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Celebrating the National Heritage Fellows Celebrating the National Heritage Fellows May 25th, 2022 (Hour 1)
Celebrating the National Heritage Fellows

Join us this Memorial Day weekend to celebrate the National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellows. Each year, the NEA recognizes traditional artists for their excellence and contributions to our nation’s heritage. It’s the highest award in the traditional arts. This year’s honorees include: Filipino rondalla musician Tagumpay Mendoza De Leon; Osage ribbon worker and ceramicist Anita Fields; documentary filmmaker and preservationist Tom Davenport; Louisiana’s Winnsboro Easter Rock gospel ensemble; Hill Country blues drummer and guitarist Cedric Burnside; Puerto Rican mundillo lace weaver Nellie Vera; Irish flute and whistle maven Joanie Madden; Chicago tap dancer Reginald “Reggio the Hoofer” McLaughlin; and the Mexican American band from East Los Angeles, Los Lobos. Plus music from prior awardees including Del McCoury, Mavis Staples, Dr. Michael White and John Lee Hooker.

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WILLIE NELSON

September 15th, 1999

On the Road Again with… Willie! We visit with Willie Nelson on the tour bus and learn about his early gigs in Texas polka music, his teenage days as a radio host doing the early morning farm report, and the fact that even when in the driveway at home in Texas, he sleeps on the bus! Blues, country, soul, jazz,Western swing and Tejano music surround our conversation with one of America’s musical kings of the road.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Down Yonder Willie Nelson
    Red Headed Stranger, Columbia
  • On the Road Again Willie Nelson
    Revolutions of Time, Columbia
  • Stay A Little Longer Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
    Anthology 1935-73, Rhino
  • Funny How Time Slips Away Joe Hinton
    From Where I Stand: The Black Experience in Country Music, Warner Brothers
  • Crazy Patsy Cline
    The Nashville Sound of Owen Bradley, Decca
  • Hello Walls Reverend Horton Heat
    Twisted Willie , Justice
  • Instrumental: Minor Struggle Fly-Rite Boys
    Big Sandy presents the Fly-Rite Boys, Hightone
  • Whiskey River Willie Nelson
    Revolutions of Time, Columbia
  • Whiskey Heaven Fats Domino
    From Where I Stand: The Black Experience in Country Music, Warner Brothers
  • Legalize It Peter Tosh
    Peter Tosh, Columbia
  • Taxman Junior Parker
    Love Ain't Nothin But a Business Goin' On, Beast Retro
  • Georgia on My Mind Billie Holiday
    The Classic Hoagy Charmichael, Smithsonian Collection
  • Remember Me Willie Nelson
    Red Headed Stranger, Columbia
  • Instrumental: Lord Have Mercy John Fahey & His Orch.
    Return Of The Repressed: The JF Anthology, Rhino
  • INTERVIEW: Willie Nelson
  • Uncloudy Day The Staple Singers
    Testify: The Gospel Box, Rhino
  • Night Life Aretha Franklin
    The Delta Meets Detroit, Rhino

HOUR two

  • Georgia on My Mind Tuts Washington
  • Train Whistle Nightmare Joe "Cannonball" Lewis
    Train 45: Railroad Songs of the Early 1900s, Rounder
  • Train That Carried My Girl from Town Kelly Joe Phelps
    Shine Eyed Zen, Rykodisc
  • Rooster Call Gandy Dancers
    Blues Routes, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Day Break Express Duke Ellington
    The Centennial Edition, RCA
  • Take the A Train Gatemouth Brown
    Gate Swings, Verve
  • Instrumental: Dented Fender Roy Clark
    Swing West! vol. 2: Guitar Slingers, Razor & Tie
  • Return of the Grievous Angel Gram Parsons and EmmyLou Harris
    GP/Grievous Angel, Reprise
  • Six Days on the Road Red Simpson
    Best Of Red Simpson, Razor & Tie
  • My Babe Little Walter
    His Best, MCA
  • Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby Dinah Washington
    Wild, Cool & Swingin' Too, Capitol
  • Laura's Aura Combustible Edison
    Impossible World, Sub Pop
  • Instrumental: Mack The Knife Kid Thomas and His Algiers Stompers
    New Orleans: The Living Legends Kid Thomas, Riverside
  • Mack the Knife Lotte Lenya & Louis Armstorng
    Sings Kurt Weill, Sony
  • Shame Randy Newman
    Bad Love, Dream Works
  • Niña y Señora Tito Puente
    50 Years of Swing, RMM
  • Spanish Harlem Ben E. King
    Atlantic R&B 1947-74, Atlantic
  • End Bed: Spanish Harlem Val Bennett
    Tighten Up, Trojan

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