Bob Dylan To Receive France's Highest Honor
. This was a bit controversial, apparently. As France's The Local (an English language publication that covers news about France) notes, France's Le Canard Enchain� reported that "Jean-Louis Georgelin, a French army general and Great Chancellor of the L�gion d'honneur, was none too pleased to receive the name of Dylan," citing the songwriter's anti-war songs like "Blowin' In The Wind," and "his pot-smoking past" (possibly using songs like "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35″ as evidence). But in a letter to the daily Le Monde published on Sunday, Georgelin called the singer-songwriter an "exceptional artist" known in the United States and internationally as a "tremendous singer and great poet." Previous American recipients of the Legion d'Honneur award include Wynton Marsalis and Elie Wiesel, as well as hundreds of World War II veterans. Dylan has yet to issue a statement about the honor, whose award shelf (if he has one) would also include numerous GRAMMYs, an Oscar, a Golden Globe, the Polar Music Prize, a Kennedy Center Honors medal, and membership in both the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame and the Songwriters Hall Of Fame. Last year, he added the Presidential Medal Of Freedom, America's highest civilian honor. more on this story Radio.com is an official news provider for antiMusic.com.
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