THE GRAMMIES

Drew Howard · Post by **Drew Howard** » 10 Feb 2008 7:28 pm

They've been pretty good so far!

Alicia Keys sounded great singing with Sinatra.
Aretha sounded great. Foo Fighters rocked. Kid Rock and Keely Smith, wow!

Brad Paisley totally ripped and the steel guitar was pretty much the only thing in the mix besides bass and drums, and he has a big band behind him.

I wonder how long Randle Currie had to set up his rig?
Like, five minutes? Wow, talk about pressure!

Ron Whitfield · Post by **Ron Whitfield** » 10 Feb 2008 8:10 pm

Bobby Ingano is gunning for his 2nd straight Grammy in the - Hawaiian Album of the Year - catagory, with his killer steel take of 'Wailana' on the - Treasures of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar CD.

www.grammy.com

David Doggett · Post by **David Doggett** » 10 Feb 2008 9:23 pm

Lots of good stuff in all genres and from the past and the present. It was a very entertaining show this year. It was amazing to see a jazz album win album of the year (Herbie Hancock, The Joni Letters).

Michael Johnstone · Post by **Michael Johnstone** » 10 Feb 2008 11:55 pm

A few aforementioned highlights kept it from being 100% utter drivel.The winners that were only shown at the bottom of the screen and weren't actually at the event would have been vastly more intresting.After watching and listening to Amy Winehouse I wanted to go take a shower.

Jerry Gleason · Post by **Jerry Gleason** » 11 Feb 2008 2:24 am

I didn't see much of it, but I caught the Kid Rock / Keely Smith number. Kid Rock came in a bar too early or too late, I couldn't tell which, and the whole thing seemed headed for a train wreck until the bandleader got it flipped around after about 8 bars. Good thing it wasn't a canned backup track!

I don't think most people noticed.

David L. Donald · Post by **David L. Donald** » 11 Feb 2008 4:20 am

Michael Johnstone wrote:A few aforementioned highlights kept it from being 100% utter drivel.The winners that were only shown at the bottom of the screen and weren't actually at the event would have been vastly more intresting.After watching and listening to Amy Winehouse I wanted to go take a shower.

Tha would be both a cold shower
and one with extra soap too.

She is unique and quit entertaining,
in a talented trainwreck sort of way.

I LOVED the look on her face when she won.
Flabergasted, amazed, uncomprehending
all passed across her eyes.

Then she pretty much broke down.

LOVED the piano player tribute to Oscar Peterson,
should have been MUCH longer.
Herbie Hankock loved it too.
I got interrupted BADLY on telephone during
Rhapsody in Blue on band business I did want to hear.
I WAS very pissed.

P Gleespen · Post by **P Gleespen** » 11 Feb 2008 6:24 am

David L. Donald wrote:
Michael Johnstone wrote:A few aforementioned highlights kept it from being 100% utter drivel.The winners that were only shown at the bottom of the screen and weren't actually at the event would have been vastly more intresting.After watching and listening to Amy Winehouse I wanted to go take a shower.
Tha would be both a cold shower
and one with extra soap too.

She is unique and quit entertaining,
in a talented trainwreck sort of way.
.

Ha Ha!

Funny but true. So scary, and yet kinda sassy.

She truly is a trainwreck. But MAN! what a great voice she has. I hope she can get her act together, but I get the feeling she's not going to be around for long.

John Macy · Post by **John Macy** » 11 Feb 2008 6:24 am

Vince Gill had the best line of the night (after being handed his Grammy by Ringo)...

"I just got an award from a Beatle."

You had that happen yet, Kanye?"

Made my night...

Theresa Galbraith · Post by **Theresa Galbraith** » 11 Feb 2008 6:51 am

I agree John!

I loved it!
Also mentioned having 100 great musicians on the cd!

I was happy for Herbie too!

David L. Donald · Post by **David L. Donald** » 11 Feb 2008 9:32 am

Yeah Vince had a GREAT classic line!

Amy doesn't have more tattoos than many
ladies around these parts,
so that wasn't the scary part...
She's a piece of work for sure.
Totally original;
yet with a new and quite warped take
on historically retro music
and so few performing artists
today can be called that!

Webb Kline · Post by **Webb Kline** » 11 Feb 2008 9:41 am

Herbie getting the album of the year made me cry. Man, it's been a long time coming for. I'm so happy for him. He really deserved it. A good night for jazz.

Bill Cunningham · Post by **Bill Cunningham** » 11 Feb 2008 9:43 am

So did The Timejumpers win?

David L. Donald · Post by **David L. Donald** » 11 Feb 2008 9:44 am

WOW, Webb I missed that.
I was only tuned in for a bit.
That is WAY cool.

Herbie has been a front runner for so long.
Trad yet modern at the same time.
Class act finally truely recognized.
YES, great night for jazz.

