CHARITABLE PEACHY NEW YORK NOTES NIGHTLIGHT: The Recording Academy's MusiCares Honors Adam Clayton of U2 with the Stevie Ray Vaughan Award in recognition of his dedication and support of the MusiCares MAP Fund June 26, 2017 in Manhattan
22-time GRAMMY winner Adam Clayton, U2 bassist was honored at the 13th annual
MusiCares MAP Fund benefit concert in Manhattan on June 26, 2017 in support of MusiCares' addiction recovery programs.
Clayton received the Stevie Ray Vaughan Award in recognition of his dedication and support of the MusiCares MAP Fund as well as his commitment to helping others with the addiction recovery process. We are honored to work with The Recording Academy and have published on them in all of their endeavors for years including MusiCares. We were highly impressed with Neil Portnow's speech and even more by Adam Clayton's and you should listen to both:
Neil Portnow:
Adam Clayton:
MusiCares offers a variety of addiction recovery services, including their signature MusiCares MAP Fund. Developed as a pool of resources to address addiction and recovery needs, the fund provides addiction recovery treatment and sober living resources for members of the music community, regardless of their financial condition. The MusiCares MAP Fund acknowledges that a vital part of recovery consists of ongoing support aftercare services.
With 22 GRAMMYs, U2 are among the top GRAMMY winners of all time. The quartet — comprising frontman Bono, bassist Clayton, guitarist The Edge, and drummer Larry Mullen Jr. — are the only group in GRAMMY history to earn Album Of The Year twice, winning for The Joshua Tree for 1987 and How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb for 2005.
"We are extremely pleased that our annual MusiCares MAP Fund benefit concert is returning to New York City, and paying tribute to such a genuinely talented and influential artist as Adam Clayton," said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy and MusiCares. "Adam is a hero to fans and music creators around the world, and he is also a hero in the world of recovery for his fearless determination to give voice to the issues of addiction that affect — and all too often devastate — our music community."
"MusiCares does such vital work in helping vulnerable people across our industry," said Clayton. "I know from experience the importance of an accessible, supportive environment in times of need and I'm always happy to do what I can to benefit this important organization. I'm very much looking forward to the event in June."
Mission
MusiCares provides a safety net of critical assistance for music people in times of need. MusiCares' services and resources cover a wide range of financial, medical and personal emergencies, and each case is treated with integrity and confidentiality. MusiCares also focuses the resources and attention of the music industry on human service issues that directly impact the health and welfare of the music community.
We'd encourage you to watch this video under "Featured Videos", which in being shared during the event was a highly moving and effective method of communicating the mission:
About MusiCares®:
· Established in 1989 by The Recording Academy®, MusiCares® is a nonprofit health and human service organization that helps members of the music industry in times of financial, medical, and personal hardship.
· As a leading charity of The Recording Academy, MusiCares provides a support system of innovative programs and services that includes:
· emergency financial assistance.
· workshops, health fairs, and free clinics offering a full spectrum of primary and preventive services by medical professionals on a monthly basis.
· the MusiCares MAP Fund®, which allows access to addiction recovery treatment and sober living resources.
· Safe Harbor Rooms®, weekly addiction support groups, and the MusiCares Sober Touring Network® that provide ongoing recovery support.
· By the end of the fiscal year on July 31, the MusiCares safety net of services will have provided over $5 million to more than 7,000 members of the music industry—the largest number of annual clients and dollars distributed in the charity’s history
· Over the past 10 years, MusiCares has provided close to $10 million dollars in assistance to nearly 3,000 substance abuse clients.
· Across all of its programs and services, MusiCares has served more than 100,000 clients since 1989.
· Since 1989, MusiCares has distributed $48 million to music people in need.
Other musical artists performed prior to U2, who were perfection with Stuck in Moment, Vertigo and I Will Follow. They epitomize true friendship as evidenced over four decades and if we only listened to U2 and nothing else forever, we would not mind being stuck in that eternal moment. Adam's speech was highly touching so scoll up and listen to it again; you will appreciate all U2 music that much more and understand how The Recording Academy and MusiCares is so much more than one night of awards annually; their devotion to the music community is constant and you should participate in their charitable work.
We were also impressed with these strings that were just prior to U2 taking the stage:
Photography by Peachy Deegan
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