The Grateful Dead have been named MusiCares' 2025 Person of the Year.
In a statement, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart say, “This honor is truly a testament to the legacy of the music, which has always been bigger than us -- it’s about the connection between us, the crew and all those who’ve been on this long, strange trip. It’s not just about what we create, but about making sure the people behind it, behind us every night, the ones who quietly make it all happen, get the support they need to keep going, no matter what life throws at them.”
The ceremony will take place in Los Angeles on January 31st, two nights before the Grammy Awards, also in L.A.
Proceeds from the event will raise funds for MusiCares and its efforts to support musicians in need.
Previous honorees include Aerosmith, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty, Lionel Richie, Bob Dylan, Carole King and Bruce Springsteen.
Check out the original post about it here from the official Musicares Instagram page.
IN OTHER MUSIC NEWS.............
Despite three of the four members of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young still being alive -- Stephen Stills, Graham Nash and Neil Young -- Nash doesn't see them working together again.
He tells Rolling Stone, "[David Crosby] was the heartbeat of this band, and his passing brought a halt to us all making music together. I don’t think that me and Stephen and Neil will ever play together again...
"There’s no heart there. David was the center of it all, as crazy as he was. And my God, he was crazy. But he was the heart of this band. And that’s why I think that if Stephen and Neil and I ever played together, people would be missing Crosby. We would be missing Crosby. It just would be a much colder scene."
Stills, Nash and Young dedicated the foursome's new archival release to Crosby, Live at Fillmore East, 1969, which will be out Friday.
As for future archival releases, Nash says footage of them performing at the Fillmore in 1970, which he believes Young has, could the next project they work on.
Meanwhile, Nash is on tour with three shows in Vienna, Virginia tonight through Saturday.
Graham Nash will play the Longhorn Ballroom in Dallas on April 12, 2025.