A program guide for members of Prairie Public Broadcasting June 2017
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AMERICAN EPIC SESSIONS Tuesday, June 6, at 7 pm CT
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Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton Lost Bayou Ramblers The Avett Brothers Rhiannon Giddens Alabama Shakes Raphael Saadiq Merle Haggard The Americans Frank Fairfield Ashley Monroe Pokey LaFarge Bettye LaVette Bobby Ingano Steve Martin Willie Nelson Edie Brickell Ana Gabriel Elton John Jack White Taj Mahal Los Lobos Beck Nas
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ngineer Nicholas Bergh has reassembled the very first electrical sound recording system from original parts— a live record-cutting lathe powered by a weightdriven pulley system of clockwork gears. The musicians have roughly three minutes to record their songs direct to disc before the weight hits the floor. In the 1920s, they called this “catching lightning in a bottle.”
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In this beautifully filmed television concert, what you’ll hear is taken directly from the discs they were recorded to, with no editing or enhancements.