At this writing, Narrows alums who won Grammys are Buckwheat Zydeco and Louden Wainwright III. Both have shows coming up in the near future. Visit www.ncfta.org for more information.
Your humble blogger heard Buckwheat Zydeco's new CD "Lay Your Burden Down" for the first time this morning. Although they're known as a big party band, this is some serious soul music. Very tasty. Think you'll like it, even if you're not a Cajun music fan.
Those alums who were nominated but did not win: Jim Lauderdale, Susan Tedeschi, Duke Robillard, Ruthie Foster, the Greencards, John Hammond, Robert Cray (not an alum but on the schedule), Alison Brown, Mavis Staples, Beausoleil (Buckwheat Zydeco won in their category), and T Bone Burnett for producing a CD for Narrows alums Moonalice.
That's really it for Narrows alums at the Grammys except...Jim Lauderdale has some ties to a couple nominees not decided at this writing: Country Album of the Year Award--George Strait's CD "Twang" has been nominated. Jim wrote the song "Twang" and another track on the album.
Lee Ann Womack is also up for Country Album of the Year for "Call Me Crazy." Jim's "King of Broken Hearts" is on the CD.
Speaking of Jim Lauderdale, if you were watching the afternoon feed on the Grammy website you saw him perform with a group composed of Alison Brown and others.
Here's a link to the Grammy winners page, which is being updated as the awards are presented.
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