Austin City Limits

-Welcome to the "ACL Hall of Fame New Year's Special," a celebration honoring artists who helped make "Austin City Limits" the longest-running music show in the world. Tonight, we honor and induct Marcia Ball, with guest performances by Irma Thomas, Tracy Nelson, Lou Ann Barton, Carolyn Wonderland... and Shelley King... the legendary Ray Charles... with guest performances by Norah Jones, Ruthie Foster, and Gary Clark Jr. And one of America's great rock-'n'-roll bands, Los Lobos, with guest performances by Robert Randolph and Boz Scaggs, with host Chris Isaak. It's the "ACL Hall of Fame New Year's Special." -Now your host for the "Austin City Limits Hall of Fame New Year's Special," Chris Isaak.

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-Welcome, everybody, to the fifth annual Austin City Limits Hall of Fame celebration. This is going to be great if I don't screw it up.

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We're here to honor and induct... I like that. That sounds vaguely legal.

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...three uniquely talented artists who have helped to make "Austin City Limits" the longest-running music program in television history.

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And, look, longer than "American Bandstand," longer than "Soul Train" -- but wait! -- longer than "Hullabaloo."

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Yeah. This is our annual New Year's celebration, so it's a special night in more ways than one, a one-time special double-whammy show. Let's get right to it.

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Our first honoree had a remarkable career over the last 50 years. I can't believe that when I say that. She can make you boogie and make you dance when she plays, and when she sings the blues, she makes hurting sound like such a good idea.

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She appeared in the very first season of "Austin City Limits" and four times since then -- Austin's own Marcia Ball.

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- Saving all my dough Saving more and more Tired of being alone I got my baby on the phone -Hey, baby! - Trying with all our might To have a good time Saturday night I want to look real good Buy me a brand-new suit Brushing out my hair So when I get there I'll be feeling right To have a good time Saturday night

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-Please welcome The Soul Queen of New Orleans, Irma Thomas.

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-Thank you so very much. It is my honor to be here tonight to present my friend, and I can say that with a big heart. I'll never forget the kindness of Marcia Ball. When Katrina came, we were stranded here in Austin. Marcia Ball single-handedly got everyone who was from New Orleans -- musicians, nonmusicians -- she found them a place to stay, and if that's not a big heart, there is no such thing.

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Now, I could go on and tell you a few cute stories about us when we were traveling as a group with Marcia and Tracy and I when we promoting our "Sing It!" CD. We had some occasions where they wanted to interview us, and we didn't have any girl crap to tell them, so they didn't want to interview us. We were people who honored each other's talent, respected each other's talent, and gave each other space on that bus, and we had the most wonderful two months we've ever had in a long time. So it is my honor to welcome Marcia Ball to the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame.

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-Irma started me out on this trip, on this amazing trip. From the time I saw her in New Orleans when I was 13 years old, she's been my guiding light, with her voice and her songs and, most of all, her dignity, who showed me how you should act and how you should behave as an artist and as a person. And she's led me along every one of these 50... Oh, my God.

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...50 years. I was 13. She was barely 20. She was pregnant.

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It helped later on when I was pregnant

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and still playing music, too. So, thank you, especially. When they asked who I wanted to be with me, Irma and Tracy were the first things I said.

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And then, I want to thank everybody here at Austin City Limits. It's been such a long and fabulous run. Now, 44 years into this, it's an amazing archive of American music. There's nothing like it out there, and everyone who's anybody has always wanted to be on "Austin City Limits." So I was lucky enough to get here first...

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...stay longer, go farther, and have more fun that I ever, ever imagined possible. And for that...

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Thank you. For that, I want to thank Bobby Earl Smith and Carlin Major and two of my most important, my greatest musical influences, Delbert McClinton and Doug Sahm.

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I think we should play some music.

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So, we're going to play, and I'm going to reintroduce one more time The soul queen of New Orleans, Irma Thomas...

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...and another of my heroes, Tracy Nelson.

