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Boomerang Diddle Donating Member (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-24-10 06:20 PM
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Set you DVR's or TIVO's or whatever you use to PBS on July 28
"Paul McCartney: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song In Performance at the White House" tapes on Tuesday, June 2 and airs on Wednesday, July 28 at 8 p.m. ET on PBS stations nationwide, followed by an encore presentation at 9:30 p.m.

ABOUT THE SHOW:

"Paul McCartney: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song In Performance at the White House" is a PBS music special in the White House East Room that WETA will produce in association with the Library of Congress, and the show's creators Peter Kaminsky, Bob Kaminsky, Mark Krantz, Cappy McGarr and Dalton Delan. President and Mrs. Obama will host the concert event on June 2 in honor of musician Sir Paul McCartney's receipt of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.

The evening will include performances by McCartney himself and Stevie Wonder, Elvis Costello, Jonas Brothers, Herbie Hancock, Corinne Bailey Rae, Dave Grohl, Faith Hill, Emmylou Harris, Lang Lang and Jack White, with remarks by Jerry Seinfeld. (Program subject to change.) President Obama will confer the Gershwin Prize upon McCartney during the event. The ninety-minute music special, part of the PBS "In Performance at the White House" series, will feature the concert event, as well as behind-the-scenes footage and interviews.

http://www.pbs.org/inperformanceatthewhitehouse/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=ad&utm_campaign=InPerfWhiteHouseMcCartney
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-24-10 06:51 PM
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1. I'll pass
Except for Hancock, it sounds like more "strike up the bland."
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Booster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-24-10 06:52 PM
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2. Thanks for the heads up. I'll set my DVR for that.
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-24-10 07:01 PM
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3. maybe...paul simon`s is the standard of the gershwin prize
if one has`t heard simon`s i suggest you buy the dvd.
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Touchdown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-25-10 12:50 PM
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4. Ugh!
Don't think so.
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Onceuponalife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-26-10 12:25 AM
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5. The Jonas Brothers?
Wut?
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