Los Angeles (AP) – Colorful dance bear during cocktails. Tie-Dye clothing mixed with the black tie. Oh yes, the Grateful Dead were at home to launch the Grammy weekend.
The legendary Jam Band was honored for his musical achievements and his philanthropic efforts as a musicares of the year Friday evening, two days before the Grammy Awards.
The group’s emblematic skull logo was in sight in the graphics constantly evolving on stage. Their well -known dance bears posed for photos with the participants.
Deadhead Deadhead Andy Cohen hosted the show 2 1/2-2 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. He said he convinced his parents to let him pass from Saint-Louis to Wisconsin to take his first dead concert in adolescence.
“I venture to say that it is the big American group,” said Cohen. “What wonder they are.”
And if the dead have only two grammys, for a life production in 2007 and the best musical film in 2018. They made their mark with a unique style and long improvisations mixing genres such as rock, blues, jazz, folk and Psychedelia.
“Longevity has never been a major concern for ours,” said 77 -year -old guitarist Bob Weir. “Repairing joy through music was everything we really had in mind and we did a lot.”
The drummer Mickey Hart paid tribute to the fans of the group’s free mind.
“The Deadheads have kept the dream alive for 60 years now and continue to take this music in the next century,” he said. “Before the world even knows what to do with us, our community has raised us and made us move forward. Without support, there would be no Grateful Dead. »»
Actor Woody Harrelson told some stories about his adventures with the group, including “going to drugs in Thailand with Bobby, which is not easy for both of us”.
Weir and Hart were joined on stage to accept the price of three of the descendants of their comrades: Grahame Lesh, Trixie Garcia and Justin Kreutzmann.
Lesh’s father, Phil, died in October At 84 years old. Garcia’s father, Jerry, died in 1995 at 53. Kreutzmann’s father Bill did not attend and rather thanked in a video message.
“I can feel his mind in the house,” said Hart, 81, about Bill Kreutzmann. “He is in music, he is in rhythm, the heart rate of everything we have built all these years together.”
Grahame Lesh was busy playing the guitar overnight as part of the support group led by musical director Don Was. He sang with the war against drugs during the “rain box”, composed by his father.
Weir opened the show on the guitar supported by an orchestra. They quickly gave way to war and the treaty playing “Samson and Delilah” with Stewart Copeland and Mick Fleetwood in turn of drum solos.
The technical difficulties briefly affected the performance of my morning jacket and John Mayer, who bounced for prolonged jam with Was and Jeff Chimêti on “Terrapin Station”. Hart continued to look out of stage while he was drumming during the Dead & Company final of “Sugar Magnolia” and “Touch of Gray” until a technician seems to bring him intra-ear monitors.
Eaerlier, Hart was on his feet pumping his right arm towards the version of Sammy Hagar from “Loose Lucy”.
“Bobby, Mick, I love you brothers,” said Hagar.
Two of the quietest moments were performance in the round of Norah Jones on “Ripple” and Bruce Hornsby making “standing on the moon”.
Wynonna Judd interpreted “Ramble on Rose”.
“I love you Robert Weir,” she said since the stage. “You are my family of choice. You arrived when my mom died.
Dressed in a crown of red roses, the nominated with Grammys, Sierra Ferrell, has teamed up with Lukas Nelson on “It should be the roses”.
Dwight Yoakam had the crowd on his dancing feet during “Truckin”.
Weir’s wife, Natascha, and their daughters, Shala and Chloé, spent much of the night of their seats to dance at their table near the stage.
Now in its 35th year, dinner and auctions have collected funds for programs and services supporting musicians in need by emphasizing this year to help people affected by the recent Forest fires in Los Angeles.
“What we have here in southern California these days is a reconstruction that will take time and efforts and a huge amount of teamwork,” said Weir. “I guess it will take a few years, but Socal will be back stronger and more brilliant.”
Musicares’ general manager Laura Segura said that $ 9.3 million had been collected with an additional $ 5.2 million during dinner.
“It’s unknown for this gala,” she said.
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