2017 Eagle Award Highlights

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Paul Shaffer, NAMM’s Joe Lamond, NMC Director David Sanders, Crystal Gayle, Patti Smith, Harry Shearer, Patti Smith’s Band member Tony Shanahan, and NMC board members Charlie Sanders and Rick Carnes at the American Eagle Awards

Crystal Gayle, Paul Shaffer, Tony Shanahan, Patti Smith, and Harry Shearer perform Smith’s People Have the Power

Crystal Gayle accepts her American Eagle Award

Patti Smith, People Have the Power

Harry Shearer and Paul Shaffer

The 2017 Honorees

Patti Smith accepts her American Eagle Award

Richard Leigh tribute to Crystal Gayle

Crystal Gayle and Richard Leigh perform Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue

Paul Shaffer musical tribute to Harry Shearer

Crystal Gayle

Harry Shearer and Paul Shaffer

Harry Shearer accepts his American Eagle Award

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The US and global music communities have suffered through two difficult years of a viral pandemic that took the lives of nearly a million of our fellow Americans, well over five million lives worldwide, and crushed the livelihoods of tens of millions more. As we know, with a music economy based upon live performance and socially close collaboration among creators, educators and business people, our industry was affected far more than most.

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The National Music Council

Founded in 1940 and chartered by the 84th Congress in 1956, the National Music Council represents the United States to the International Music Council. The Council acts as a clearing house for the joint opinion and decision of its members and is dedicated to strengthening the importance of music in our life and culture.