And I just absolutely love them.
Peter Frampton, what a hero.
I was in the gym and Ozzy Osbourne was running on the treadmill next to me.
Inductee Dave Matthews of the Dave Matthews Band speaks onstage during the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction CeremonyKevin Kane/Getty Images for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
But Im going to start, Im gonna get on it now.
Tim Reynolds, I love you.
Rashawn Ross, Buddy Strong, Jeff Coffin.
Okay, Im going to go fast.
Butch Taylor, he played keys with us for years.
Thank you so much.
Peter Greisar, the first keyboardist in the band.
Thanks for sticking with us as long as you did.
You had bigger plans.
I know were doing the playing where this is the going-out music.
There is so many people, too many people to thank.
And that bar was a great place for musicians.
And the guy who owned that bar is here.
Steve Thorpe, thank you for letting us put a band together.
And another friend of ours from that bar encouraged me to write songs.
And John Dearth, great trumpet player, and hes here.
And then, and they said, Sure, well play with you.
Whatever we got time.
Got nothing to do in the daytime.
He was ahead of his time.
Im trying to think of things to say.
Carter and Roy said to me one day You should get Rashawn to be in the band.
I said, You should get Rashawn to be in the band.
But I blame my fans.
Our fans, sorry.
We got in, which is amazing.
Thank you to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
And then hopefully we can pull it off one more time then.
But were really happy about this.
Thank you to all the artists that we got to share this.
I mean heroes of all of ours, just unbelievable.
I just screwed up the whole speech.
Everything, families, friends, everybody.
Thank you, Julia Roberts.
