Every 12 months, Washington, DC’s Kennedy Center throws a grand gala to salute artists and musicians who’ve made vital contributions to American tradition. This 12 months’s Kennedy Center Honors, the final of Joe Biden’s presidency, went down final evening, and Biden and Kamala Harris have been available to rejoice the Grateful Dead and Bonnie Raitt, in addition to Cuban-American jazz bandleader Arturo Sandoval, director Francis Ford Coppola, and Harlem’s Apollo Theater.
The three surviving members of the Grateful Dead have been all in attendance final evening, and Billboard reviews that the late Phil Lesh’s grandson Graham carried out with a band that included Sturgill Simpson and Don Was. Simpson sang “Ripple,” whereas Maggie Rogers and Leon Bridges duetted on “Fire On The Mountain” and Dave Matthews and Susan Tedeschi sang “Sugaree.” All the singers got here collectively for a show-closing model of Buddy Holly’s “Not Fade Away.”
Sheryl Crow and Brandi Carlile each spoke in honor of Bonnie Raitt, they usually sang “I Can’t Make You Love Me” collectively. Dave Matthews and Emmylou Harris bought collectively to sing “Angel From Montgomery,” the John Prine music that Raitt famously lined. Queen Latifah lined “Something To Talk About,” and Crow sang “Nick Of Time” with Jackson Browne, James Taylor, and Arnold McCuller.
To rejoice the Apollo Theater, Savion Glover did a tap-dancing routine, whereas the War And Treaty sang a medley of Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell’s songs. Queen Latifah and Dave Chappelle spoke.
The occasion will air 12/23 on CBS. Videos of the performances aren’t on-line but, however you’ll be able to see little items of them within the CBS Mornings protection beneath.
Here’s Joe Biden’s White House reception for the honorees.
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