Leonard Cohen, Bobby Darin, David “Honeyboy” Edwards, Michael Jackson, Loretta Lynn, André Previn, and Clark Terry will each receive a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at a ceremony on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010.
The official press release blurb, which, after the words, “With a career that has spanned four decades and 18 albums, singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen,” is mostly irrelevant except when it is in error (The Leonard Cohen World Tour began in eastern Canada a full 8 months before the February 2009 Beacon concert) follows:
With a career that has spanned four decades and 18 albums, singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen has worked with the likes of such artists as Elton John, Willie Nelson, Neil Diamond, and Iggy Pop. He has garnered a number of awards including an induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and just recently won a GRAMMY Award for his participation on the album Herbie Hancock: The Joni Letters, which won Album Of The Year at the 50th Annual GRAMMYs. This past February, Cohen launched an international tour that began with the reopening of the legendary New York City Beacon Theater.
Congratulations Leonard! We already knew how good you are!
Congratulations – I am delighted to hear this news.
What a gift that Leonard has been able to show us his journey through life, his struggle for wholeness and health, his triumph at last. How sad that Michael could not.