The performers, in order of appearance: Iris Dement, Todd Snider, Kathy Mattea, Lyle Lovett, Arlo Guthrie, Emmylou Harris, Jackson Browne, and John Prine. Studs Terkel emceed the show starting with Arlo Guthrie.

"Terkel returned to the stage to introduce Emmylou Harris, who looked positively radiant as she took the stage. One of music's most gracious and elegant women, Harris also recounted her own favorite Goodman memory - the night that he played lead guitar in her Hot Band at a Utah concert when the regular player missed the flight - and, like the other artists, she shared what he meant to her as an artist and friend. After the opening bars of Goodman's "Yellow Coat", she was joined onstage by Mattea and Dement, whose voices joined to provide truly lovely three-part harmonies. The three songstresses stayed onstage to offer an energetic and rollicking version of Hank Williams' "Jambalaya" before Jackson Browne took the stage."

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