Dreamers Then & Now, Vol. 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. We remember the late singer songmaker Jesse Colin Young of the Youngbloods, who spoke of the ‘60s 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

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