11 Okie-tied artists vie for Grammys in show airing Sunday at 7 p.m.
BY JENNIFER CHANCELLOR World Scene Writer
Sunday, February 10, 2013
2/10/13 at 6:03 AM
There are nearly a dozen reasons to watch the Grammys on Sunday - including award veterans Carrie Underwood and Vince Gill and newbies John Fullbright and St. Vincent. Eleven Oklahoma-tied artists have been nominated in various categories headed into one of the biggest nights of music.
The 55th Annual Grammy Awards will air at 7 p.m. on CBS, channel 6, broadcast live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Performers include Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, Dierks Bentley, Bruno Mars, Rihanna, Sting, Kelly Clarkson, The Black Keys, fun., The Lumineers, Mumford & Sons, Frank Ocean, Taylor Swift, Jack White, Elton John, Ed Sheeran, Alicia Keys, Maroon 5 and Justin Timberlake.
Presenters will include Prince, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Jennifer Lopez, Katy Perry, Kaley Cuoco, Carly Rae Jepsen, Neil Patrick Harris, Keith Urban and actor Pauley Perrette.
Rapper-actor LL Cool J will again host.
Country musician Ronnie Dunn, who got his career start in Tulsa, earned two nominations. Formerly half of hitmaker Brooks & Dunn, he's up for Best Country Solo Performance and Best Country Song for his tune "Cost of Livin'."
Dunn said in a Facebook message to his fans this week: "Well, off to the Grammys. I don't stand a chance at winning but I didn't stand a chance at getting nominated, so ... This is the ultimate hail Mary. I owe respect and gratitude to those of you who have brought it this far. A part of me wants to go hide somewhere. ... I'm not cut out for the hoopla but I'm showing up."
Dunn helped his band Brooks & Dunn sell more than 30 million albums and win more than 80 major industry awards before he went solo last year.
He may not be too hopeful, but he's in very good company. Blake Shelton and Carrie Underwood also are nominated for Best Country Solo Performance.
Underwood is also up for Best Country Song for her tune "Blown Away." The 29-year-old Checotah native and "American Idol" winner has walked away with five awards since her 2005 album debut, "Some Hearts."
Ada-born Shelton is nominated in the Best Country Solo Performance category for his tune "Over," among others.
Oklahoma-transplant Miranda Lambert's "Four the Record" earned her a nomination for Best Country Album.
Perhaps one of the most exciting (and unexpected) nominations this year comes from 24-year-old Okemah native John Fullbright. He was nominated for Best Americana Album with "From the Ground Up."
His grass-roots fan base includes a long-held tradition of roots music and organizers and supporters of another Okemah native, Woody Guthrie.
Organizers of the Woody Guthrie Free Folk Festival posted congratulations to the festival's official Facebook page: "Woody Fest is so pleased to know that John Fullbright's 'From the Ground Up' was nominated yesterday for a Grammy Award in the category Best Americana Album. Good Luck, John!"
"Little Seed: Songs For Children By Woody Guthrie," performed by Elizabeth Mitchell, was nominated for Best Children's Album. "Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection" was nominated for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package.
Another unexpected nod goes to Tulsa-raised guitarist and 30-year-old singer Annie Clark, aka St. Vincent, who earned a Best Recording Package nomination with the iconic David Byrne for their work on the album "Love This Giant."
Country icon and Oklahoma native Vince Gill was nominated for a Grammy for his work in the band The Time Jumpers. The group was nominated for Best Country Duo/Group Performance for "On The Outskirts Of Town" and Best Country Album for its self-titled 2012 release. Gill has won a whopping 20 Grammys in his long career.
Also, Gill, Dunn and Tulsa Sound icon Leon Russell performed on Jamey Johnson's album "Living For A Song: A Tribute To Hank Cochran," nominated for Best Country Album.
Gill was part of another collaboration, Best Folk Album nominee "This One's For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark," that also featured Oklahoma-tied Kevin Welch and Ray Wylie Hubbard.
