and so that's been my main connection with carnegie hall. kim where is she's worked most of her working life with the boston symphony and is now on the board of the boston symphony. i think it was the request came basically through her and her connections there. >> charlie: it came because of a recognition of what you meant to music. >> well, you know not everybody agrees with that. but thankfully enough. >> charlie: a lot of people do. they really do. >> i, know, i've become more and more grateful for it every day. it's an amazing thing. >> charlie: somehow you knew way back when the beatles, you were in london and that door was open. >> it was. that was a life changing moment to, when peter asher brought me to apple records, it was one of those, i had been in a band here in new york city and i had, that had sort of died of starvation and neglect and my father essentially rescued me. he could hear that i was in trouble on the phone and he showed up in a rented station wagon. he said you stay right where you are. and i did, i just, i stayed

. >> reporter: the old joke goes, "how do you get to carnegie hall?" the answer? "practice."l, there's that, and another word that begins with "p." prodigy. emily is 9. and playing at carnegie hall, filmed here by german tv, isn't even the coolest thing she's done. >> one of my favorite things i've done is when i played for the president at the white house. >> reporter: the president of the united states? >> yeah. >> reporter: emily's been playing since she was just 18 months old. about the same age when this pool shark started playing. keith. how old are you now? 3 years old. what do you like to play? >> pool. >> reporter: and if that isn't enough, there's painter kieran. the works in his last collection sold for more than $230,000. he's 8. so what do this mini mote sat, mini minnesota fats and mini monet have in common? >> we don't know where the talent comes from. >> reporter: the parents after all these kids say they were simply born this way. also, they do practice, a lot. the hardest thing to do, in fact, is getting them to stop. >> but i love doing it. i'm not forced t

they've even filled the carnegie hall in new york., he's written a whole album of originals called, you can't kiss alone. ♪ ♪ >> his first album of self-composed songs. most of the tracks on the album are about love. ♪ ♪ >> it's neither pure pop music nor what i do with my repertoire. in a way it's a continuation of the original 1920s and 30's songs which are my great love. >> he worked on the album together with annet, one of the most influential musicians in germany. she and her band pioneered the so-called music in the 1980s. >> the words you can't kiss alone struck me out of the blue one day. it was a lovely thought and so true. and i wondered who could sing it. i thought of max. it just seemed like his style. >> they worked on the new album throughout last summer. she produced the album, they wrote the songs together. >> we wrp hanging out in the studio in slippers and shorts. and between coffee breaks and going swimming, we recorded the songs. and that same simplicity is reflected in the album as well. >> max was born in 1962 in

okay doesn't get you to carnegie hall. so good, her concert was filmed by german tv. okay doesn't get you this. >> one of my favorite things is when i played for the president. >> reporter: of the united states? >> at the white house. he was really nice. >> reporter: emily has been playing since she was just 18 months old. >> it was here. her fiddling didn't sound like a kid. we were getting our kitchen painted and our painters were like, who's playing? they put her in lessons at age 5, and now, she's playing all over the world, and composing, too. who is your favorite composer? >> i like bach. >> reporter: can you just play a bach melody? >> well, yeah. ♪ >> reporter: and while she's playing, keith o'dell is sinking. nearly everything. keith, how old you are now? 3 years old. what do you like to play? >> pool. >> reporter: are you a good pool player? >> uh-huh. >> when he was like 16 months to 18 months he used to sit and watch me play all day. and he just picked up the cue and started pocketing balls at 18 months. >> reporter: just started playing? >> just started p

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and he performed in major concert halls from carnegie hall to the houston astrodome. he now lives a quiet life on a ranch in mariposa just outside of yosemite. we caught up with collier recently at the western workers labor heritage festival in burlingame. ♪ ♪ if you can't go let the children go ♪ ♪ well if you can't go let the children go ♪ ♪ if you can't go let the children go ♪ ♪ gloorlory hallelujah i'm on m way ♪ >> collier grew up in the segregated world of arkansas. as a young man his defiant spirit and musical talent helped dismantle segregation in the south. for many years, jimmy traveled with dr. martin luther king jr. and became known as dr. king's singing organizer. with a few word changes, the african-american spirituals jimmy grew up singing became powerful anthems for the civil rights movement. >> for safety reasons they never wanted people to know exactly when dr. king was going to arrive at a mass meeting like this. so my job was to go a little bit ahead in some cases. i wouldn't know how long i would have to play. sometimes it was just a few minutes.

new record here, and he's also playing on the big neil young tribute this thursday night at carnegie hall some great artists, including cowboy junkies. and our very own roots. they're going to be there, too, as well. going to be a fun time. [ cheers and applause ] jakob, thanks for being here, buddy. come back whenever you want, my friend. >> okay. >> jimmy: all right. he says, "okay." we've got a great show tonight, you guys. the academy award nominee for the great movie "the kids are all right," the lovely annette bening is here! she's amazing. a great, great stand up and, man, a breakout star in this movie. he almost steals the movie -- in the new adam sandler movie "just go with it." nick swardson is joining us. [ cheers and applause ] he is so good -- -- in this movie. put your money on nick swardson. you know him from his hit show, "survivorman." he is one genuine badass. les stroud is here. [ cheers and applause ] he's the survivorman! and then we've got some great, great music on the set, from cowboy junkies, on the show!. [ cheers and applause ] i love cowboy junkies. it's gonna

they're going to be performing at carnegie hall tonight.'s a choir and a band and a lot of chaperones that came along with them too. good luck in all your performances. everyone from all around the country. pretty cool stuff. >>> let's talk about the forecast. temperatures getting colder in many areas of the country. right here in new york. as we go throughout sunday, this is where the storm breaks out right through the northern portion of the country. minneapolis, milwaukee, green bay, you'll be shoveling. detroit looks like a wintry mess. as that storm spreads to the east for presidents day, i know a lot of kids are out of school anyway. maybe they can play in the snow in upstate new york and portions of new england. the mild weather holds on in the southeast while another storm system will arrive on the west coast. we can say good-bye to our beautiful weather as once again we're in the heart of winter, and it's going to turn in a hurry. that's a look at the na >>> and you're looking live at some scattered showers across highway 17here wr