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Celebrating the National Heritage Fellows Celebrating the National Heritage Fellows May 25th, 2022 (Hour 1)
Celebrating the National Heritage Fellows

Join us this Memorial Day weekend to celebrate the National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellows. Each year, the NEA recognizes traditional artists for their excellence and contributions to our nation’s heritage. It’s the highest award in the traditional arts. This year’s honorees include: Filipino rondalla musician Tagumpay Mendoza De Leon; Osage ribbon worker and ceramicist Anita Fields; documentary filmmaker and preservationist Tom Davenport; Louisiana’s Winnsboro Easter Rock gospel ensemble; Hill Country blues drummer and guitarist Cedric Burnside; Puerto Rican mundillo lace weaver Nellie Vera; Irish flute and whistle maven Joanie Madden; Chicago tap dancer Reginald “Reggio the Hoofer” McLaughlin; and the Mexican American band from East Los Angeles, Los Lobos. Plus music from prior awardees including Del McCoury, Mavis Staples, Dr. Michael White and John Lee Hooker.

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PRESERVATION HALL PERSEVERES & GUITARIST ALBERT LEE

October 16th, 2019

We are live in New Orleans at Preservation Hall for the nouveau stylings and hybrid sounds that have been cooking up in the historic jazz hub including funky new grooves from the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, paired with singer Tom Waits, bluegrasser Del McCoury and New Orleans hoodoo rocker Dr. John. Then, we look back to post-war England with session guitarist Albert Lee who grew up hearing American music on the radio and eventually crossed the pond to play rock & roll stateside. Plus, we explore the roots of rock with blues harpist Little Walter, western swingers Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys and rockabilly picker Carl Perkins.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: So It Is Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    Live recording from Preservation Hall 2017,
  • La Malanga Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    Live recording from Preservation Hall 2017,
  • SEGMENT: Ben Jaffe

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  • Instrumental: I Get the Blues When It Rains Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    Preservation Hall Jazz Band-50th Anniversary Collection, Columbia
  • Trouble in Mind Richie Havens
    Preservation, Preservation Hall Recordings
  • Careless Love Del McCoury
    Preservation, Preservation Hall Recordings
  • Chez Varise Connor Beausoleil
    Live recording from Preservation Hall 2011,
  • Corrine Died on the Battlefield Tom Waits
    Preservation, Preservation Hall Recordings
  • Winin' Boy Blues Dr. John
    Preservation, Preservation Hall Recordings
  • Bad Boy Charlie Musselwhite
    Live recording from Preservation Hall 2011,
  • Instrumental: Sing On Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    Preservation Hall Jazz Band-- 50th Anniversary Collection, Columbia
  • Convergence Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    Live recording from Preservation Hall 2017,
  • Mad Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    Live recording from Preservation Hall 2017,
  • Closing Bed: In the Sweet Bye and Bye Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    Preservation Hall Jazz Band-- 50th Anniversary Collection , Columbia

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Bo-Jam Bo Diddley
    The London Bo Diddley Sessions, Chess
  • Rock and Roll Music Chuck Berry
    One Dozen Berrys, Chess
  • So Let's Rock Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, with Lee Ross
    Sugar Baby/So Let's Rock, Decca
  • Crazy Mixed Up World Little Walter
    The Essential Little Walter, MCA
  • Honey Don't Carl Perkins
    Blue Suede Shoes/Honey Don't, Sun
  • Roll Over Beethoven The Beatles
    With the Beatles, Parlophone
  • Who Do You Love Bo Diddley
    Who Do You Love/I'm Bad, Checker
  • Instrumental: Roundhouse Stomp Alexis Korner
    British Blues Legend, Goldenlane Records
  • Good Morning Blues Lead Belly
    Good Night Irene, Allegro
  • Rock Island Line Lonnie Donegan
    Rock Island Line, London
  • Midnight Special Van Morrison, Lonnie Donegan and Chris Barber
    The Skiffle Sessions: Live in Belfast, Virgin
  • Rave On Buddy Holly
    Buddy Holly, Coral
  • Shake, Rattle and Roll Elvis Presley
    Shake, Rattle and Roll/Lawdy Miss Clawdy, RCA Victor
  • My Babe Ricky Nelson
    Ricky Nelson, Imperial
  • Instrumental: Okie Dokie Stomp Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
    Original Peacock Recordings, Rounder Records
  • SEGMENT: Albert Lee

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  • Country Boy Albert Lee and Hogan's Heroes
    Live at Montreux, Boulevard
  • Closing Bed: Sleep Walk Albert Lee, James Burton, Amos Garrett, Albert Lee & David Wilcox
    Guitar Heroes: Making History, Stony Plain

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