MusiCares a Recording Academy’s affiliated charity, honored Mike McCready on Thursday May 10th for his work helping those who are ready to fight their addictions, after overcoming his own struggles with addiction. McCready received the Stevie Ray Vaughan Award in recognition of his true dedication to MusiCares and his on going effort to help others in the addiction recovery process according to The Seattle Times.
The event was attended by many important classic rockers including GNR's Duff Mckagan who also has a history with MusiCares, Heart's Nancy Wilson, Mudhoney's Mark Arm and Red Hot Chili Peppers Chad Smith.
Included below are a couple of videos of Mike McCready and Duff McKagan talking about their experience with MusiCares.
You can read more about the Event Here
If you want to donate to MusiCares You can do so HERE