Administrators sam_webmaster Posted December 2, 2010 Administrators Share Posted December 2, 2010 Best Hard Rock Performance For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only. New Fang Them Crooked Vultures Track from: Them Crooked Vultures [DGC/Interscope] Best Americana Album Vocal or Instrumental. Band Of Joy Robert Plant Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only. Silver Rider Robert Plant Track from: Band Of Joy [Rounder] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlanetPage Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 ...very Happy for Both of Them....Great to see that our Leading Men are Happy and Healthy, making music, awards...etc...all of it!!! Great!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avacado Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 I just heard this on the radio this morning! Great news. And Silver Rider being up for an award! That song totally needs more airplay. BTW Sam, I am so hooked on your MP3 player on the website! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquamarine Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Congrats to both of them. I'm not sure BOJ is really Americana as such, but if it wins him the award, who cares! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deborah J Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 A huge CONGRATULATIONS to Robert and JPJ. Well deserved. A lot of great names on the list this year. Nice to see the names of the ones that have been around a while and still making great music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virginia Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 That's wonderful news; congrats and good luck to both! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reids Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 That's great news!!! Hope they win! R:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperDave Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Great to hear as well as best of luck to Robert and JPJ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators sam_webmaster Posted February 14, 2011 Author Administrators Share Posted February 14, 2011 Them Crooked Vultures Win Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance The 2011 Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance went to Them Crooked Vultures for 'New Fang.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avacado Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Okay, HOW does Mavis Staples get best Americana album? Her music isn't even Americana is it? Isn't it more blue/soul R&B? Was Robert at the awards last ngiht? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstork Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Okay, HOW does Mavis Staples get best Americana album? Her music isn't even Americana is it? Isn't it more blue/soul R&B? Was Robert at the awards last ngiht? Frankly I don't really think of Band of Joy as "Americana" either. You can't just slap a pedal steel and a mandolin on anything and call it "Americana". I think "Raising Sand" was much more in the vein of "Americana". That's the problem with all these labels we put on music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazedjeffy Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Were either Robert Plant or any of TCV in attendance at the pre-telecast ceremony? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahfin Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Okay, HOW does Mavis Staples get best Americana album? Her music isn't even Americana is it? Isn't it more blue/soul R&B? Frankly I don't really think of Band of Joy as "Americana" either. You can't just slap a pedal steel and a mandolin on anything and call it "Americana". I think "Raising Sand" was much more in the vein of "Americana". That's the problem with all these labels we put on music. I'd say that in it's broadest sense Americana music draws from American music traditions such as Gospel, R & B, Blues and Rock n' Roll, all of which are present on Mavis' record as well as Plant's. She covers CCR, Randy Newman, Allen Toussaint, etc. while Plant covers Los Lobos, the Louvin Brothers, Townes Van Zandt, etc. All are cornerstones of the roots of American music. Should her record have been under R & B, Gospel or Rock? Should Band of Joy have been under Country, Rock, Folk or Gospel (I'm speaking here of the Lovin's "Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down" as well as others he's been known to do in concert)? Americana covers all of those bases. Yes, labels can be a huge misnomer but when trying to describe music that blurs the lines between musical barriers, it fits, particularly in this instance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperDave Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Actually, Darrel Scott from Robert's band was nominated in one of the country music categories, for Best Instrumental Country Album. Don't think he won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahfin Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Actually, Darrel Scott from Robert's band was nominated in one of the country music categories, for Best Instrumental Country Album. Don't think he won. I'm not sure what you're getting at here because you haven't explained it but if it has to do with why Darrell was nominated in the Country category and not the Americana one, it probably has to do with his album (Crooked Road) being a Country record and not an Americana one. Plus, if he had been nominated in the Americana category he would have been put in the rather odd position of competing against himself. Then again, the Grammys can be a very hard thing to try to make sense of. For instance, many performers have been nominated in the Best New Artist category when in reality, they've had already released 2-3 albums. Then, there's that whole Jethro Tull winning best Metal album thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxie Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Great for TCV! How awesome is that 2 members of Zeppelin have won Grammys in the last 2-3 years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperDave Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 I'm not sure what you're getting at here because you haven't explained it but if it has to do with why Darrell was nominated in the Country category and not the Americana one, it probably has to do with his album (Crooked Road) being a Country record and not an Americana one. Plus, if he had been nominated in the Americana category he would have been put in the rather odd position of competing against himself. Then again, the Grammys can be a very hard thing to try to make sense of. For instance, many performers have been nominated in the Best New Artist category when in reality, they've had already released 2-3 albums. Then, there's that whole Jethro Tull winning best Metal album thing... I thought I made it clear, but Darrel was nominated in the country category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avacado Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 WHAT exactly was the procedure for handing out the awards? Most were given before the actual show? So Robert was not there (was he??), not even for the pre-show which I understand was way better than the actual Grammys with way more bigger stars. I think it was Clive Davis/David Geffin pre-party or some such and a lot of the performers not shown on the Grammys performed there. It seemed to be "the place to be" way hotter than the Grammys which I'm starting to totally not really believe in anymore. The "powers that be" that give out the awards seem to be clueless as to what category is what and who belongs where. It's become almost not cool to even show up or take quite that seriously. If nothing else though, it's a good place for exposure. I did see a lot of acts I didn't know and thought were pretty great. Not sure why the Black Keys didn't perform (did they?). All I can say is THANK GOD Justin Bieber didn't win! The various collaborations were awesome though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahfin Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 I thought I made it clear, but Darrel was nominated in the country category. You did. I was under the impression your comment was in reference to Band of Joy being nominated in the Americana category despite the presence of Darrell Scott in the band therefore creating a conflict regarding what type of music he actually plays. If that's not what you meant, chalk it up to a misunderstanding on my part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperDave Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 You did. I was under the impression your comment was in reference to Band of Joy being nominated in the Americana category despite the presence of Darrell Scott in the band therefore creating a conflict regarding what type of music he actually plays. If that's not what you meant, chalk it up to a misunderstanding on my part. Just a reference to Darrel Scott being nominated in the Country Instrumental Category. No big deal on the misunderstanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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