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Grateful Dead’s MusiCares Salute Is Heavy on Gratitude, as All-Star Cast Shares the Lovefest With Bob Weir and Mickey Hart
Bob Weir and Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead accepted MusiCares' Persons of the Year honors while participating in a concert with an all-star cast.
As expected, the night ended with a short set by Dead & Company, which has John Mayer standing alongside Weir as a frontman, after contributions from artists including Noah Kahan, Billy Strings, Vampire Weekend, the War on Drugs and Maren Morris, in front of a house band assembled by Don Was. If only there could have been a thought bubble above Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr.’s head as he stood behind Harrelson, representing an organization that is charged with helping musicians in recovery, bearing a smile as he listened to the actor cheerfully tell stories of doing drugs with the Dead back in the ’90s. Country was well-represented, between Dwight Yoakam, Maren Morris, Zac Brown, Maggie Rose (who dueted with MMJ’s Jim James) and Wynonna Judd, the last of whom effusively thanked Weir for being there for her as a friend and supporter, to the point that he’d accepted her request to perform at her mother Naomi’s funeral.
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