Bonnie Raitt and the Grateful Dead are among this year’s Kennedy Center Honors recipients.
In December, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, the rock band the Grateful Dead, as well as jazz musician Arturo Sandoval and the iconic Apollo Theater will feted at the annual ceremony.
Each year, the Kennedy Center Honors celebrates artists, performers and creators who’ve influenced American culture through the performing arts. And while this years celebrants will be honored for a lifetime of artistic achievement, New York City’s Apollo theatre, will be honored as an iconic American institution.
Announcing the honor, the Grateful Dead’s Mickey Hart, Billy Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh and Bobby Weir, shared the news with their fans via social media:
“The Grateful Dead has always been about community, creativity, and exploration in music and presentation.” “We’ve always felt that the music we make embodies and imparts something beyond the notes and phrases being played – and that is something we are privileged to share with all who are drawn to what we do – so it also must be said that our music belongs as much to our fans, the Dead Heads, as it does to us. This honour, then, is as much theirs as ours.”
The 2024 Kennedy Center Honors will be held on December 8 in Washington, D.C.
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Author: Al Denté
Photo: John Edwards