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Speaker 1: Drew maholland Here in the WBZ Newsroom Boston. I am

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Speaker 1: joined by Casey Sword, President and CEO of the Box

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Speaker 1: Center and the Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame. We

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Speaker 1: have ourselves a big night coming up, Casey Tuesday Nights,

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Speaker 1: tell us all about it, my friend.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, we're thrilled for our second Folk Americana Roots Hall

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Speaker 2: of Fame induction celebration. We're honoring legends like Neil Young,

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Speaker 2: Jackson Brown, Judy Collins, Tom Rush, and Tom Paxton. We've

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Speaker 2: got amazing performances lined up with people like John Oates,

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Speaker 2: Maggie Rose, Paula Cole, Brad Whitford from Aerosmiths. We've got

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Speaker 2: presenters like Peter Wolf, all backed by an amazing house

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Speaker 2: band led by Scott Gerrard. So we're very excited. It's

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Speaker 2: going to be an epic night of music and honoring legends.

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Speaker 1: You know, I got to attend this last year. You

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Speaker 1: were nice enough to have me in, and it's easy

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Speaker 1: to be a little bit, a little bit starstruck when

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Speaker 1: you see all these musicians in there that have meant

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Speaker 1: so much to you.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, you know, for me, think about this and I'm like,

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Speaker 2: how did I get here right with all these amazing

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Speaker 2: people that I've I've grown up listening to. But the

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Speaker 2: thing that we're really excited, you know, is really kind

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Speaker 2: of this idea of connecting the generations where we've got

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Speaker 2: you know, legends being honored by people who have been

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Speaker 2: inspired by them, and that that part is super cool.

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Speaker 1: One of my favorite things is, you know, some of

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Speaker 1: those younger musicians get up there and play songs that

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Speaker 1: you know are decades that were done decades before them.

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Speaker 1: And to see those original artists there who had such

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Speaker 1: great moments with the songs. You know, they're they're clapping

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Speaker 1: and you know, just really fully into it. That's just

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Speaker 1: such a cool thing to see.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, it's it's it's so I think it's great for

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Speaker 2: Boston to be kind of the center of this music

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Speaker 2: for that night. And that's a really special thing for

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Speaker 2: Boston as well.

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Speaker 1: You guys won some awards there for the last time

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Speaker 1: around with.

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Speaker 2: This Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah. The the documentary was nominated

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Speaker 2: for an Emmy Award about the first Induction Saramony. So

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Speaker 2: you know, we we've just been trying the last few

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Speaker 2: years to really get the word out about what we're

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Speaker 2: doing with the Hall of Fame. You know, in addition

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Speaker 2: to the induction event, we have exhibits that go throughout

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Speaker 2: the year, different events like symposiums and speakers and concerts,

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Speaker 2: and you know, it's really been the start of a

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Speaker 2: really cool kind of national arts platform that lives inside

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Speaker 2: of the Wang Theater.

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Speaker 1: The exhibits are incredible too, for those of you have

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Speaker 1: you ever get a chance to get in there and

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Speaker 1: see them, even if you're not a even if you

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Speaker 1: maybe weren't a major fan of the artists, it's you

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Speaker 1: learn so much about rock and roll history and folk history,

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Speaker 1: and it's just such a cool thing. You guys do

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Speaker 1: a great job with it. You kind of took the

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Speaker 1: words out of my mouth. You have kind of made

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Speaker 1: this the folk capital of the world in many ways

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Speaker 1: here it's with the Hall of Fame being here, that's

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Speaker 1: how it's viewed in a lot of ways. You guys

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Speaker 1: must be very proud of that.

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Speaker 2: Well we are, you know, and I and I think Boston,

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Speaker 2: you know, and and Cambridge and you know, the surrounding

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Speaker 2: area you know, has had such a claim to being

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Speaker 2: that for for the folk scene especially, but all also

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Speaker 2: in roots and Americana music, and so I think we're

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Speaker 2: really just shining a light on that history and all

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Speaker 2: the great music that is still being made that still

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Speaker 2: comes out of Boston. You know, we have an incredible

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Speaker 2: music city in addition to all the great things about Boston,

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Speaker 2: like the sports and you know, all of the amazing

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Speaker 2: businesses that come out of Boston. You know that, you know,

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Speaker 2: the cultural part of the city is something that's often overlooked,

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Speaker 2: and we're trying to shine a light on that.

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Speaker 1: Is there one or two performances you are on a

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Speaker 1: personal level really looking forward to here this time around,

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Speaker 1: or just taking in the whole thing.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I mean it's really hard to pick.

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Speaker 2: You know, I'm very excited. You know. You know, we

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Speaker 2: have Bobby Rush coming in to help honor Muddy Waters.

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Speaker 2: Bobby Rush is ninety two years old, wow has been

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Speaker 2: a contemporary of Muddy Waters, and he's going to be

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Speaker 2: performing with Brad Whitford from Aerosmith to honor Muddy Waters.

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Speaker 2: So that's going to be a pretty cool part. I

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Speaker 2: don't want to give away too much, but you know,

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Speaker 2: there's some pretty exciting surprises in store, and we'll be

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Speaker 2: sharing all of those thing moments after the event. On

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Speaker 2: social media, you know, and if you know, we sold

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Speaker 2: out the event this year, and you know, I would

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Speaker 2: just encourage people. We do want to do this every year,

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Speaker 2: So stay in touch with us, get on our email

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Speaker 2: list so you can find out about these events before

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Speaker 2: they're sold out.

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Speaker 1: The Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame a big night here,

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Speaker 1: Casey Sword joining us. Thank you so much for the time, Casey.

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Speaker 1: As always we appreciate you.

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Speaker 2: Thank you so much. Drew, It's always a pleasure.

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Speaker 1: For Casey Sword, President and CEO of the Box Center.

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Speaker 1: I'm Drew mahlland here in the WBZ Newsroom, Boston,