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
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
Bluebird Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Raitt, Warner Brothers
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
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