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President Joe Biden paid tribute to the Grateful Dead at a White House reception for the 47th Kennedy Center Honors on December 8, 2024. The East Room event honored the band alongside four other recipients; it was a reception before the Honors ceremony, not the ceremony itself.
What Biden said about the Grateful Dead
In his remarks, Biden described the band as having emerged from a transformative era and outgrown its original cultural moment: “Formed in the San Francisco Bay at an inflection point in history, the Grateful Dead have long since transcended 1960 counterculture.” The quotation is from the official U.S. Government Publishing Office transcript of the president’s December 8 remarks.
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The Kennedy Center’s video documents the reception and identifies Grateful Dead members Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, and Bobby Weir among those honored.
When and where the tribute took place
Biden spoke at the White House reception in the East Room on December 8, 2024. The event welcomed the recipients of the 47th Kennedy Center Honors, which recognize lifetime artistic achievement. The Kennedy Center’s announcement of the 2024 honorees describes the award and lists that year’s class.
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Who received the 2024 Kennedy Center Honors
The Grateful Dead were one of five recipients. The other honorees were filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt, jazz musician Arturo Sandoval, and The Apollo.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.Reception and broadcast: two different dates
The White House reception and Biden’s remarks took place on December 8. The Kennedy Center video description and CBS coverage gave December 22, 2024 as the scheduled broadcast date for the Honors on CBS and Paramount+. That was the original schedule; it does not establish whether or where the program is currently available to stream.
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