{"id":21136,"date":"2020-01-26T19:38:23","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T02:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1817154"},"modified":"2020-01-26T19:38:23","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T02:38:23","slug":"grammy-awards-the-countriest-moments-of-the-whole-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/music-news\/grammy-awards-the-countriest-moments-of-the-whole-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Grammy Awards: The Countriest Moments of the Whole Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"byline\"> by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/bonaguroa\/\" title=\"Posts by Alison Bonaguro\" rel=\"author\">Alison Bonaguro<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\"><br \/>\n35m ago<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span> <\/p>\n<p>When the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards got started on Sunday night (Jan. 26) on CBS, there was a moment of silence for Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter who both <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1817237\/country-stars-shocked-and-saddened-by-kobe-bryants-death\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">died in a helicopter crash<\/a> that morning. But when the silence was done, the music took over to start healing the heavy hearts of the fans at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, where Bryant played for the LA Lakers for two decades until he retired in 2016. <\/p>\n<p>One of the first performances, and absolutely one of the most highly anticipated for country fans, was the \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1816710\/see-blake-shelton-and-gwen-stefanis-nobody-but-you\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Nobody But You<\/a>\u201d duet from Blake Shelton and his girlfriend Gwen Stefani. Shelton started the ballad alone on stage with his guitar before Stefani joined him for the rest of the song. She was wearing what some fans on social media were calling a wedding-gownish dress. The couple performed the entire ballad staring into each other\u2019s eyes while holding hands. The song was written by Ross Copperman, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne, and Tommy Lee James. <\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\" id=\"5e4b4ca5\">\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;img&quot;}\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/GettyImages-1202161915-1580088739.jpg?quality=0.85&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/GettyImages-1202161915-1580088739.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=481 481w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/GettyImages-1202161915-1580088739.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=660 660w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/GettyImages-1202161915-1580088739.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=768 768w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/GettyImages-1202161915-1580088739.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=980 980w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/GettyImages-1202161915-1580088739.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1200 1200w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/GettyImages-1202161915-1580088739.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1500 1500w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/GettyImages-1202161915-1580088739.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1800 1800w\" title=\"62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards - Show\" class=\" js-srcset-img shortcode-image \" alt><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"photocredit\"> Kevork Djansezian\/Getty Images <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Country took another turn on the Grammy stage when Dan + Shay\u2019s \u201cSpeechless\u201d won the award for best country duo\/group performance. When they eventually made it up the steps to the stage, they were a little breathless, but not at all speechless. <\/p>\n<p>The duo\u2019s Dan Smyers started by offering to put his heart up to the microphone. \u201cYou can literally hear (my heart) beating out of my chest right now. This is one of the coolest moments ever. Thank you to my wife Abby for inspiring this song, for inspiring every song we write, for inspiring everything we do in our lives. This is an absolute dream come true,\u201d he added after thanking everyone on their team. <\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\" id=\"e5d902f7\">\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;img&quot;}\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/GettyImages-1202166146-1580091302.jpg?quality=0.85&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/GettyImages-1202166146-1580091302.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=481 481w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/GettyImages-1202166146-1580091302.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=660 660w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/GettyImages-1202166146-1580091302.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=768 768w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/GettyImages-1202166146-1580091302.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=980 980w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/GettyImages-1202166146-1580091302.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1200 1200w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/GettyImages-1202166146-1580091302.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1500 1500w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/GettyImages-1202166146-1580091302.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1800 1800w\" title=\"62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards - Show\" class=\" js-srcset-img shortcode-image \" alt><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"photocredit\"> Kevork Djansezian <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tanya Tucker was the only other country performer of the night, and she was a solid choice. With her signature raspy vocals backed only by her collaborator Brandi Carlile on the grand piano, Tucker shared the moving and haunting song she says she started writing four decades ago. <\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\" id=\"851e8b12\">\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;img&quot;}\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/GettyImages-1202168603-1580091563.jpg?quality=0.85&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/GettyImages-1202168603-1580091563.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=481 481w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/GettyImages-1202168603-1580091563.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=660 660w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/GettyImages-1202168603-1580091563.