Title from disc surface. Featuring: Paul Simon, Bob Costas, Lyle Lovett, Alison Krauss, Shawn Colvin, Jerry Doglas, Stephen Marley, Miriam Makeba, Ladysmith Black Mombazo, James Taylor, the Dixie Hummingbirds, Billy Collins, Buckwheat Zydeco, George Harrison, Marc Anthony, Yolands Adams, Jessy Dixon, Dianne Reeves, The Muppets (Elmer and Grover), Art Garfunkel, Stevie Wonder, Philip Glass. Filmed at the Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C., on May 23rd, 2007. Originally broadcast as a special program on PBS in 2007.
Contents:
Introduction / Bob Costas -- 50 ways to leave your lover / Lyle Lovett -- The boxer / Alison Krauss, Shawn Colvin and Jerry Douglas -- Mother and child reunion / Stephen Marley -- Under African skies / Miriam Makeba and Paul Simon -- Clip from Paul Simon Graceland : the African Concert -- Homeless / Ladysmith Black Mambazo -- Mrs. Robinson / Paul Simon -- Clip from Yankee Stadium tribute to Joe DiMaggio -- Slip slidin' away / James Taylor and the Dixie Hummingbirds -- Sunday morning with the sensational nightingales (poem) / Billy Collins and the Dixie Hummingbirds -- That was your mother / Buckwheat Zydeco and Lyle Lovett -- Homeward bound / Paul Simon and George Harrison -- Clip from Saturday Night Live -- Still crazy after all these years / James Taylor -- El condor pasa / Marc Anthony -- Late in the evening / Marc Anthony -- Gone at last / Yolanda Adams and Jessy Dixon -- Something so right / Dianne Reeves -- The 59th Street Bridge song (Feelin' groovy) / The Muppets -- Graceland / Alison Krauss and Jerry Douglas -- Diamonds on the soles of her shoes / Paul Simon and Ladysmith Black Mambazo -- Bridge over troubled water / Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel -- Father and daughter / Paul Simon -- Me and Julio down by the schoolyard / Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder -- Loves me like a rock / Paul Simon and Stevie wonder with the Dixie Hummingbirds -- Sounds of silence / Philip Glass.
Summary:
"In May of 2007 the Library of Congress gathered an unprecedented group of musicians together in Washington, D., to honor Paul Simon as the first recipient of the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song."--Container.
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