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Guitar World
Guitar World
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Janelle Borg

“I would never have picked up a guitar had it not been for her”: Watch the Grateful Dead and Bonnie Raitt receive this year's Kennedy Center Honors – as they're covered by Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks, Sheryl Crow and Brandi Carlile

Pictured (L-R top row): Michelle Ebanks, Kamilah Forbes, Jonelle Procope, Bill Kreutzmann. Pictured (L-R bottom row) Arturo Sandoval, Francis Ford Coppola, Bonnie Raitt, Bob Weir, Mickey Hart were recognized for their achievements in the performing arts during THE 47TH ANNUAL KENNEDY CENTER HONORS, which will broadcast Sunday, Dec. 22 (8:30-11:00 PM, ET, 8:00-10:30 PM, PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+.

The 47th Kennedy Center Honors – celebrating the best of American performing arts – recognized legendary rockers the Grateful Dead and genre-hopping guitarist and singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt, alongside New Hollywood filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola and jazz trumpeter, composer, and pianist Arturo Sandoval.

For the first time in its history, the Honors also inducted a venue: Harlem's history-defining Apollo Theater. The event was hosted by Queen Latifah and taped on December 8, before airing on CBS on December 22.

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