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=768 768w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/GettyImages-1202168603-1580091563.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=980 980w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/GettyImages-1202168603-1580091563.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1200 1200w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/GettyImages-1202168603-1580091563.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1500 1500w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/GettyImages-1202168603-1580091563.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1800 1800w\" title=\"62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards - Show\" class=\" js-srcset-img shortcode-image \" alt><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Earlier in the day, during the Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony \u2014 the non-televised prelude to music\u2019s biggest night \u2014 Tucker was one of a handful of country stars to come out on top. <\/p>\n<p>Willie Nelson won for best country solo performance for his song \u201cRide Me Back Home,\u201d but was not there to accept the Grammy. <\/p>\n<p>For the next two categories, though, Tucker showed <em>up<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>When her song \u201cBring My Flowers Now\u201d won the Grammy for best country song, she and co-writer Carlile ran hand-in-hand up to the stage to accept the award along with their co-writers, Tim Hanseroth and Phil Hanseroth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you so much. After almost 50 years in this business, after many dreams, it\u2019s unbelievable to me that I\u2019d still have a few firsts left. After 14 trips, 14 nominations, this is the first win. And I can\u2019t believe it,\u201d Tucker said as she thanked her team and her collaborators for helping her finish the song she says she started over 40 years ago. \u201cNo matter how young or old you are, never stop following your dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carlile was beaming as she let Tucker take the spotlight. And when it was her turn to share that spotlight, she couldn\u2019t help but remark on Tucker\u2019s age and gender, both of which can be strikes against you in the music industry. \u201cThis song is the story of <em>her<\/em> life. And it\u2019s one of the great honors of <em>my<\/em> life to stand up here next to you while you get your first Grammy at 61 years old,\u201d Carlile said. \u201cA woman in country music, leading the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tucker didn\u2019t get far from the stage before her name was called again. This time, for her entire album <em>While I\u2019m Livin\u2019<\/em>, which won the Grammy for best country album. <\/p>\n<p>Tucker told the crowd that she was at a friend\u2019s ranch in South Texas talking on the phone to Shooter Jennings (Waylon\u2019s son) about the potential album, and she told him that she didn\u2019t think she was going to be able to do it. \u201cHe said, \u2019You always said you would do anything in the world for me. Just do this for me.\u2019 And I did. And I met Brandi (Carlile), and I\u2019ve never know such a talented person in my life. I\u2019m so honored, there are no words.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other early winners were Dolly Parton and For King &amp; Country for their collaboration on \u201cGod Only Knows,\u201d which won the Grammy for best contemporary Christian music performance\/song. And the award for best song written for visual media went to \u201cI\u2019ll Never Love Again\u201d \u2014 written by Natalie Hemby, Lady Gaga, Hillary Lindsey and Aaron Raitiere \u2014 and recorded by Lady Gaga &amp; Bradley Cooper for <em>A Star Is Born<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you so much. We went out to write with Lady Gaga for this movie. We didn\u2019t know if we would actually get a song in the film. I just want to thank my husband for holding down the fort while I was gone,\u201d Hemby said first. \u201cThank you Nashville, thank you Lady Gaga, thank you Dave Cobb,\u201d Lindsey added quickly. When it was Raitiere\u2019s turn to talk, he got through his long list of thank yous before Hemby shared with the audience that he\u2019d lost his phone in their Uber on the way to the show. <\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\" id=\"cef45134\">\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;img&quot;}\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/GettyImages-1202132592-1580089489.jpg?quality=0.85&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/GettyImages-1202132592-1580089489.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=481 481w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/GettyImages-1202132592-1580089489.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=660 660w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/GettyImages-1202132592-1580089489.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=768 768w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/GettyImages-1202132592-1580089489.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=980 980w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/GettyImages-1202132592-1580089489.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1200 1200w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/GettyImages-1202132592-1580089489.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1500 1500w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/GettyImages-1202132592-1580089489.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1800 1800w\" title=\"62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards - GRAMMY Premiere Ceremony\" class=\" js-srcset-img shortcode-image \" alt><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"photocredit\"> Timothy Norris <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\"> Alison makes her living loving country music. She&#8217;s based in Chicago, but she&#8217;s always leaving her heart in Nashville. <\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/alisonbonaguro\" target=\"_BLANK\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@alisonbonaguro<\/a> <\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1817154\/grammy-awards-the-countriest-moments-of-the-whole-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Alison Bonaguro 35m ago When the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards got started on Sunday night (Jan. 26) on CBS, there was a moment of silence for Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter who both died in a helicopter crash that morning. But when the silence was done, the music took over to start healing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-21136","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-15 14:37:42","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KRKY Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21136\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}