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- I want to hold you in my arms And you say Turn me loose I want to do little things for you Till you say, "It ain't no use" I want to wake you every morning With a good-morning kiss I want to kiss you to sleep the same way 'Cause I know you like this I want to do everything for you 'Cause that's all that a woman can do When she loves a man like I love you And I love you - I love you - I love you - I love you - I love you - I love you - Ooh, whee, I love you

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I want to say sweet things to you Till you say I've said enough I want to stand right by your side When the going gets tough I want to mend your broken heart Till you say, "The hurt is gone" I want to stay with you always So that you won't be alone I want to do everything for you 'Cause that's all that a woman can do When she loves a man like I love you - And I love you - I love you - I love you - I love you - I love you - I love you - Oooh, whee, I love you I want to work for you every day Till you say, "Come home and rest" I want to buy you pretty things So you can look your best I want to take you everywhere So the world can see what I got I want to treat you with tender love Till you say I've got to stop I want to do everything for you 'Cause that's all that a woman can do When she loves a woman like I love you - And I love you - I love you - I love you - I love you - I love you - I love you - I love you - I love you - I love you, I love you - I love you - I love you, I love you - I love you - I love you, I love you - I love you - I love you, I love you - Oooh, whee, ooh, whee - I love you, I love you - Yeah - I love you, I love you - I'm in love - I love you, I love you - Ooh, whee, I love you

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-So, I want to introduce now Lou Ann Barton -- Ms. Lou Ann Barton y'all, Austin's treasure...

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...the soulfulest singer in town... Shelley King...

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...Carolyn Wonderland.

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"A Fool in Love" plays

- Oh There's something on my mind Won't somebody please Please Tell me what's wrong? - You're just a fool You know you're in love You've got to face it To live in this world You take the good Along with the bad Yeah! Sometimes you're happy And sometimes you're sad You know you love it You can't understand Why he treats you like he do When he's such a good man - I love that man Like nobody do I do anything he wants me to He's got my nose open That's no lie I would do anything to satisfy - Just a fool You know you're in love You got to face it To live in this world You take the good Along with with the bad Yeah Sometimes you're happy And sometimes you're sad You know you love him You can't understand Why he treats you like he do When he's such a good man - Got me smiling when I should be ashamed Got me laughing when my heart is in pain Oh, yeah! Oh, no, I must be a fool 'Cause I'll do anything he wants me to Ooh - You're such a fool You know you're in love You got to face it To live in this world - Come on, baby! - You take the good Along with the bad - Yeah - Sometimes you're happy And sometimes you're sad - Whoa, now - You know you love him You can't understand Why he treats you like he do When he's such a good man -Whoo! -Whoo! - Waves of action Speak louder than words Truest thing that I ever heard I love the man and all that he do And I'll do anything he tell me to Oh - You're just a fool You know you're in love - Tell me one more time - You've got to face it To live in this world - Oh-oh - You take the good Along with the bad - Oh, yeah - Sometimes you're happy And sometimes you're sad You know you love him You can't understand Why he treats you like he do When he's such a good man You're just a fool You know you're in love - Hey - You got to face it To live in this world You take the good Along with the bad - Whoa-oh-oh - Sometimes you're happy And sometimes you're sad - Whoa, now - You know you love him But can't understand Why he treats you like he do When he's such a good man Why he treats you like he do When he's such a good man Why he treats you like he do When he's such a good man

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-The greatest woman in the world. -

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As we go around the sun Holding on when the corners come Putting ourselves out on the line Never heed the warning sign Walk into the world ahead Learn everything that's ever been said See everything that you can find Open up your mind - Shine bright - Go on and take somebody with you - Shine bright - That's how you really live - You shine bright - It's a gift you're given When you feel the spirit Step into the light - Shine bright - Choose your heroes Choose them well Listen to the stories they tell Feel the planet go round and round Gloom and stars are coming unwound Love your neighbor -

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- Teach your child Tighten up the ties that bind Be here now, and now's the time Open up your eyes - Shine bright - Be who you want to be - Shine bright - For all the world to see - Shine bright - We're making history Every time we breathe We're trying to do it right

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Carry a burden for a friend Be a pal to the bitter end Life is work, and work is good God is love, and love is true Art is music -

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- Music is art Life's a story Play a part Doesn't matter who you are Open up your heart - Shine bright - Yeah, like the Reverend Martin Luther King - Shine bright - First man on the moon, Neil Armstrong - Shine bright - Number 42, Jackie Robinson - Shine bright - That merry prankster Ken Kesey - Shine bright - Soul Queen of New Orleans, Irma Thomas - Shine bright - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - Shine bright - Texas Governor Ann Richards - Shine bright - That rocking piano man Little Richard - Shine bright - The amazing Stephen Hawking - Shine bright - Suffragette Susan B. Anthony - Shine bright - Sister Rosa Parks, y'all When you feel the spirit Step into the light - Shine bright

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-Let's hear it for Irma Thomas, Tracy Nelson, Lou Ann Barton, Carolyn Wonderland, Shelley King, and Marcia Ball.

