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DREAMERS THEN AND NOW PART 2: JESSE COLIN YOUNG AND LEYLA MCCALLA
We peer into the minds of musical dreamers of the past and present, exploring dreams of love, immigration, and a more perfect union. Singer songmaker Jesse Colin Young of the Youngbloods speaks of the 60’s folk revival in Greenwich Village and his dreams realized in the anthemic 1967 song “Get Together.” Then, Haitian American cellist and singer Leyla McCalla describes her journey from New York to New Orleans, connecting the cultural histories she’d long dreamed of along the way. Plus dreamscapes from Rhiannon Giddens, Los Cenzontles, Mahalia Jackson and John Prine.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Get Together The Youngbloods
The Youngbloods, RCA Victor - California Joni Mitchell
Blue, Reprise - California to Ohio The Shootouts
Quick Draw, MRI - All I Have to Do is Dream Everly Brothers
The Everly Brothers' Original Greatest Hits, Barnaby - Dream Lover Ben E. King
Don't Play that Song, ATCO - Instrumental: My Blue Heaven Mary Lou Williams
First Lady of Piano 1952-1971, Giants of Jazz - Sugar Babe The Youngbloods
This Is The Youngbloods, RCA - Sunlight The Youngbloods
Elephant Mountain, A & M - SEGMENT: Jesse Colin Young
Listen - Instrumental: Follow Your Heart Joe Farrell Quartet
Joe Farrell Quartet, CTI - The Dreamer Jackson Brown and Los Cenzontles
The Dreamer, Inside Recordings - El Mexicano Los Cenzontles
American Roulette, Los Cenzontles - Freedom Highway Rhiannon Giddens
Freedom Highway, Nonesuch - I'll Take You There The Staple Singers
Be Altitude: Respect Yourself, Stax - Don't Dream It's Over Deacon John
Crowded Shotgun House, Vetter Communications - End Bed: Follow Your Heart John McClaughlin
My Goal's Beyond, Douglas Records
HOUR two
- Open Bed: A Day for the Hunter, A Day for the Prey Leyla McCalla
A Day for the Hunter, A Day for the Prey, Leyla McCalla - Bluebird Blues Howlin' Wolf
Memphis Days - The Definitive Edition, Vol. 1, Bear Family - Going Up To The County Paint My Mailbox Blue Taj Mahal
Natch'l Blues, Columbia/Legacy - Goin' Up the Country Canned Heat
On the Road Again, EMI - Railroadin' Some Henry "Ragtime Texas" Thomas
Night Train: Classic Railroad Songs, Vol. 3, Rounder - Instrumental: Cripple Creek Etta Baker and Taj Mahal
Etta Baker and Taj Mahal, Music Makers - SEGMENT: Leyla McCalla
Listen - Instrumental: I Shall Not Be Moved Greg Stafford and Dr Michael White
Praying and Swaying, Vol. 1: At the Cross, Jazz Crusade - (I'm Going to) Wait Until My Change Comes Mahalia Jackson
How I Got Over/the Apollo Sessions 1964-1954, Westside - Angel from Montgomery John Prine
John Prine, Atlantic - I'll Fly Away Gillian Welch
O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack, Lost Highway/Mercury - When I Get to Heaven John Prine
Tree of Forgiveness, Oh-Boy Records - Closing Bed: Didn't He Ramble Kermit Ruffins
Living a Treme Life, Basin Street
