Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, John Mellencamp, Smokey Robinson, Jennifer Hudson, Will.i.am and added artists took the date beforehand this anniversary in Washington, DC, for a Black History Month appropriate blue-blooded "In Achievement at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civilian Rights Movement," which aired endure night on PBS. The concert was originally appointed to yield abode on February 10th, but the blackmail of the northeast blast affected the assembly to blur one day earlier. All of the performances are alive now on the PBS Website.
President Barack Obama opened the concert by account music's cardinal role in the civilian rights movement, commendation Congressman John Lewis by saying, "For in the darkest hour, songs fed our spirits, gave us hopes." Bob Dylan, in his admission achievement at the White House, contributed an affectionate arrangement of "The Times They Are A-Changin' " (watch it up top). While Dylan's partner-in-protest and adolescent Rolling Thunder Revue accompanist Joan Baez was also on the bill, the two did not accomplish together. Instead, Baez sang the beef canticle "We Shall Overcome."
With Stevie Wonder sitting foreground row, Will.i.am performed Wonder's own "Master Blaster (Jammin')." Wonder rocked the White House at last year's "In Performance" special, and President Obama has told RS that Wonder is his "musical hero." Jennifer Hudson and Smokey Robinson teamed for the Curtis Mayfield-penned "People Get Ready," one of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Prior to his performance, John Mellencamp talked about growing up during the civilian rights era afore ablution into the folk song "Keep Your Eyes on the Prize." Watch his achievement here:
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