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Lucinda Williams and Kasey Chambers - PBS Soundstage July, 2003 Lucinda Williams is widely considered one of America's best singer/songwriters working today, an artist who defies categorization. Her honest lyrics are often compared to fine poetry as she sings her narrative tales of Southern Gothic and heart-wrenching songs of love, heartbreak and desire. On this episode of SOUNDSTAGE, Williams and her band perform favorites from her catalogue, as well as tunes from her newest album, World Without Tears. Australian-born singer/songwriter Kasey Chambers has been described as a member of the new generation of Australia's country-rock crossover artists. Her albums, The Captain and Barricades & Brickwalls, have gone multi-platinum in Australia. Chambers performs songs from both albums, including "Not Pretty Enough" and "If I Were You."
All*Star Bluegrass Celebration - hosed by Ricky Skaggs 1 "Shady Grove" Ricky Skaggs Kentucky Thunder 2 "Crying Holy (Unto The Lord)" Vince Gill with The Del McCoury Band 3 "Let Me Touch You For Awhile" Alison Krauss Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas 4 "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" The Del McCoury Band 5 "Get Down On Your Knees And Pray" The Del McCoury Band 6 "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" Earl Scruggs 7 "Daniel Prayed" Patty Loveless Ricky Skaggs 8 "Pretty Polly" Ralph Stanley with Patty Loveless 9 "O Death" Ralph Stanley 10 "Uncle Pen" Ricky Skaggs with Travis Tritt and Patty Loveless 11 "Little Georgia Rose" Travis Tritt with Ricky Skaggs 12 "Darlin' Corey" Bruce Hornsby with Ricky Skaggs 13 "Seven Wonders" Nickel Creek 14 "Lonesome Ruben" Group finale 15 "Rawhide" Group final * The DVD version contains three bonus tracks Hosted by Ricky Skaggs, the show opens the first of three segments with a blistering traditional mountain song, "Shady Grove" from the bluegrass trailblazer and his award-winning band, Kentucky Thunder. Country superstar (and sometimes bluegrass picker) Vince Gill teams up with new Grand Ole Opry member and bluegrass ambassador Del McCoury and his band for a classic gospel number, followed by CMT and Grammy favorites Alison Krauss + Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas, who offer a riveting performance of the video favorite, "Let Me Touch You For A While." Act Two presents bluegrass legends who continue to make compelling music today. Earl Scruggs, whose 5-string banjo helped to define the bluegrass sound during his years with Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys and Flatt Scruggs before branching out into pioneering country-rock with the Earl Scruggs Revue, knocks his signature "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" out of the park. The original "Man of Constant Sorrow," Ralph Stanley, brings his haunting high lonesome sound to center stage, much as he did when he first recorded the song more than 50 years ago as a member of the legendary Stanley Brothers - and, in a fresh twist, he welcomes country star Patty Loveless, a true Kentucky girl whose coal-miner Dad taught her to love mountain music, for a charming duet on the classic "Pretty Polly," before concluding the set with a spine-tingling accapella rendition of "O Death" that brings the house to its feet. Act Three captures both the roots-embracing and forward-looking aspects of the genre, opening with a tribute to Monroe (1911-1996), known as the Father of Bluegrass, that includes his immortal "Uncle Pen," performed by Skaggs (who took the song to the top of the country charts 20 years ago), Loveless, and country roots-rocker (and banjo player) Travis Tritt. In a nod to the music's appeal to musicians of every genre, Skaggs brings on pop-rock star Bruce Hornsby to pick some hot bluegrass piano (!) on a traditional number, "Darlin' Corey," popularized by Monroe. Representing an important part of the bluegrass future, Nickel Creek follows with a jammin&Mac226; "Seven Wonders." The hour ends with a stage full of pickers for an all-out, all-star jam session finale: Monroe's fiery instrumental, "Rawhide." Source: Originally taped for PBS. |
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