Celebrating the legacy of E. A. Diddle (1895-1970)

"High on a Hilltop"
Mark Melloan © 2003

Come on, Mule, win twenty games,
and show 'em how Kentucky boys play.
We’re singing, "Let’s go, Coach, win twenty games,
and show ‘em how Kentucky boys play."

You’re everybody’s pal when you wave that towel
and you fire up a Big Red crowd.

High on a hilltop, high in the sky.
High on a hilltop, high in the sky.

We found him in a field, hand on a plow,
he must be over seven feet tall.
We'll teach him how to read, teach him how to count,
and teach him how to dribble that ball.

Ah, Chuck Taylors on a hardwood floor,
big hands, big feet, big score.

High on a hilltop, high in the sky.
High on a hilltop, high in the sky.

Pack ‘em in, we can fit ‘em in the gym,
singin, “Go team, fight team, win!”

If you've got the spirit, come on, let's hear it.
'The Spirit Makes the Master' at Western.

Some hometown hustle’s what they paid to see,
so we throw in the fast break free.

High on a hilltop, high in the sky.
High on a hilltop, high in the sky.
High on a hilltop, high in the sky.
High on a hilltop, high in the sky...

A very special thanks to an outstanding cast and crew.

Larnelle Harris - vocal
Athena Cage - vocal
Beegie Adair - piano
Greg Martin - slide guitar
Byron House - bass
Dennis Wage - B3 organ
Peter Young - drums & percussion
The Amazing Tones of Joy - choir
Deandra VanCleave - vocal
Konika Malone - vocal
Monique Smith - vocal
Vanessa Sherrod - vocal
Walter Malone - vocal
Adrian Simmons - vocal
Craig Robinson - vocal
Danny Benson - trumpet
Jonas Butler - trumpet

Matt Bryant - trombone

Brian Roberson - saxophone

John Carmichael - horn arranger
Jon Crosby - vocal
Randi Flanary - vocal
Joni Melloan - vocal
John Nicholson - engineer
Mark Melloan - guitar, banjo, vocal, producer
John Melloan - producer, director, camera

Kevin Crisp - director, editor

Marshall Katz - camera

Amir Nazem - camera
Sylvia Johnson - camera
Josh Hawkins - grip
Mark Clauson - photographer

Special thanks to Donald Smith
and the WKU Alumni Association,
John Paul Blair,

Rick Dubose,
Sue Lynn Stone,
Lynn Niedermeier
and the Kentucky Museum,
James Williams,
Tom Hiles,
and President Gary Ransdell.

WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY 
     "The Spirit Makes the Master"