Berkeley bluegrass great Laurie Lewis shares Thanksgiving Eve with Sing Out listeners, explains songs from her new CD, "Blossoms," and shares experiences in Dave Alvin's Guilty Women. Then Nina Simone and her brother Samuel Waymon sing "Let It Be Me." A lovely Thanksgiving in music.
| Artist | Song | Album | Label | Year | |||
| Tom Petty | "Friend of the Devil" (Fillmore 2-3-97) | Live Anthology (box) | Reprise | 2009 | 10:02 | 6:00 | |
| Bob Dylan | "California" (1965) | NCIS - vol. 2 (soundtrack) | CBS | 2009 | 10:08 | 3:04 | |
| Savoy Family Band | "I'll Be Lonely" | Turn Loose But Don't Let Go | Arhoolie | 2007 | 10:11 | 3:25 | |
| Bob Franke | "Thanksgiving Eve" | In This Night | Flying Fish | 1991 | 10:13 | 4:38 | |
| Laurie Lewis | "How Can I Keep from Singing" | Blossoms | Spruce and Maple | 2009 | 10:20 | 2:44 | |
| Laurie Lewis | "Roughest Road" | Blossoms | Spruce and Maple | 2009 | 10:35 | 2:23 | |
| Laurie Lewis | "Sirens" | Blossoms | Spruce and Maple | 2009 | 10:44 | 7:11 | |
| Laurie Lewis | "Sophie's House" | Blossoms | Spruce and Maple | 2009 | 10:53 | 2:30 | |
| Laurie Lewis | "Burley Colter's Song for Kate Helen Branch" | Blossoms | Spruce and Maple | 2009 | 11:08 | 3:59 | |
| Dave Alvin & Guilty Women | "Downey Girl" | Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women | Yep Roc | 2009 | 11:15 | 5:08 | |
| Nina Simone & Samuel Waymon | "Let It Be Me" | To Be Free (Box) | RCA Legacy | 2008 | 11:20 | 4:33 | |
| David Crosby | "Orleans" | If I Could Only Remember My Name | Atlantic | 1971 | 11:25 | 2:01 | |
| Kitka | "Megruli Nana" | Cradle Songs | Diaphonica | 2009 | 11:27 | 2:30 | |
| Karen O & the Kids | "All Is Love" | Where the Wild Things Are (soundtrack) | Interscope/DGC | 2009 | 11:31 | 2:51 | |
| Wake the Dead | "Casting My Spell on You" | live on Sing Out | engr; Tony Ferro | 10-28-09 | 11:34 | 4:00 | |
| Los Cenzontles, Taj Mahal, David Hidalgo | "One Hot Mama" | American Horizon | Los Cenzontles | 2009 | 11:38 | 5:20 | |
| Jenny Scheinman | "Come On Down" | Jenny Scheinman | Koch | 2008 | 11:42 | 5:54 | |
| Tin Hat | "Foreign Legion" | Foreign Legion | BAG | 2009 | 11:50 | 5:54 | |
| Maria Muldaur (w/Dan Hicks) | "Life's Too Short" medley | Maria Muldaur & Her Garden of Joy | Stony Plain (Canada) | 2009 | 11:55 | 4:00 |