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Now it's time to celebrate our next honoree. He's one of the most important and influential musicians in American history. His 1980 appearance on "Austin City Limits" was a flat-out hit, and it was a turning point for this show in its early years. He left us in 2004, but his music goes on -- the legendary Ray Charles.

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- Now, baby, listen, baby Don't you treat me this a-way I'll be back on my feet some day - I don't care if you do 'cause it's understood You ain't got no money You just ain't no good - Oh, I guess if you say so I'm going to have to pack my things and go - That's right, hit the road, Jack And don't you come back no more No more, no more, no more Hit the road, Jack And don't you come back no more - Wow-ow-ow-ow - Hit the road, Jack And don't you come back no more No more, no more, no more Hit the road, Jack And don't you come back no more -Please welcome the President of Concord Records, John Burk. -Truly an honor to be here tonight to celebrate the incomparable Ray Charles.

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Yeah. Come on.

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So, in thinking about what to say, I went back to some of my earliest memories of Ray, which go way back to when I was a little kid playing in my living room, and we got one of those... Some of you might remember when everybody had a console stereo, and we had a nice new one. And my dad pulled out a record and starting putting it on, and I was looking down. I wasn't paying that much attention to what he was going to play, and the music started, still wasn't paying that much attention, but when that voice came over the speakers, I snapped up. I said, "Whoa. What is that? I've never heard anything. Like, who is that?" Ray Charles, "Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music." And I fell in love with that record. I fell in love Ray, became a fan for life. And I got to tell you, I never dreamed that, decades later, I'd find myself sitting in his office, across from this big old desk, and behind the desk there was this guy that looked just like Ray Charles.

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And he scared the hell out of me 'cause I was there to pitch making a new record, and... But, you know, I decided to make my pitch. So I said, "Look, and it's from the heart, Mr. Charles -- I believe that you have influenced so many singers, so many artists, that, if we were to do a duets record that we could get anybody, and we could get people that truly understood who you were, who you are, who you are as an artist, and what you mean to music." Then it got quiet for a minute. Then I really got scared.

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And Ray started rocking like he did.

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"Ah. Ah. All right. Let's do it."

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"Yeah, we're gonna make a record!" This is a man who will surely go down in history as one of the greatest of all time.

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So it is truly my great honor to welcome Ray Charles into the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame.

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Yeah! And here to accept this award tonight is the President of the Ray Charles Foundation. Please give it up for Ms. Valerie Ervin.

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-Thank you so very much to Austin City Limits Hall of Fame and everyone involved in making this honor for Mr. Charles special. Ray Charles was able to blend all the music influences that defined his unique sound and allowing the heart and soul of music to remain authentically his. Regardless of his world-renowned fame and accomplishments, Mr. Charles always recognized the value of the simpler things in life, and to him, there were only two kinds of music -- good music and bad music.

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Yeah. So, tonight, I am proud and grateful on his behalf, and all I can say is what he would say -- simply, "Thank you." Thank you.

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-Please welcome Norah Jones.

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-How are y'all doing tonight?

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It's my honor to be here. This is one of my favorite Ray Charles songs.

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Don't deceive me Please don't leave me What would I do without you To see me through? If you leave me Then you'll grieve me What would I do without you To see me through? What would I do? Say, I want to know What would I do? Where would I go? And you please me The way you squeeze me What would I do Without you To see me through? Yes, I'm crazy

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About my baby Yes, I am What would I do... Hey ...without you to see me through? Oh, oh, oh Yeah

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Thank you so much. Thank you, Ray.

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-Please welcome Ruthie Foster.

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-Oh, my gosh. And joining me on the piano is a music legend in his own right.

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He was a member of the Ray Charles Orchestra for 10 years, everybody. Please say hello to Dr. James Polk.

