Loretta Lynn, Takeoff, and Christine McVie were honored at the 2023 Grammys with a heartwarming “In Memoriam” tribute featuring performances from Kacey Musgraves, Quavo, Sheryl Crow, Mick Fleetwood, and more.
Musgraves opened the tribute, performing Loretta Lynn’s “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” while playing what appeared to be the same guitar that bore the late legend’s name on her 2016 album, Full Circle. Afterwards Quavo took the stage in a dramatic half mask, singing “WITHOUT YOU,” his tribute to his dearly departed Migos bandmate, Takeoff. The song featured an interpolation of Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth’s track, “See You Again,” performed by Maverick City Music.
David Crosby and Jeff Beck both passed away just a few weeks before the ceremony, and perhaps due to lack of time, no artist was enlisted to celebrate either of their music. Instead the Grammys showed footage of Beck and Crosby respectively, with the latter performing one of his signature songs, “Guinnevere.”
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Crow, Fleetwood, and Bonnie Raitt came together to honor McVie, the late Fleetwood Mac legend who died “peacefully” on November 30th, 2022. The trio performed a rendition of one of the best-known songs she wrote for the band, “Songbird.”
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Kacey Musgraves gave a moving tribute to Loretta Lynn and a number of other late legends during the #GRAMMYs In Memoriam montage pic.twitter.com/jNa1kkYxWT
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Musgraves’ appearance was followed by an emotional performance by Quavo and gospel collective Maverick City Music, honoring Quavo’s nephew and fellow Migos rapper, Takeoff, who was shot and killed in Houston, TX, in November 2022 #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/hwEpn6DdZd
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And to bring the In Memoriam segment to a close, Mick Fleetwood accompanied Sheryl Crow and Bonnie Raitt for a moving cover of ‘Songbird,’ originally written by his late Fleetwood Mac bandmember, Christine McVie #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/93bw7XpQU8
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