Mick Jagger to Perform Live at Grammys in Tribute to Solomon Burke

[jobeterob]

Rihanna, Cee Lo Green, Gwyneth Paltrow, the Muppets … and Mick Jagger. What do they all have in common?

They're all set to perform live at the Grammys Feb. 13.

For the 67-year-old Rolling Stone frontman – believe it or not – this is a first, the Recording Academy announced Thursday morning. Jagger will take to L.A.'s Staples Center stage as part of a tribute to soul great Solomon Burke, who died last year.


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"He's asked me not to go into detail about what he's doing, but I think when you see the performance, it will make a lot sense," show producer Ken Ehrlich told the Associated Press. "I think it was the idea of the performance that was intriguing to him and really brought him here."

A quarter of a century ago the Stones performed during the Grammys when they received [[from Eric Clapton) a lifetime achievement award, but that appearance was via satellite.

"We did a remote from London, and it was at least three o'clock there," said Ehrlich. "I think they had been celebrating a little time before we went on camera," he said. "It was quite a moment."

[topdiva1]

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[theboyfromxtown]

The Stones introduced me to Solomon Burke via Everybody Needs Somebody To Love. I loved that song by them and had to find out where they got it from.

[jobeterob]

This is a good way to pay tribute to an R & B Soul Legend and get him more well known to the public, pay the tribute on live TV and still attract the huge market they are trying to attract and need to attract for their sponsors. This is a really good idea.

[daddyacey]

One of the main things I can say about Mick and Keith is that they don't hesitate to give props to the American Blues and Soul artists that inspired them and admit they used what they learned from them in creating thier own music. They soaked up everything about the pioneers like a sponge and "incorporated" the styles as opposed to "copying" them. I'm looking forward to seeing this.