John Macy · Post by **John Macy** » 11 Feb 2008 9:54 am

No wins for the 'Jumpers--got beat by the Eagles in the Vocal Group category and by Brad Paisley in the Instrumental category...

Greg Simmons · Post by **Greg Simmons** » 11 Feb 2008 10:03 am

Congrats to Levon Helm and Steve Earle (sure, flame on

) for their Grammy wins in the Best Traditional Folk Album and Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album categories, respectively.

PSG trivia: Peter Case's album "Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John" which was nominated and "lost" to Levon, features Norm Hamlet on a cut.

Ron Whitfield · Post by **Ron Whitfield** » 11 Feb 2008 11:26 am

...but, steel guitar got another win with Bobby Ingano's shared victory last night.

Michael Johnstone · Post by **Michael Johnstone** » 11 Feb 2008 12:49 pm

Tha would be both a cold shower
and one with extra soap too.

Actually I was thinking Lysol disinfectant.

Where I come from she's Gong Show material.I liked the backing music and thought it was kinda 60s Memphis retro but couldn't fathom the mumbled lyrics,atonal drone and wasn't necessarily swept up with her junkie skank persona.

I'd have to say way over half the acts sang flat,had amateur presentations,needed to get over themselves and get outa town or were otherwise not ready for prime-time.

And how about "Feist" w/her out of tune whining and out of tune guitar. I kept waiting for the camera to pan over to Simon Cowell for one of his disgusted looks.

It's sad to see what people are settling for these days.

Joe Casey · Post by **Joe Casey** » 11 Feb 2008 2:29 pm

Fun and enjoyable evening.... Oops I didn't see it until this morning thanks to DVR...

Mike Winter · Post by **Mike Winter** » 11 Feb 2008 7:34 pm

Good for Levon and Steve. Levon's always been my favorite drummer, and I think Steve Earle is a great songwriter.

Dayna Wills · Post by **Dayna Wills** » 11 Feb 2008 11:19 pm

Jerry G. I really thopught Keely saved that song.
john M. I really cracked up when I heard Vince's line to Kanye. Vince seems like a real nice guy with a razor sharp wit.
Speaking of singers singing flat: How can Foggerty, Little Richard and Jerry Lee STILL sing that high? (I did notice Little Richard sing a lower line on the chorus of Good Golly, Miss Molly.) Wayne Newton said he lowered his keys because as he got older, it was exhausting to sing that high. I think it was a different reason, but hey, what do I know?

David L. Donald · Post by **David L. Donald** » 12 Feb 2008 12:06 am

Just saw a replay of Amy Winehouse.
And also her talking after the award.

She is doing an excellent job of hiding a
London Fog thick 'Camdentown scouse' accent
when she sings. And having worked with a few
singers from those parts it ain't so easy.

Michael, I looked for mumbles and monotonality.
Nah, some of the words are pronounced oddly a bit,
but that is from where she's from.
And some of the lyric references are squarely
working class English and lost on most Yanks.

Of course when she talks you think
Posh Spice/Victoria Beckham... Double YIKES.

But as she says no doubt she is 'trouble' on the hoof.
But the Grammy's love a heart on their sleave singer.

Funny behind it all she comes off a little SHY of all things.
I hope the new found fame doesn't cause a
Britany / Peter Green meltdown.
She seems more fragile by far.

Stephen Gambrell · Post by **Stephen Gambrell** » 12 Feb 2008 4:55 am

I like Amy Winehouse, but I suspect that her winning all of those awards was Grammy politics. Herbie got a Grammy, which is good, and we got to hear "Rhapsody in Blue," which is always a good thing. And yes, Vince's line was the high part of the evening, for me.

P Gleespen · Post by **P Gleespen** » 12 Feb 2008 6:52 am

I like Amy Winehouse, but I suspect that her winning all of those awards was Grammy politics.

I think this is true, but then again I also think that the following statement is even MORE accurate:

I like (insert name of winner) but I suspect that (his/her/their) winning all of those awards was Grammy politics.

Stephen Gambrell · Post by **Stephen Gambrell** » 12 Feb 2008 7:18 am

P Gleespen wrote:
I like Amy Winehouse, but I suspect that her winning all of those awards was Grammy politics.
I think this is true, but then again I also think that the following statement is even MORE accurate:

I like (insert name of winner) but I suspect that (his/her/their) winning all of those awards was Grammy politics.

AGREED!

Barry Blackwood · Post by **Barry Blackwood** » 12 Feb 2008 8:45 am

Vince Gill, the country superstar who lost out to Mr. Hancock in the album of the year field, said Mr. Hancock was 'hands-down a better musician than all of us put together.'"
This served to reinforce my opinion of Mr. Gill - a real class act. So rare these days.

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