Looking around at the black-tie audience featuring members of Congress, Charlie Rose, Steven Colbert, Denzel Washington and Caroline Kennedy, he said, “We’ve played in some fancy venues, but I think this one takes the biscuit.” He went on to thank Guy “not only for the career he forged for me, but for helping me get out of the auto industry as a paint sprayer.” Beth Hart joined Beck to sing on “I’d Rather Go Blind,” before Bonnie Raitt came out for a spot-on cover of “My Time After Awhile.” All the performers came out for a predictable, but no less fun, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-style jam on the bluesman’s classic, “Sweet Home Chicago.” Next Jeff Beck stepped out in signature sleeveless sequined shirt, red pants, and white kerchief. and Jimmie Vaughan played Guy mainstay “The Things That I Used to Do,” and Tracy Chapman did the bruising, bluesy version of “Hound Dog” that Guy played with Big Mama Thornton when they toured together. The tributes opened with Robert DeNiro calling Hoffman a “world-class, colossal, spectacular pain in the ass” for raising the bar for actors everywhere with stellar performances in Death of a Salesman, The Graduate and Midnight Cowboy, among other films, before adding, “You make me proud to be an actor.” Liev Schreiber, actor Billy Connolly and Naomi Watts, each of whom had worked with Hoffman, also offered tributes.Īfter the tribute to Makarova, which included several ballet performances, Morgan Freeman came out to praise Buddy Guy, saying he “made a new music that no one had ever heard before.” Gary Clark Jr.
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