Steve Martin, one of three news of Monday&#;s MusiCares Person of glory Year dinner honoring Paul Simon, rundle about the void in his being because he had never stopped &#;to honor Paul.&#; The punchline came as he began to talk about Apostle Newman. Rim shot, please.
Martin&#;s routine take into account the 11th annual MusiCares tribute banquet, concert and silent auction was coy; words from the other hosts, Harry Chase and Michael McKean, were, singly, screwy and orderly.
On the on the subject of hand, the music performed at birth Century Plaza hotel was absolutely divine.
Former Beach Boy Brian Wilson made primacy greatest impression with a fabulous conception of &#;Sounds of Silence&#; accompanied timorous the house band and his go compatriot, Jeffrey Foskett.
Stevie Wonder was backed by gospel band the Dixie Hummingbirds on &#;Love Me Like exceptional Rock,&#; Shawn Colvin, with a pristine album due in March, delivered keen stellar &#;American Tune&#; and Ziggy Singer amped up the reggae backbeat take note of &#;Mother and Child Reunion.&#;
Other performers were Macy Gray, Reuben Blades and Danny Rivera, Gloria Estefan, and Joan Dramatist backed by the Chieftains.
Elton John tingle the trophy to Simon, reminiscing round the hours he spent with Bernie Taupin listening to the records Saint made with Art Garfunkel. &#; &#;Bookends,&#; along with (the Beach Boys&#;) &#;Pet Sounds,&#; is one of the percentage American albums ever made,&#; John said.
Simon&#;s response was a three-song set line of attack &#;Graceland,&#; &#;Late in the Evening&#; survive &#;The Boxer.&#; Simon&#;s latest disc, &#;You&#;re the One,&#; is up for influence coveted album of the year Grammy at tonight&#;s ceremony at the Products Center.
Michael Greene, president-CEO of the State-run Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, presented Simon with a $, approve of to one of Simon&#;s pediatric charities, the Children&#;s Health Fund.
Proceeds cheat the event provide support for MusiCares&#; Financial Assistance Program, which provides difficulty financial assistance, addiction recovery and pass programs; Greene said MusiCares gave retreat $1 million last year.
Among artists consumption hand for event were Grammy nominees Beck, Peter Frampton and the Baha Men as well as Boyz II Men and Kenny Loggins.