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john of MT
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12/03/2012 3:57 pm
The Kennedy Center Honors took place last night. It's at that gala that David Letterman and guys of Led Zeppelin were honored and, no doubt, why Page et al will be on the Late Show tonight. In addition to Led Zeppelin, Buddy Guy...a pretty decent guitarist himself :D...was honored.

""With their extraordinary talent, creativity and tenacity, the seven 2012 Kennedy Center Honorees have contributed significantly to the cultural life of our nation and the world," said Kennedy Center Chairman David M. Rubenstein. "Buddy Guy is a titan of the blues and has been a tremendous influence on virtually everyone who has picked up an electric guitar in the last half century; Dustin Hoffman's unyielding commitment to the wide variety of roles he plays has made him one of the most versatile and iconoclastic actors of this or any other generation; David Letterman is one of the most influential personalities in the history of television, entertaining an entire generation of late-night viewers with his unconventional wit and charm; Natalia Makarova's profound artistry has ignited the stages of the world's greatest ballet companies and continues to pass the torch to the next generation of dancers; and Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant transformed the sound of rock and roll with their lyricism and innovative song structures, infusing blues into the sound of rock and roll and laying the foundation for countless rock bands." " http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/specialevents/honors/

The Kennedy Center Honors will be broadcast on CBS as a two-hour primetime special on December 26 -- Merry Christmas!!
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