Seeing the Grammy Awards Makes Me Proud To Be From Nashville

 

 

My tail sure was wagging a lot last night when I was watching the Grammy Awards. My home town of Nashville seemed very well represented there, especially by Lady Antebellum and Miranda Lambert. Even though I’ve never written, recorded or performed a country song (I’m a little pitchy), it makes me very proud to be from Nashville, Music City USA.

 

Seeing Martina McBride and Keith Urban perform was great also.

 

Actually what I really like though is how Nashville is represented by so much more than country music. I saw Paramore giving out awards, as did Kings of Leon too. 

 

This is the third year in a row that a Nashville affiliated group won record of the year. Kings of Leon picked up that hardware last year, and Alison Krauss and Robert Plant the year before. 

 

Some awards you didn’t see last night that had Nashville affiliations went to Bebe and Cece Winans and The Nashville Symphony.

 

By far though the big story was Lady Antebellum, who won five Grammy Awards last night. Their mega cross-over hit “Need You Now” was a big winner last night, plus they got to sing it for the second year in a row on the Grammy show. And there’s way too many others to mention, so I’ll just republish this list below.

 

Here’s a whole list of Nashville-related Grammy wins, according to The Tennessean:

 

Recording package

Michael Carney, the art director of The Black Keys’ Brothers album. Award goes to Carney, not to the band.

 

Boxed or special limited edition package

Under Great White Northern Lights (limited edition box set), Rob Jones & Jack White III, art directors

 

Compilation soundtrack album for motion picture, television or other visual media

Crazy Heart (various artists, including Townes Van Zandt and The Louvin Brothers)

 

Contemporary world music album

Throw Down Your Heart, Africa Sessions Part 2: Unreleased Tracks, by Bela Fleck

 

Gospel performance

“Grace,” Bebe & CeCe Winans

 

Gospel song

"It's What I Do," Jerry Peters & Kirk Whalum, songwriters (Kirk Whalum & Lalah Hathaway) from The Gospel According To Jazz Chapter III

 

Southern, country or bluegrass gospel album

The Reason, Diamond Rio

 

Traditional gospel album

Downtown Church, Patty Griffin (produced by Nashville’s Buddy Miller and recorded at Downtown Presbyterian Church)

 

Contemporary R&B gospel album

Still, BeBe & CeCe Winans

 

Best engineered album, classical

Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina, Mark Donahue, Dirk Sobotna and MTSU professor John Hill, engineers (tied with the engineers of Porter, Quincy: Complete Viola Works)

 

Classical contemporary composition

Michael Daugherty, who composed Metropolis Symphony; Deux Ex Machina. Award to the composer.

 

Orchestral performance

Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deux Ex Machina, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Giancarlo Guerrero

 

Bluegrass album

Mountain Soul II, Patty Loveless

 

Best male country vocal performance

"'Til Summer Comes Around," Keith Urban

 

Country performance by a duo or group with vocals

"Need You Now," Lady Antebellum

 

Country collaboration with vocals

"As She's Walking Away," Zac Brown Band and Alan Jackson

 

Country instrumental performance

"Hummingbyrd," Marty Stuart

 

Best country song

"Need You Now," Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, songwriters (performed by Lady Antebellum)

 

Best alternative music album

Brothers, The Black Keys

 

Contemporary blues album

Living Proof, Buddy Guy (Nashville’s Tom Hambridge produced, played on and wrote or co-wrote every song on the album)

 

Rock performance by a duo or group with vocals

"Tighten Up," The Black Keys

 

Pop instrumental album

Take Your Pick, Larry Carlton & Tak Matsumoto

 

Producer of the year, non-classical

Danger Mouse, whose productions include The Black Keys’ Tighten Up

 

Female country vocal

“The House That Built Me,” Miranda Lambert

 

Country album

"Need You Now," Lady Antebellum

 

Song of the year

“Need You Now,” Lady Antebellum

 

Record of the year

“Need You Now,” Lady Antebellum