The In memory Award ceremony galas are an emotional highlight of every year, and the 2023 Grammys were no exception. On this occasion, the memory of the deceased artists had the mention of the Argentine Marciano Cantero, vocal leader and bassist of The Green Dwarfs, died on 8 September at the age of 62.
The heartwarming tribute pass at the Los Angeles-based awards show featured three live musical moments and two recordings by deceased artists. In one of them you could see the plaque dedicated to Cantero, presented as “Argentine singer, Enanitos Verdes”. The musician was remembered together with international artists such as the Brazilian Gal Costa, the Cuban troubadour Pablo Milanés and Olivia Newton-John, among many other artists such as the rapper Coolio and Lisa Marie Presley, singer, songwriter and daughter of Elvis.
How was the 2023 Grammy In Memoriam?
Loretta Lynn, Christine McVie, Takeoff and other singers and music industry insiders were honored by the Academy of Music and Recordings during the 2023 GRAMMY Awards In Memoriam segment, which honored the music industry’s biggest losses of the last year.
Across three moments of the live, star-studded show, Kacey Musgraves was the first to take the stage and open the tribute with a cover of Lynn’s “Coal Miner’s Daughter” as a tribute to the country music legend who passed away in October to 90 years old. The artist was moved by playing the guitar that her colleague used and that had her name engraved on the instrument, as shown on the screen.
After a moment of recorded audio from another deceased artist, it was the turn of the stage for the second live performance. Mick Fleetwood, co-founder and drummer of iconic rock band Fleetwood Mac, which once included McVie, has joined Bonnie Raitt and Sheryl Crow as the three performed “Songbird”. The song on the 1977 album Rumors was written by McVie, who died aged 79 in November. the percussionist
Finally, after another pass of audio and boards, Quavo also took to the stage to reminisce about life and his nephew’s legacy and Migos member Takeoff, the 28-year-old rapper who was shot and killed in Houston, Texas, in November. The artist teamed up with Maverick City Music, the Atlanta-based contemporary cult music collective, for a performance of “Without You.”
A member of the same rap group and with a history of twists and turns, Quavo paid tribute to Takeoff by holding up a necklace and matching his body posture to that of the late rapper, whose image was maximized on screen.
The ceremony conducted by the comedian of the moment in the United States, Trevor Noah, consecrated Beyoncé as the artist who won the most Grammys in history and allowed the entry of the actress Viola Davis in the small group of artists who won the EGOT , a statuette in the big four awards, to which are added the Oscar for cinema, the Emmy for television and the Tony for theatre.
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Source: Clarin
