SARAH LEE GUTHRIE & JOHNNY IRION - Airline to Heaven
Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion performed a surprise set in the MASS MoCA art galleries at Wilco's Solid Sound Festival. This was one of the musical highlights of 2011 for me, and I dare say they are one of the best male/female duos out there right now.
Below, they perform Wilco's Airline to Heaven (from Mermaid Avenue Vol. II)...Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion's voices, Woody Guthrie's words, Wilco cover at Wilco's festival...a 6 1/2 minute call-and-response rendition, with guitar, standup bass, and accordian solos that give me goosebumps every time, couldn't have been more perfect: