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‘All Red Hair and No. B.S.’: Grateful Dead and Bonnie Raitt Tributes Soar at Kennedy Center Honors


Bonnie Raitt was hailed as 'all red hair and no B.S.' during the Kennedy Center Honors, which also feted Francis Ford Coppola, Arturo Sandoval and the Grateful Dead.

The 2024 edition of the Kennedy Center Honors celebrated an eclectic assortment of entertainers Sunday night: filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, singer Bonnie Raitt, trumpeter Arturo Sandoval and surviving members of the Grateful Dead. First up was the tribute to Raitt emceed by Julia Louis-Dreyfus, whose accolades included a description of the honoree as “all red hair and no B.S.” The set opened with the classic, “Angel From Montgomery,” performed by Dave Matthews and Emmylou Harris, followed by “Walking Blues” by Keb Mo and Susan Tedeschi. Other performers include Sturgill Simpson, Grahame Lesh, Don Was, Kendrick Scott, Terrence Higgins, Jeff Chimenti, Rick Mitarotonda, Maggie Rogers, Leon Bridges, Dave Matthews, Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi.

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