. Helens eruption was said to be the equivalent of 27 thousand atom bombs.
It was hard for people to fathom. Maybe that's why some turned to song.
KPLU's Paula Wissel has been listening to some of the ballads composed in the wake of the eruption and has this story.
University of Oregon story about ballads inspired by the eruption.
BONUS TRACK: Rishava Green, lead singer of the band "The Lights Out" says he grew up hating the Harry Truman tribute song by R.W. Stone and vowed to one day write a better one for Harry. Here's what he came up with, Five Seventeen © Copyright 2012, KPLU