Deer Creek High School graduate and Broadway star Kelli O'Hara earned a Best Musical Theater Album nomination for her work as principal soloist on "Nice Work If You Can Get It."
Also, Claremore-raised singer Patti Page will receive a posthumous Lifetime Achievement honor at this year's show. She died Jan. 1 in California.
Overall, fun., Frank Ocean, Mumford & Sons, Jay-Z, Kanye West and Dan Auerbach received the most nominations with six each. Three new categories have been added to the previous awards - Best Classical Compendium, Best Latin Jazz Album, and Best Urban Contemporary Album - for a total of 81 awards.
Top categories and nominees
See the full list at tulsaworld.com/grammys
RECORD OF THE YEAR
"Lonely Boy," The Black Keys
"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)," Kelly Clarkson
"We Are Young," fun. featuring Janelle Monáe
"Somebody That I Used To Know," Gotye featuring Kimbra
"Thinkin Bout You," Frank Ocean
"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," Taylor Swift
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
"El Camino," The Black Keys
"Some Nights," fun.
"Babel," Mumford & Sons
"Channel Orange," Frank Ocean
"Blunderbuss," Jack White
SONG OF THE YEAR
"The A Team," Ed Sheeran, songwriter (Ed Sheeran)
"Adorn," Miguel Pimentel, songwriter (Miguel)
"Call Me Maybe," Tavish Crowe, Carly Rae Jepsen & Josh Ramsay, songwriters (Carly Rae Jepsen)
"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)," Jörgen Elofsson, David Gamson, Greg Kurstin & Ali Tamposi, songwriters (Kelly Clarkson)
"We Are Young," Jack Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dost & Nate Ruess, songwriters (fun. featuring Janelle Monáe)
BEST NEW ARTIST
Alabama Shakes
fun.
Hunter Hayes
The Lumineers
Frank Ocean
BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE
"Cost Of Livin'," Ronnie Dunn
"Over," Blake Shelton
"Blown Away," Carrie Underwood
"Home," Dierks Bentley
"Wanted," Hunter Hayes
"Springsteen," Eric Church
BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
"On The Outskirts Of Town," The Time Jumpers
"Even If It Breaks Your Heart," Eli Young Band
"Pontoon," Little Big Town
"Safe & Sound," Taylor Swift & The Civil Wars
"I Just Come Here For The Music," Don Williams Featuring Alison Krauss
BEST COUNTRY SONG
"Blown Away," Carrie Underwood
"Cost Of Livin'," Ronnie Dunn
"Even If It Breaks Your Heart," Eli Young Band
"So You Don't Have To Love Me Anymore," Alan Jackson
"Springsteen," Eric Church
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
"Four The Record," Miranda Lambert
"The Time Jumpers," The Time Jumpers
"Uncaged," Zac Brown Band
"Hunter Hayes," Hunter Hayes
"Living For A Song: A Tribute To Hank Cochran," Jamey Johnson
BEST AMERICANA ALBUM
"From The Ground Up," John Fullbright
"The Carpenter," The Avett Brothers
"The Lumineers," The Lumineers
"Babel," Mumford & Sons
"Slipstream," Bonnie Raitt
Source: tulsaworld.com/grammys
THE 55TH GRAMMY AWARDS
When: 7 p.m. Sunday
Network: CBS, channel 6
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Associated Images:
Ada-born “The Voice” star Blake
Shelton, left, is nominated in Best
Country Solo Performance for his
tune “Over,” among others. He
is also up against fellow Oklahoman
Carrie Underwood for the
Best Country Solo Performance
award. LEWIS JACOBS/NBC
Oklahoma-transplant Miranda
Lambert’s “Four the Record” earned
her a nomination for Best Country
Album. WADE PAYNE/Invision/AP
Carrie Underwood will perform at the Grammys and is also a
nominee. JORDAN STRAUSS/Invision/AP file
Perhaps one of the most
exciting (and unexpected)
nominations this year comes
from 24-year-old Okemah
native John Fullbright. He was
nominated for Best Americana
Album with “From the Ground
Up.” VICKI FARMER/Courtesy
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