[Steviefan49]

Originally Posted by chiliD

Which is usually about 98% of the show.

I think they should show some of the other categories winners get their awards...it is an AWARD Show after all, not a PERFORMANCE show ...

Best Contemporary Blues Album: Eric Clapton & JJ Cale - "Road To Escondido"
Best Short Form Video Album: Johnny Cash - "God's Gonna Cut You Down"
Best Classical Crossover Album: Turtle Island Quartet - "A Love Supreme: The Legacy Of John Coltrane"
Best Chamber Music Performance: Eighth Blackbird - "Strange Imaginary Animals"
Best Surround Sound Album: The Beatles - "Love" (George Martin & Giles Martin, producers; Paul Hicks, surround mix engineer; Tim Young, surround mastering engineer)
Best Historical Album: Woody Guthrie - "The Live Wire: Woody Guthrie In Performance 1949"
Best Instrumental Arrangement: Joe Zawinul - "In A Silent Way" (Vince Mendoza, arranger)
Best Spoken Word Album: Barack Obama - "The Audacity Of Hope: Thoughts On Reclaiming The American Dream"
Best Polka Album: Jimmy Sturr and his Orchestra - "Come Share The Wine"
Best Reggae Album: Stephen Marley (would they give this award to anybody with any OTHER last name?) - "Mind Control"
Best Traditional Folk Album: Levon Helm - "Dirt Farmer"
Best Traditional Blues Album: Henry Townsend, Pinetop Perkins, Robert Jr. Lockwood, Honeyboy Edwards - "The Last Of The Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen, Live In Dallas"
Best Rock Song: Bruce Springsteen - "Radio Nowhere"
Best Rock Instrumental Performance: Bruce Springsteen - "Once Upon A Time In The West" (From the Tribute to Ennio Morricone album)
Best Pop Collaboration with vocals: Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - "Gone Gone Gone"


And a new category for next year:

Lifetime Achievement In Being Overrated: The Grammy goes to....

Kanye West

Give it to him now, he's already on his way to earning it. Maybe he'll stop whining then.

Boy do I hear that one!!! What is up with this dude???