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Stars of HBO’s The Wire recently visited the HBO Store in Manhattan to meet fans of the show and sign copies of the series’s DVDs and soundtracks, … and all the pieces matter and Beyond Hamsterdam. Jamie Hector (Marlo Stanfield), Gbenga Akinnagbe (Chris Partlow), and Clarke Peters (Det. Lester Freamon) were on hand, as was TV Guide, which asked the actors to reveal some of their favorite cuts on the soundtracks.

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Stars of HBO’s The Wire recently visited the HBO Store in Manhattan to meet fans of the show and sign copies of the series’s DVDs and soundtracks, … and all the pieces matter and Beyond Hamsterdam. Jamie Hector (Marlo Stanfield), Gbenga Akinnagbe (Chris Partlow), and Clarke Peters (Det. Lester Freamon) were on hand, as was TV Guide’s Michelle Heller, who asked the actors to reveal some of their favorite cuts on the soundtracks.

"The two numbers that really resonate for me," Peters tells TV Guide, "are Michael Franti's 'Oh My God' and the original theme,” the Blind Boys of Alabama’s rendition of Tom Waits’s “Way Down in the Hole.” Akinnagbe (pictured at right) likes each version of that tune, because "they're so different, yet it's the same song, which is great," reports Heller. And Hector’s pick: The Pogues' "The Body of an American."

To read the TV Guide coverage of the event, visit tvguide.com.

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  • Friday, February 8, 2008
    "The Wire" Cast Members Pick Soundtrack Favorites

    Stars of HBO’s The Wire recently visited the HBO Store in Manhattan to meet fans of the show and sign copies of the series’s DVDs and soundtracks, … and all the pieces matter and Beyond Hamsterdam. Jamie Hector (Marlo Stanfield), Gbenga Akinnagbe (Chris Partlow), and Clarke Peters (Det. Lester Freamon) were on hand, as was TV Guide’s Michelle Heller, who asked the actors to reveal some of their favorite cuts on the soundtracks.

    "The two numbers that really resonate for me," Peters tells TV Guide, "are Michael Franti's 'Oh My God' and the original theme,” the Blind Boys of Alabama’s rendition of Tom Waits’s “Way Down in the Hole.” Akinnagbe (pictured at right) likes each version of that tune, because "they're so different, yet it's the same song, which is great," reports Heller. And Hector’s pick: The Pogues' "The Body of an American."

    To read the TV Guide coverage of the event, visit tvguide.com.

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