Name : Paul Simon & Friends: Library of Congress
Year: 2007
Genre : Folk-Rock, Soul, Jazz, Blues
Artist : Paul Simon, Alison Krauss, Stevie Wonder, James Taylor, Lyle Lovett, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Marc Anthony, Art Garfunkel and others ...

Description:

In May of 2007 the Library of Congress gathered an unprecedented group of musicians together in Washington, DC, to honor Paul Simon as the first recipient of the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Alison Krauss, Stevie Wonder, James Taylor, Lyle Lovett, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Marc Anthony, Art Garfunkel and a host of others joined Paul onstage in a multicultural tribute to the music of a great American artist and a great American art form.

This gala event, called the greatest night of popular music ever presented in our nation s capital, was beautifully filmed in high definition and captured with stunning Dolby TrueHD for a trulysuperior concert experience.

Tracklist :
01. Introduction - Bob Costas
02. 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover - Lyle Lovett
03. The Boxer - Alison Krauss, Shawn Colvin and Jerry Douglas
04. Mother And Child Reunion - Stephen Marley
05. Under African Skies - Miriam Makeba and Paul Simon
06. clip from Paul Simon Graceland: The African Concert (Zimbabwe, 1987)
07. Homeless - Ladysmith Black Mambazo
08. Mrs. Robinson - Paul Simon
09. Clip from Yankee Stadium tribute to Joe DiMaggio (April 25 , 1999)
10 . Slip Slidin 'Away - James Taylor and the Dixie Hummingbirds
11. Sunday Morning With The Sensational Nightingales (poem) - Billy Collins and the Dixie Hummingbirds
12. That Was Your Mother - Buckwheat Zydeco and Lyle Lovett
13. Homeward Bound - Paul Simon and George Harrison clip from Saturday Night Live (November 20 , 1976)
14. Still Crazy After All These Years - James Taylor
15. El Condor Pasa - Marc Anthony
16. Late In The Evening - Marc Anthony
17. Gone At Last - Yolanda Adams and Jessy Dixon
18. Something So Right - Dianne Reeves
19. The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin 'Groovy)-The Muppets (Grover and Elmo)
20. Graceland - Alison Krauss and Jerry Douglas
21. Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes - Paul Simon and Ladysmith Black Mambazo
22. Bridge Over Troubled Water-Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel
23. Father And Daughter-Paul Simon
24. Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard - Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder
25. Loves Me Like A Rock - Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder with the Dixie Hummingbirds
26. Sounds Of Silence - Philip Glass

Issued: USA | Summit Entertainment
Duration: 1:45:39