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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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JESSE WINCHESTER, WAYNE & JAYNE HENDERSON

March 2nd, 2016

We’ll remember the late singer-songwriter Jesse Winchester, through his music and his own words. Then a visit to Rugby, VA for a close listen into sustainable guitars and ukuleles, made by Jayne and Wayne Henderson, of Henderson Guitars.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Showman's Life Jesse Winchester
    A Touch on the Rainy Side, Rhino
  • God's Own Juke Box Jesse Winchester
    Third Down and 110 to Go, Rhino
  • Shadrack The Fairfield Four
    I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray, Warner Bros.
  • Step By Step Jesse Winchester
    Let the Rough Side Drag, Rhino
  • Evil Angel Ed Bruce
    The Best of Ed Bruce, Varese Sarabande
  • Instrumental: Night and Day Mickey Baker
    The Wildest Guitar, Atlantic
  • SEGMENT: Jesse Winchester

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  • All That We Have is Now Jesse Winchester
    A Reasonable Amount of Trouble, Appleseed
  • Far Side Bank of Jordan Jesse Winchester
    Love Filling Station, Appleseed
  • Instrumental: Fables of Faubus Charles Mingus
    This is Jazz 6, Columbia
  • Stand By Me Ben E. King
    Atlantic Rhythm and Blues 1947-1974, Atlantic
  • That's a Touch I Like Jerry Garcia
    The Jerry Garcia Collection Vol. 1: Legion of Mary, Rhino
  • Mississippi You're on My Mind Jesse Winchester
    The Best of Jesse Winchester, Rhino
  • A Little Louisiana Jesse Winchester
    A Reasonable Amount of Trouble, Appleseed
  • Brand New Tennessee Waltz Jesse Winchester
    Jesse Winchester Live, Acrobat
  • End Bed: The Tennessee Waltz Bobby Broom
    My Shining Hour, Bobby Broom

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Walkin' in My Sleep Wayne Henderson, Doc Watson and Friends
    American Routes/Nightline original live recording,
  • You and My Old Guitar Jimmie Rodgers
    The Singing Brakeman, Bear Family
  • Grand Slam (Boy Meets Goy) Charlie Christian with Benny Goodman
    The Genius of the Electric Guitar, Columbia
  • Nuages Willie Nelson & Family
    Let's Face the Music and Dance, Sony
  • Just Playing My Axe Buddy Guy
    The Complete Vanguard Recordings, Vanguard
  • Sugarfoot Rag Junior Brown
    Git With It, Curb
  • Instrumental: Lupus #1 Tom Morrell & the Time-Warp Tophands
    How the West Was Swung, Vol. 5: Go Uptown, WR
  • Grandfather's Clock E.C. Ball and Orna
    Through the Years 1937-1975, Copper Creek
  • New River Train Wayne Henderson, Doc Watson & Friends
    American Routes/Nightline Original live recording,
  • SEGMENT: Wayne and Jayne Henderson

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  • Instrumental: Let's Dance Jake Shimabukuro
    Gently Weeps, Hitchhike
  • This Old Guitar Neil Young
    Prairie Wind, Reprise
  • Down by the River Puss N Boots
    No Fools, No Fun, Blue Note
  • Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar Delmore Brothers
    Brown's Ferry Blues, County
  • Hope of a Lifetime The Milk Carton Kids
    The Ash & Clay, Anti
  • End Bed: Thunder Road/Sugar Foot Rag Doc Watson
    Docabilly, Sugar Hill

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