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"Georgia on My Mind" plays

Georgia

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Georgia The whole day through Just an old sweet song Keeps Georgia on my mind Yeah I said, Georgia Georgia A song of you Comes as sweet and clear As moonlight through the pines Hey Other arms reach out to me Other eyes smile tenderly Still, in peaceful dreams, I see The road leads back to you I said, Georgia Georgia No No peace I find Just an old sweet song Keeps Georgia on my mind Yeah

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Oh, Georgia Georgia No No peace I find Just an old sweet song Keeps Georgia on my mind Oh Just an old sweet song Keeps Georgia on my mind Hey! Georgia on my mind Can I testify? Georgia on my mind Hey, hey Georgia on my mind Keeps Georgia On my mind

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Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey

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-Please welcome Gary Clark Jr.

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-Good evening.

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"Night Time Is the Right Time" plays

- You know the night time - Night and day - Is the right time - Night and day - To be - Night and day - With the one you love, now - Night and day - I said, whoa, baby - Night and day - When I come home, baby - Night and day - I'm going to be with the one I love - Night and day - You know what I'm thinking of - Night and day - I know the night time - Night and day - Is the right time Night and day - To be with the one you love - Night and day - Oh, baby - Night and day - You know my mother - Night and day - Had to die, now - Night and day - And my father - Night and day - That poor child would cry - Night and day - I said, oh, baby - Night and day - When I come home, baby - Night and day - I want you to hold my hand - Night and day - Just as tight as you can - Night and day - I know the night time, yeah - Night and day - Is always the right time - Night and day - To be with the one you love - Night and day - You know what I'm talking about - Night and day - Baby - Night and day - Baby - Night and day - Baby - Night and day - Oh, baby - Night and day - You know I need you - Night and day - You know I love you - Night and day - Oh, baby - Night and day - I need your love - Night and day - Oh, the night time - Night and day - Is the right time - Night and day - To be with the one you love - Night and day - Yeah - Night and day - Squeeze me - Night and day - Tease me - Night and day - Squeeze me - Night and day - But don't you ever leave me - Night and day - Oh, baby - Night and day - Baby, baby, baby, baby Night and day - Oh, baby, baby - Night and day - Oh, yeah - Night and day - I said, the night time - Night and day - Oh, is the right time - Night and day - I said, to be - Night and day - With the one you love - Night and day - I said, baby - Night and day - I said, baby - Night and day - Oh, baby - Night and day - Whoo - Night and day - I want you by my side Night and day - Oh - Night and day - I want you to keep me - Night and day - Keep me satisfied, now - Night and day - Oh, I know the night time - Night and day - Oh, is the right time - Night and day - To be with the one you love - Night and day - It's all the right time Yeah, yeah - Ohh

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-Yeah! Ruthie Foster, Carolyn Wonderland, Shelley King. Thanks, Austin.

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-Gary Clark Jr.!

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-How amazing is Gary Clark Jr.?

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Are you ready for the new year?

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Liar!

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Get ready to kick it back up. We celebrate our final honorees for this year's ACL Hall of Fame. They performed six times on the ACL stage and are one of America's greatest bands.

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For over 40 years, they've carried their music from East Los Angeles all over the world while never forgetting their roots. Tonight, we're really proud to honor Los Lobos! - The sunlight plays upon my window pane I wake up To a world that's still the same My father said to be strong That a good man could never do wrong In a dream I had last night in America A wise man Was telling stories to me About the places he had been to And the things that he had seen A quiet voice Is singing something to me An age-old song about the home of the brave In this land here of the free One time one night in America -Please welcome Robert Rodriguez.

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-Hello. I first learned of Los Lobos back when I was in high school in 1984 because "How Will the Wolf Survive?" played in an endless loop on MTV back then. And a few years later, their album "Light of the Moon" and the recording of "La Bamba" were both out in the same year. The world belonged to Los Lobos that year. And for me, it was just so life-changing to see Latino faces in popular culture and media like that taking the world by storm...

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...while rocking out, and they represented to me the true fabric of America and what it was about, and it truly inspired me -- so much so that, when it came time to make my film "Desperado," I asked...

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Hey, thank you....I asked Los Lobos to not just write songs, but to write the entire score, and they nailed it. I mean, it's a fantastic score by these guys. They also wrote the now classic "Cancin del Mariachi." The... Ay, yi, yi, yi

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...from that film, and if you ask any mariachi band in the world -- and I've done it -- they all know -- just say, "Play that song from 'Desperado,'" and it's now a mariachi standard. I'm really proud of that. These guys did it.

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Because I love mariachi bands.

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They are endlessly inventive, unbelievably groundbreaking, masterful with all kinds of instruments, peerless musicians, but truly just great people, and it is my honor to welcome Los Lobos to the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame!

