SIMON, PAUL & FRIENDS - DVD-LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GERSHWIN PRIZE

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• Release Year: 2009
• Genre: Documentary, Music
• Plot: In May 2007 the Library of congress gathered an unprecedented group of musicians together in Washington, D.C., to honor Paul Simon as the first recipient of teh 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 artisti and a great American art form.; ; This gala event, called 'the greatist night of popular music ever presented in our nation's capital', was beautifully filmed and captured with stunning 5.1 Surround Sound for a truly superior concert experience.
• Cast: Bob Costas, Lyle Lovett, Alison Krauss, Shawn Colvin, Jerry Douglas, Stephen Marley, Miriam Makeba, Paul Simon, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, James Taylor, Dixie Hummingbirds, Billy Collins, Buckwheat Zydeco, George Harrison, Marc Anthony, Yolanda Adams, Jessy Dixon, Dianne Reeves, Art Garfunkel, Stevie Wonder, Philip Glass, Linda Mendoza
• Director: Linda Mendoza
• Runtime: 1:50
• Company: PBS Home Video
• Media Format: Movie