On November 18 at Washington D.C.’s DAR Constitution Hall, American music icon Willie Nelson will be honored by the Library Of Congress with the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, the first country music artist to do so. According to the Library’s website, the award “honors a living music artist’s lifetime achievement in promoting song to enhance cultural understanding; entertaining and informing audiences; and inspiring new generations.”
The evening will be complete with appearances by some of Nelson’s peers including inaugural Gershwin Prize winner Paul Simon, as well as Alison Krauss, Rosanne Cash, Jamey Johnson, Raul Malo of the Mavericks, Neil Young and Promise of the Real,Edie Brickell, Leon Bridges, Ana Gabriel, and Buckwheat Zydeco.
The event will later be aired on January 15 on PBS.
Until then, check out a few of these clips of Willie sharing the stage with Neil Young, Paul Simon, Edie Brickell and Jamey Johnson:
“Heart of Gold” with Neil Young
“Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain” with Paul Simon and Edie Brickell
“I’ll Fly Away/Roll Me Up” with Jamey Johnson