WILLIE NELSON: THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GERSHWIN PRIZE FOR POPULAR SONG (2016)
Willie Nelson is honored with the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. The event features performances by the honoree; Neil Young; Paul Simon; Edie Brickell; Rosanne Cash; Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real; Alison Krauss; Raul Malo; and Jamey Johnson. Also: Leon Bridges; Ana Gabriel; and Buckwheat Zydeco. Don Was serves as music director for the event, which was recorded Nov. 18, 2015, at the Daughters of the American Revolution Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. (01:25:49)