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-We thank you all from the bottom of our hearts.

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And we just thank you all for accepting us, you know, into your world. It's our world now. And we'd like to thank Flaco, Max from Texmaniacs, Ruben Ramos, Doug Sahm.

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Man, we love everybody here. You got something to say? -Yeah, and Ray Charles, too, man. Ray Charles.

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Are you kidding me? Thank you so much.

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-Okay. We'd like to bring up a special guest. Robert Randolph, ladies and gentlemen.

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"Don't Worry Baby" plays

Standing there by the window Staring out at the night You've got so many troubles On your nervous mind Well, don't worry, baby It's gonna be all right You heard the sound of footsteps Stealing 'cross the floor You picked up the receiver You didn't know what for Then you saw the shadow Heading out the door Ow, ow Well, don't worry, baby What the world may bring, child Well, don't worry, baby It won't change a thing, y'all Life is a fly And then you die Yeah Standing there by the window Staring out at the night

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You see your lover leaning Against the old street light Well, don't worry, baby It's going to be all right He was tossing and turning And he couldn't sleep, child He said you shouldn't bother It was just a dream And where was he going Heading down the street? Aw, look out! Well, don't worry, baby What the world may bring, child Well, don't worry, baby It won't change a thing, y'all Life is a fly And then you die Yeah

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-The mighty Robert Randolph, everybody.

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"La Pistola y El Corazn" plays

No se como decirte No se como explicarte Que aqu no hay remedio De lo que siento yo De lo que siento yo La luna me dice una cosa Las estrellas me dicen otra Y la luz del da me canta Esta triste cancin Esta triste cancin Los besos que me diste mi amor Son los que me estn matando Ya las lagrimas me estn secando Con mi pistola y mi corazn Y aqu siempre paso la vida Con la pistola y el corazn

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No se como amarte No se como abrazarte Porque no se me deja Este dolor que tengo yo El dolor que tengo yo Esta noche tan oscura Con sus sombras tan tranquilos Y el viento me sigue cantando Esta humilde cancin Esta humilde cancin Los besos que me diste mi amor Son los que me estn matando Ya las lagrimas me estn secando Con mi pistola y mi corazn Y aqu siempre paso la vida Con la pistola y el corazn Con la pistola y el corazn

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-Before we bring down the curtain on an incredible night, and as we celebrate a new year, we want to get the whole gang together out here. That includes all of you out there. Stand up for God's sakes.

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Everybody! Happy New Year, everybody. Translate that, please. Translation. -iFeliz Ao Nuevo!

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-And a special guest, a good friend and someone we admire very much, Boz Scaggs!

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-And Robert Rodriguez will join us. Robert Randolph.

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Marcia Ball.

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-Man, what a night. Marcia Ball, man. -Whoo! -Adrian Quesada.

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Chris Isaak.

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"La Bamba" plays

-Whoo! - Para bailar La Bamba Para bailar La Bamba Se necesita una poca de gracia Una poca de gracia y otra cosita Ay, arriba y arriba Ay, arriba y arriba Por ti ser, por ti ser, por ti ser Yo no soy marinero Yo no soy marinero, soy capitn Soy capitn, soy capitn Bamba, bamba Bamba, bamba Bamba, bamba Bamba Para bailar La Bamba Para bailar La Bamba Se necesita una poca de gracia Una poca de gracia y otra cosita Ay, arriba y arriba Para bailar La Bamba Para bailar La Bamba Se necesita una poca de gracia Una poca de gracia y otra cosita Ay, arriba y arriba Ay, arriba y arriba Por ti ser, por ti ser, por ti ser Come on! Bamba, bamba Bamba, bamba Bamba, bamba Bamba, bamba

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-Happy New Year!

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Whoo! Thank you all! Happy New Year! Whoo! -Whoo! -Yeah!

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-Yeah! Happy New Year!

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God bless you. You guys are awesome. Let's hear it! Thank you!

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-We love y'all. Thank you!

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"La Bamba" plays

- Para bailar La Bamba - Para bailar La Bamba Se necesita una poca de gracia Una poca de gracia y otra cosita Ay, arriba y arriba Ay, arriba y arriba Por ti ser, por ti ser, por ti ser Come on! Bamba, bamba Bamba, bamba Bamba, bamba Bamba, bamba