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Post by vagabond22 on Oct 12, 2016 10:21:19 GMT -5
L.A. Times article go to entertainment/show tracker I can't bring over on this tablet  |
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Post by the Scribe on Oct 12, 2016 15:35:36 GMT -5
Great Performances: GRAMMY Salute to Music Legends™
Air date: 10/14/2016
GRAMMY Salute to Music Legends™ Comes to THIRTEEN’s Great Performances Friday, October 14 at 9 p.m. on PBS
Ruth Brown, Celia Cruz, Earth, Wind & Fire, Herbie Hancock, Jefferson Airplane, Linda Ronstadt, Run-DMC, and John Cage Among Distinguished Honorees
Live performances by Ry Cooder, Lila Downs, Earth, Wind & Fire, Andy Garcia and The CineSon All Stars, Herbie Hancock, Jefferson Airplane, Kris Kristofferson, Lucrecia, Martina McBride, Magnolia Sisters, JD Souther, and more
In collaboration with The Recording Academy, Great Performances presents “GRAMMY Salute To Music Legends™,” a special all-star concert offering a primetime spotlight for The Academy’s 2016 Special Merit Awards recipients. The celebration and tribute concert features rare performances by honorees and never-before-seen renditions by those they’ve inspired.
The celebration, recorded at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, will air Friday, October 14 from 9-11:30 p.m. on PBS. (Check local listings.) Previously held during GRAMMY® Week, this is the first time The Recording Academy has celebrated the Special Merit Awards with a stand-alone event and musical tribute.
This year’s Lifetime Achievement Award honorees are Ruth Brown, Celia Cruz, Earth, Wind & Fire, Herbie Hancock, Jefferson Airplane, Linda Ronstadt, and Run-DMC. John Cage, Fred Foster, and Chris Strachwitz are Trustees Award honorees; and EMT and Dr. Harvey Fletcher are Technical GRAMMY® Award recipients. Also being honored is Phillip Riggs, this year’s recipient of the Music Educator Award™.
Along with never-before-seen video packages celebrating each of the honorees’ contributions to the music industry and our cultural heritage and heartfelt testimonials from the presenters, the star-studded event features performances by Patti Austin, Ry Cooder, Lila Downs, Earth, Wind & Fire, Andy Garcia and The CineSon All Stars, Herbie Hancock, Jefferson Airplane, J’Nai Bridges, Kris Kristofferson, Naughty By Nature, Anthony Parce, Lucrecia, Shelby Lynne, Martina McBride, Magnolia Sisters, and JD Souther. Other presenters include Jimmy Jam, Michael Tilson Thomas, David Crosby, LL Cool J, Don Was, and David Foster.
Among numerous highlights, psychedelic rock pioneers Jefferson Airplane takes fans back in time as they play some of their most memorable hits that shaped much of the San Francisco scene in the 1960s and earned them international mainstream success. Standing in for legendary frontwoman Grace Slick (who is present to accept her award) is GRAMMY®-nominated rock songstress Cathy Richardson.
Arhoolie Records founder Chris Strachwitz has made a living recording, preserving, selling, and celebrating the music he loves —music that formed the fabric of both American and international culture. Paying homage to the multifaceted and uniquely talented producer/businessman will be six-time GRAMMY winner and fretboard virtuoso Ry Cooder, Chicago bluesman GRAMMY nominee Henry Gray, and Cajun music jewels and GRAMMY nominees Magnolia Sisters.
Paying tribute to three-time GRAMMY winner and four-time Latin GRAMMY® winner Celia Cruz — internationally known as the “Queen Of Salsa” — are Latin GRAMMY nominee Lucrecia and GRAMMY and Latin GRAMMY winner Andy García, who will bring his Cuban musical group, Andy García And The CineSon All Stars, to the stage.
Six-time GRAMMY winners Earth, Wind & Fire, one of the most important and innovative musical forces influencing music and popular culture across generations, offer a roof-raising performance.
A salute to 10-time GRAMMY winner Linda Ronstadt features pop, country and Latin musical offerings from GRAMMY and four-time Latin GRAMMY winner Lila Downs and GRAMMY nominees Martina McBride and JD Souther.
The full musical program follows (the honorees in bold type; performers in parentheses):
Linda Ronstadt
“Faithless Love” (JD Souther)
“Gritenme Pledras del Campo” (Lila Downs & Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano)
“Blue Bayou” (Martina McBride)More:
www.thirteen.org/13pressroom/press-release/great-performances-grammy-salute-music-legends/
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Post by Richard W on Oct 12, 2016 16:44:29 GMT -5
Awesome!
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Post by 70smusicfan on Oct 15, 2016 9:06:59 GMT -5
Watching Martina McBride sing Blue Bayou last night, while acceptable, reminded me what a great singer Linda was. I was surprised after the overall introduction about diversity, they (the Academy past-president and J.D.) didn't emphasis more strongly Linda's diversity as a segue into her part of the program - Linda receiving Grammies in three different genres.
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Post by PoP80 on Oct 15, 2016 10:41:22 GMT -5
I thought Martina did a pretty good job considering how difficult that song is to sing. The clips were a quick montage of her career but not entirely representative of the full spectrum. Linda looked good and it was nice that should could acknowledge the honor in person. Loved hearing JD sing Faithless Love--such a touching tribute. I'm seeing him at City Winery in NY next weekend--can't wait!
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Post by erik on Oct 15, 2016 11:28:38 GMT -5
Was anyone besides me pleasantly surprised by the fact that the whole show was actually led off by Linda?
Personally, I thought it was a wonderful and very tastefully done segment, maybe a bit short on time, but that's my only quibble. Both J.D. and Lila were each brilliant at showing Linda's seemingly endless capacity for, respectively, the singer/songwriter field, and the ethnic Mexican-American music world. As for Martina, I feel she pulled off something of a minor miracle by doing "Blue Bayou" as well as she did, because Linda was right that it's not an easy song to sing. Maybe Martina's rendition, sung by her at a lower key than Linda's, wasn't what maybe we thought it should have been, but I can't complain, because her heart was in the right place at the right time (IMHO).
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Post by fabtastique on Oct 15, 2016 12:39:17 GMT -5
Anyone found it online?
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Post by eddiejinnj on Oct 16, 2016 9:16:24 GMT -5
I watched it on the pbs "Great Performances" main page. eddiejinnj
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Post by fabtastique on Oct 16, 2016 12:39:30 GMT -5
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Post by simpledream on Oct 25, 2016 21:35:39 GMT -5
Thank you Fab. I'm afraid the video info is stating it is not available in our region. We live in Australia. Can anyone assist? cheers |
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Post by fabtastique on Oct 26, 2016 0:40:34 GMT -5
Get Hotspot Shield - it's VPN software, you can then choose region as USA and watch it, that's what I did!
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Post by the Scribe on Oct 26, 2016 1:25:19 GMT -5
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Post by simpledream on Oct 26, 2016 20:19:44 GMT -5
Get Hotspot Shield - it's VPN software, you can then choose region as USA and watch it, that's what I did! it's still not working. thanx for the advice, though. i guess we can wait until there is another link ... |
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Post by fabtastique on Oct 26, 2016 23:28:59 GMT -5
Really? That strange / it worked for me??
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