Paul Mc Cartney and Stevie Wonder Ebony And Ivory ( Live at the White House 2010)

I ve done a lot of things in my life, but never this, Paul McCartney said on PBS tonight. This was traveling to the White House, which he did last month to accept the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. A properly allstar concert was convened to befit the occasion, and while bits and pieces of the event have leaked out on YouTube since then, tonight the whole thing (or most of it) aired as part of PBS In Performance at the White House series. The show opened with some stirring words from President Obama. It s hard to believe that it s been nearly half a century since four lads from Liverpool landed on our shores and changed everything overnight, he reflected. Then it was time for a cavalcade of stars old and young to pay homage to the voluminous back catalog that earned McCartney this honor. High points were in abundance. Stevie Wonder s supertight We Can Work It Out featured a mean harmonica solo, while Elvis Costello s faithfully jaunty Penny Lane boasted an even nicer