Emmylou Harris had a bit of a cold. Her throat was a bit sore, so we got her a hot tea with lemon and honey. And, like a trooper she sang her heart out. You can hear it in her voice a little, that shredded raspy thing happening. But, her great talent and pipes are hard to keep down. She overcame. And, the band, Spyboy, just stellar.
This is one of those performances that stick with you. Everything clicked between band and crew. Although the video on You Tube is pretty cruddy, the moment it captures is one of the best performances I’ve ever seen on TV and I’m privileged to have worked on it.
It will always be one of the great shames of the corporate television history that is one day written that Sessions at West 54th wasn’t allowed to blossom and find it’s audience. When we were making it, no one had heard of it. And, no one really watched it. Now, ten years on, I have an old faded t-shirt from the show and it never fails that when I wear it, someone comes up to me and says: “I love that show! When is it coming back?” And, of course, when I see friends who worked on it, we always reminisce and it’s generally a fact how good it was and that it was just great fun to work on.
Emmylou Harris and Spyboy sing Neil Young’s “The Wrecking Ball”…
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