America the Beautiful- Keb' Mo'
Outtake from a Season 5 episode of the PBS series "David Holt's State of Music". Keb' first performed this, which he calls "the Ray Charles version," on the final episode of "The West Wing." In Season 5 of David Holt's State of Music, David welcomes featured artists Keb' Mo' (https://kebmo.com), Zoe & Cloyd (https://www.zoeandcloyd.com), John McCutcheon (https://www.folkmusic.com), Muriel Anderson (https://murielanderson.com), Tray Wellington (https://traywellington.com), Lakota John (https://lakotajohn.com), and Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley (https://www.robandtrey.com). Season 5 premieres on PBS stations nationwide beginning in May 2021. Produced by Will McIntyre | Directed by Deni McIntyre | DP- Jan Balster | Lighting- Adam Pinnell, Schenley Sargusingh | Audio recording- Aaron Bittikofer | Key Swing- Nick Iway | Production assistant- Ginny Callaway | Location producer- Brittany Neff | Post-production services- Trailblazer Studios| For PBS- Sarah Bilodeau Follow on! https://www.instagram.com/stateofmusic https://www.facebook.com/StateOMusic https://www.davidholttv.org David Holt’s State of Music is made possible by the following: The Rhea Bigelow Charitable Trust | The Community Foundation of Henderson County and its Perry N. Rudnick Endowment | Carlyle Adams Foundation | National Endowment for the Arts | Blue Ridge Music Trails of NC | Terry Nienhuis | Cheri and Ron Allari | Myrna Harris | Ben and Laurie Duke | J.Lyles Glenn Family Fund | A Bar A Ranch | Richard and Jenny Schwartz | Charlie & Lois Brummitt | Fred and Lauren Weed, and others. A complete list is available from PBS. David Holt's State of Music is produced by the Will & Deni McIntyre Foundation (http://www.willanddeni.org/) ©2021 Will & Deni McIntyre Foundation
About Keb' Mo'
Kevin Roosevelt Moore (born October 3, 1951), known as Keb' Mo', is an American blues musician. He is a singer, guitarist and songwriter, living in Nashville, Tennessee. He has been described as "a living link to the seminal Delta blues that travelled up the Mississippi River and across the expanse of America." His post-modern blues style is influenced by many eras and genres, including folk, rock, jazz, pop and country. The moniker "Keb Mo" was coined by his original drummer, Quentin Dennard, a...
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