What the hell did Herbie do/play this yr that rated a Grammy, or even a wizened little nod? I don't hate the idea of giving worthy people some recognition. But the competition aspect is probably left as far from art as LA is from NY (and if that metaphor isn't a veiled comment on how our respective cities treat these matters, nothing is). Besides, Sun Ra never won a Grammy. So FEH on that little statue. OTOH, Dave Alvin did, so I can't claim it's ALL bullshit. sh http://www.skipheller.com (the new and improved website) np: pete seeger, a link in the chain (really great and I wish we had songs like this now, as we need them worse than ever). on 2/23/03 11:28 PM, Steve Smith at ssmith36@sprynet.com wrote:
No, Herbie Hancock won that one, predictably. A shame... as much as I love Dave, I was rooting for Wayne Shorter to nab that one. (Dave, after all, has many more chances ahead.)
And Skip, I sympathize with your position, you know I do. But the one thing on tonight's telecast that you would *genuinely* have enjoyed was Bruce Springsteen, Steven Van Zandt, Elvis Costello and Dave Grohl playing one hell of a charged-up "London Calling," with The Clash on the video screens in the backround. Even if virtually everything else on the show was crap (though I did enjoy the incredibly sexy No Doubt, the incredibly humble John Mayer, and the New York Philharmonic playing Bernstein), this one moment was everything I was hoping it might be.
Steve Smith ssmith36@sprynet.com NP - Kevin Drumm, "Hitting the Pavement," 'Sheer Hellish Miasma' (Mego)
-----Original Message----- From: zorn-list-admin@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:zorn-list-admin@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of skip Heller Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 12:15 AM To: ssmith36@sprynet.com; Zorn-List (E-mail) Subject: Re: Who'da thunk?
Did Dave Douglas win in his category?