Dreamers Then and Now: Eric Andersen & Samantha Fish
We peer into the minds of musical dreamers of the past and present, exploring dreams of love, immigration, and a more perfect union. Singer-song maker 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
The Dreamer Jackson Brown and Los Cenzontles The Dreamer, Inside Recordings
SEGMENT: Jesse Colin Young
Instrumental: Follow Your Heart Joe Farrell Quartet Joe Farrell Quartet, CTI
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 McLaughlin 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
Bluebird Bonnie Raitt Bonnie Raitt, Warner Bros.
Going Up To The Country 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, Volume 3, Rounder
Instrumental: Cripple Creek Etta Baker and Taj Mahal Etta Baker and Taj Mahal, Music Makers
SEGMENT: Leyla McCalla
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 1946-1954, 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