By Edna Gundersen, USA TODAY
LOS ANGELES – The musicians cueing up to salute Paul
McCartney at MusiCares were nervous enough about doing justice to their
hero's classics. Then they had to worry about living up to the opening act:
McCartney.The legendary musician, the biggest big shot snagged in the
event's 22-year history, was celebrated for his music and philanthropy Friday
night at the Los
Angeles Convention Center. The honoree, accompanied by wife Nancy Shevell,
didn't bask in glory. He sang for his (vegetarian) supper.
After the boisterous dance-and-acrobatics pageantry of
Cirque du Soleil's Beatles LOVE troupe, McCartney, 69, took the stage and
charged into rousing versions of Magical
Mystery Tour and Junior's Farm, setting a high bar for an evening
of distinctive covers by diverse admirers.
The Foo
Fighters cleared that bar with a roaring Jet, after singer Dave Grohl gushed
about the surreal coolness of "hanging out with Paul friggin' McCartney."
Alicia Keys, who accompanied herself on piano for an
aching, soulful Blackbird, said, "It's a beautiful honor to be here
tonight. I never knew how much this song was about me."
Alison Krauss & Union Station, plus Jerry Douglas,
brought creamy harmonies and bluegrass shades to an acoustic No More Lonely
Nights, performed on a rotating satellite stage. (In rehearsal, Krauss
quipped, "What are we, rotisserie chicken?")
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