Grammy Awards 2007

Congratulations to Elliot Scheiner for beating the Lynwood out of Weird Al Yankovic. Last night's Grammy Awards failed to capture any real attention in our household. I really couldn't care less...except for the surround sound category.

Given the cut-off date of the 2007 awards; watch for the Martins to be nominated (and probably win) for The Beatles "Love" in 2008.

Here's the nominees...

Best Surround Sound Album
(For vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only.)

• Immortal Nystedt
  Morten Lindberg & Hans Peter L'Orange, surround mix engineers; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Ensemble 96 Conducted By Øystein Fevang)
  [2L]
  
• Long Walk To Freedom
  Martin Walters, surround mix engineer; Martin Walters, surround mastering engineer; Martin Walters, surround producer (Ladysmith Black Mambazo)
  [Heads Up International]
  
• Morph The Cat
  Elliot Scheiner, surround mix engineer; Darcy Proper, surround mastering engineer; Donald Fagen, surround producer (Donald Fagen)
  [Reprise Records]
  
• Straight Outta Lynwood
  Tony Papa, surround mix engineer; Bernie Grundman, surround mastering engineer; Al Yankovic, surround producer ("Weird Al" Yankovic)
  [Volcano/Zomba Label Group]
  
• A Valid Path
  P.J. Olsson & Alan Parsons, surround mix engineers; Bob Michaels, surround mastering engineer; Alan Parsons, surround producer (Alan Parsons)
  [Immergent]

After scanning the list; I noticed a few peculiarities...

1. How does George Bensen handicapped by that nonsensical Al Jarreau beat Brian Setzer in pop instrumental?

2. Kudos to Frampton for best Pop Instrumental album....but better than Larry Carlton?

3. Tony Bennett is still a class act and well deserving of everything he gets..including last night's tribute from Stevie Wonder and 3 awards..

4.Best rock instrumental has David Gilmour engraved all over it but someone slips the Grammophone to the Flaming Lips...?

5. Best Country Collaboration with vocals....Bon Jovi?!

6.Best Rock or Rap Gospel album goes to Jonny Lang...so that's what happened to the one-time next great guitar blues player. What a shame..

7. How does Santana fail to be nominated in any of the following categories...Best Latin Pop Album, Best Latin Rock, Alternative Or Urban Album, Best Tropical Latin Album, Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album, Best Tejano Album, Best Norteño Album, Best Banda Album....holy genre overload..

8. ...cheap and tasteless joke alert...Ike Turner "beating" the Tina Turner out of James Hunter, Tab Benoit and Duke Robillard  for Best Traditional Blues Album..

9. Springsteen wins Traditional folk album and Dylan wins Contemporary Folk album...

10. Walter Ostanek NOT winning best Polka album....the Schmenge Brothers didn't win either...

11. The largely overlooked package for Springsteen's "Born to Run" wins best long form Music Video for the documentary dvd instead of the incredible live performance at the Hammersmith Odeon dvd...