The Preservation Hall Jazz Band & The Del McCoury Band "I'll Fly Away" on Letterman 07/19

[paulafebbe]

@IndoeLoop You´re so wrong! Clint is an AMAZING singer.

[timtwoface]

That sounds epic, I wish I could find a specific download of that performance somewhere!

[IndoeLoop]

i don't know, but for me, that opening singer was just way too phony, with that overblown affected voice that you hear on so many 'talent' shows these days. the song really kicked in when del and the boys started it up. interesting combination though.

[nilradem]

@IndoeLoop

I suspect you don't have much exposure to Black gospel music - his style is much older than Del's bluegrass harmonies, much less the manufactured talent shows. I prefer a high lonesome tenor myself, but there is nothing phony about Clint's style.

[matttv824]

This is musical heaven. The two styles seem to almost be born for this combo and I never would have imagined it. What a great idea and almost perfect execution :) pure bliss

[bigchiefniigata]

Come on Clint !! I'm proud of you !!

[1buddyrichfan]

Whoa! That was one hot, gospel inspired, Dixieland blue grass gumbo. If that band would have had

5 or 10 minutes longer to play, they would have blown the roof off the Ed Sullivan theater! Man!

[SPSregister]

So glad they collaborated on this. The arrangement is excellent!

[wbillystarr]

Classy and Classic, Dixieland and Country are the closes of cousins, it's really the same music, as Charlie Gabriel (Mu Uncle, The Clarinetis) always say 'MUSICAL CONVERSATIONS CANCELS OUT COMPLICATIONS" See Charlie and his Brothers on my post ...wbillystarr

[riverside710]

Could NOT be more AWESOME! Thank both these american inventions.

[Rosalie1942]

 I just love this interpretation

[honkysaxophone]

ahahahaha Ben multitasking with the tuba and tambourine! I love it. These guys are mind blowing live and I absolutely love the depth of soul each one of these guys has in their hearts.Not to mention they are down to earth people and are hilarious! Charlie Gabriel is a beast. (clarinet man)

[devilinafursuit]

I grew up near the Telluride Bluegrass Festival and have gone to N'Orleans many, many times. "Rulabean" you are right: this melting pot of jazz and bluegrass is what makes America the great country it is. Music is the Universal language. :~)

[mamochan0821]

oh~they just sound incredible!!!! Sooooo proud of my boys! Great job!

[Night13]

amazing... what idiot gave this a dislike?!?

[bigbranch1]

New Orleans + Nashville



[whatajerk]

Bet y'all didn't know John Waters sang like that..

[rulabean]

Two of my favorite musical genres---Dixieland and bluegrass---mashed together. Love it!

[lookielew]

My dad took me to New Orleans when I was 8 years old (1958). Saw Little Laura Dukes and the Presentation hall band in old the tiny room. This merger of styles is a testament to what America is all about! Love it!

[lookielew]

My dad took me to New Orleans when I was 8 years old. Saw Little Laura Dukes and the Presentation hall band in old the tiny room. This merger of styles is a testament to what America is all about!  LOve it!

[dnwwoody]

Awesome sound, made all the hair on my body stand up!!!! I love New Orleans, the music, the people, everything!

[KetchupFilmsTube]

Fantastic. The Preservation Hall Jazz Band absolutely blew the roof off at the Halifax Jazz Festival last week.

[philmoakabeermo]

That was killer.

[0boardcertified0]

DEL YEAH!!!!!

[wesbonstaff]

I wonder if the line to get into Tonight Show Studio for this was as long as the line to get into the Preservation Hall in NOLA for a show.



[92951]

nice try, no cigar.

[tblazic]

That was fantastic. What talented musicians!

[boboldschoolbolin]

Thank you thank you all for taking New Orleans to the world,

[sljutras]

Amazing!

[NomaFS]

Exquisite!