LOS ANGELES — Bob Dylan will be honored as the 2015 MusiCares person of the year.
A Tuesday news release says the 10-time Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter will be honored at the foundation’s 25th anniversary tribute Feb. 6 in Los Angeles, two days before the Grammys.
Norah Jones, Neil Young, Willie Nelson, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Bonnie Raitt, Eddie Vedder, John Mellencamp, Los Lobos and Jack White are among the musicians signed up to salute Dylan with versions of his songs at the annual event to benefit The Recording Academy’s charitable foundation.
The 73-year-old Dylan helped rewrite rock ‘n’ roll’s DNA with songs such as “Blowin’ in the Wind” and “The Times They Are A-Changin’.”
Recent honorees have included Young, Carol King, Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney.
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