James Taylor, Al Pacino, Mavis Staples selected for Kennedy Center Honors

Washington Post ^ | 6/23/2016 | Peggy McGlone

[Borges]

Actor Al Pacino, musician James Taylor, gospel and blues singer Mavis Staples, Argentine pianist Martha Argerich and rockers the Eagles will receive the 2016 Kennedy Center Honors, the arts center announced Thursday.

[1Old Pro]

Doesn’t liberal icon James Taylor get this award every year?

[PghBaldy]

Argentine pianist Martha Argerich ???

[Dilbert San Diego]

Will they invite him to Orlando to sing “You’ve got a friend”????

[Borges]

What you don’t think she’s worthy? Probably the world’s greatest living pianist.

[Sans-Culotte]

Never heard of Mavis Staples.

[lee martell]

Stevie Wonder is mad! His cornrowed hair weaves are all in a beaded tangle. “But Obama, you said that award was going to be for the ‘brothers’!

[forgotten man]

Wasn’t James Taylor a heroin addict just like Robert F. Kennedy Jr.? The Kennedy Award is appropriate.

[MUDDOG]

Cat Stevens got to be steaming too.

[Rastus]

She’s part of the Staple Singers. You probably know their song, “I’ll Take You There.”

I know a place
Ain’t nobody cryin’
Ain’t nobody worryin’
Ain’t no smilin’ faces
Lyin’ to the races

[Daffynition]

I hate Pacino’s politics...but cannot deny his talent.

Looking for Richard. Brilliant. Period.

[Original Lurker]

Bread and circus for a nation drowning in a culture of liquid manure.

[headstamp 2]

Yes, but his memorial concert in France with backup singer John Claude Kerry sealed it this year.

[Borges]

Martha Argerich and Al Pacino? Really?

[MUDDOG]

When they induct the Munsters, Kerry can stand in for Herman.

[nickedknack]

Sad, too late for Glenn Frey.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Never heard of Mavis Staples.

The Staples Singers are a family group. They're sort of the Jackson Five of gospel music.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Sad, too late for Glenn Frey.

Yes, that was my first thought too.

[Cboldt]

LOL. Mr. Ed, too.

[John 3_19-21]

I Know a Place