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Wednesday, February 09, 2011
Neil Young Tribute Artist Shawn Colvin Covers "Tell Me Why"
Shawn Colvin will be performing at the Neil Young Tribute at Carnegie Hall tomorrow night.
Here's Shawn Colvin covering the Neil Young song 'Tell My Why' at Brixton By the Bay in Redondo Beach, CA on Feb 11, 2010.
A tribute to the music of Neil Young will be held at Carnegie Hall, New York City on February 10th, 2011. As we reported last year, tribute artists include: Patti Smith, The Roots, Cowboy Junkies, Bettye LaVette, Aimee Mann, Shawn Colvin, Bebel Gilberto, Keller Williams, Joan Osborne, Mason Jennings, J Mascis, Pete Yorn, DeVotchKa, Joe Purdy and featuring Larry Cambell in the house band.
Presented by Michael Dorf, entrepreneur and impresario, the tribute will feature 20 artists benefiting music & arts programs for underprivileged youth.
Tonight, Wednesday, the night before the Carnegie Hall benefit, Larry Campbell and his band will present The Music of Neil Young, Live Rehearsal show at New York’s City Winery. Campbell will work through a variety of Young’s songs with the help of several featured Carnegie Hall performers.
100% of the net proceeds from this event to benefit: Fixing Instruments for Kids in Schools, Church Street School for Music & Art, The Pinwheel Project, Music Unites, The American Symphony Orchestra and Young Audiences New York.
For more info, see The Music of Neil Young at Carnegie Hall.
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Saw Shawn a couple of years ago in Paris. Whe was OK, but she could not play a song without a mistake on the guitar...Annoying for someone of her caliber.
ReplyDeleteShawn can pull it off singing that song.
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