Getting Ready for Christmas in Mississippi with Reverend J.M. Gates, Paul Simon, Kate Bush, Henry Green, Kitty & Daisy and Lewis, R.L. Burnside, Maddie Delaney, Mavis Staples, Eli Cooke, The Golden Nuggets, Ted Hawkins, Cedric Burnside and Lightnin' Malcolm. And celebrating drummer Ginger Baker, ventriloquist Jimmie Nelson, soprano Jessye Norman, session guitarist and inventor Vinnie Bell, Tony-award winning actress Diahann Carroll, bassist Kim Shattuck and humorist Marshall Efron with music from Cream, Blind Faith, The Beatles, Pixies, Angelo Badalamenti, Kurt Vile & The Sadies, The Muffs, Dave Bartholomew, Allen Toussaint, Wilco and John Lennon (b. October 9, 1940)