Cybergrass Bluegrass Music News: 49th Grammy Awards for Bluegrass Music

Bob_Cherry wrote: on Feb. 12, 2007:

Sunday evening was the time for the 49th Grammy Awards. Each year, we highlight those awards that are important to our readers. The categories include the Best Bluegrass Album, the Best Country Instrumental Performance, the Best Southern, Country, Or Bluegrass Gospel Album, Best Country Collaboration With Vocals, the Best Traditional Gospel Album and the Best Southern, Country, Or Bluegrass Gospel Album. The winners are always interesting as we never know which artists from the bluegrass community the Academy will give the awards to. This year was no exception. Some we expected we didn't get. Some were surprises and there were also some disappointments. That is par for the course.

Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder took home the honors for Best Bluegrass Album for his Instrumentals album. As we entered the awards show, there was a great deal of anticipation from the bluegrass music community as Rhonda Vincent entered the awards with a pair of nominations including and the coveted Best Bluegrass Album. Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives were also nominated in the category for their album Live At The Ryman.

Best Country Instrumental Performance (For solo, duo, group or ollaborative performances, without vocals. Singles or Tracks only.) went to Bryan Sutton & Doc Watson for the song "Whiskey Before Breakfast" from: Not Too Far From The Tree [Sugar Hill Records]

Alison Krauss held enough nominations entering the 40th Grammy awards to push her to the front of holding the most Grammy awards however, she didn't take home a trophy this time around.

Chasing the award for Best Southern, Country, Or Bluegrass Gospel Album we had The Del McCoury Band's Promised Land gospel album in the list. however, the trophy was awarded to Randy Travis for Glory Train.

Here is the talley of nominations of nterest to our readers...

Category 37

Best Male Country Vocal Performance
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

The Reason Why
Vince Gill
[MCA Nashville]

Category 37

Best Male Country Vocal Performance
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

The Reason Why
Vince Gill
[MCA Nashville]

Category 38

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal(For established duos or groups with vocals. Singles or Tracks only)

Not Ready To Make Nice
Dixie Chicks
Track from: Taking The Long Way
[Open Wide/Columbia]

Category 39

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
(For a collaborative performance, ith vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)

Who Says You Can't Go Home
Bon Jovi & Jennifer Nettles
Track from: Have A Nice Day
[Island]

Category 40

Best Country Instrumental Performance
(For solo, duo, group or ollaborative performances, without vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

"Whiskey Before Breakfast"
Bryan Sutton & Doc Watson
Track from: Not Too Far From The Tree
[Sugar Hill Records]

Category 43

Best Bluegrass Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

"Instrumentals"
Ricky Skaggs And Kentucky Thunder
[Skaggs Family Records]

Category 55

Best Southern, Country, Or Bluegrass Gospel Album
(For albums ontaining 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

Glory Train
Randy Travis
[Word Records/Curb/Warner Bros.]

Category 67

Best Traditional Folk Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

We Shall Overcome - The Seeger Sessions
Bruce Springsteen
[Columbia]

The complete list of Grammy Award Nominations may be found on the 49th GRAMMY Awards web site.

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