American Tune - 10/14/2017

The closer from our October 14, 2017 show, "American Tune," with Chris Thile, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Margaret Glaspy, Rachael Price, Rich Dworsky, Matt Chamberlain, Brittany Haas, Paul Kowert, and Sean Watkins

[violao]

Chris, Rachael, et al, AND the bloody the Preservation Hall Jazz Band that completely put this to bed as one for the books. I am so glad that I have seen them perform in their native New Orleans venue making it a true addition of "The American Story". Our people did not come on the bloody Mayflower. My maternal great-great grandfather came on a slave ship from West Africa to Jamaica, owned by a Scottish slaver. And my mum came on the Queen Mary from Cardiff, Wales, one year before she met my father, a Bolivian chemical engineering student at the University of Nebraska where my twin brother and I were minted in 1963. Another TRUE AMERICAN story.

[triciabeaird]

Saw this live. I will remember it for the rest of my life.

[HFC]

Me, not from USA. Love this song, this rendition is done oh, so, well Love it.

[zoomonkeydotcom]

Goosebumps and tears 😭- my great grandfather was an immigrant and he played mandolin and was a proud American

[EnzoDBaker]

Rachel, if you read this, you are so wonderful. So talented and so lovely...

[eugenekim]

Phenomenal. What a gift that we can enjoy this performance at any time!

[mattkomprood]

Chris Thile and Rachel Price singing Paul Simon - doesn't get any better than this.

[contrebasse]

Very beautiful rendition. An American Tune with an intro of a song from Bachs Passion of Matthew...

[Ottee]

Wow, so good. I'm glad they released it.

[kurtaaron]

Not any easy song to pull off for anyone. Nicely done!

[williamfritz]

Holy and brilliant. Paul Simon made self-deprecating fun of his poetic pretensions but the poet's words ring true over time and this set totally names where we are/were the night this was broadcast. Loved all the performances! But they were brilliant I humbly think because in each way they totally delivered the work of art. Bach's tune brings a medieval mystic's penitential lament to the service of this hope for some kind of mystical redeeming of America's people's betrayal of her promise. But you hear if you know the other one, in these far more relevant words, the same sorrowing hope: "O let me never ever outlive my love to thee." Let it never fail to hurt to imagine Liberty sailing out to sea, and may our faith in her promise never die.

[jeffolefson]

Paul Simon wrote so much beautiful music.

[paullamontagne]

Interesting how Chris sings it in the style that Paul Simon originally had done it, (more or less) but does it in the higher key that Art Garfunkel had always done live. True greatness, folks!!!! ;-)

[elizabethlinsay]

This is nice. Also check out The Starland Vocal Band's accapella version.

[VousEtre]

I liked it the first time I sang it in church as O Sacred Heart Now Wounded

[matthirn]

Great to hear Rachael Price nail her part on Live from Here. Quite often these quickly put together performances can be a stretch for a performer.

[Claudiahochow]

(Denmark) Lovely tenor Voice Lovely song 🌹

God bless America, God bless Thile, and God bless Paul Simon

[joefiala]

Rachael Price, Margaret Glaspy & Brittany Haas were all in a Boston Based Band called "The Fundies" with bass player Bridget Kearney

[jonysanup]

Have a listen to Kurt Elling singing An American Tune, Sublime.