Worthy Country/Roots Names Receive Big Grammy 2024 Nominations
This article has been updated.
Nominations for the 66th Annual Grammy Awards have just been revealed, with lots of interesting and worthy names popping up in multiple categories, including independent country artists vying for top prizes beside more mainstream names. Though it’s always a crap shoot, the Grammy Awards always give greater emphasis to artistry, while categories for Americana, bluegrass, and folk performers allow for names rarely mentioned for major awards to get recognized.
In the country categories, Tyler Childers emerges as a big nominee by getting consideration for Best Country Album, as well as Best Country Song and Best Country Solo Performance for “In Your Love.” He also received a nomination for Best Music Video for “In Your Love,” as well as an Americana nomination for Performance for “Help Me Make It Through The Night,” giving Childers a total of five nominations.
Zach Bryan also receives multiple nominations, including for Best Country Album, as well as Best Country Song and Duo/Group Performance with Kacey Musgraves for “I Remember Everything.”
Jelly Roll also weighs heavily in consideration with a couple of nominations in country, as well as an all-genre Best New Artist nomination. The War & Treaty also receive consideration for Best New Artist. It’s also heartening to see Vince Gill and Paul Franklin receive recognition for their excellent new tribute album to Ray Price with their rendition of “Kissing Your Picture (Is So Cold)” getting a nomination for Best Country Duo/Group Performance.
In the Americana field, Jason Isbell and Allison Russell weigh heavy as expected, with Isbell earning three nominations for his work on Weathervanes, and Allison Russell with her new album The Returner. They both weight heavily in both the Album and Americana Performance, and American Roots Song categories. Russell also appears in American Roots Performance.
Once again with the resurgence of bluegrass, the Best Bluegrass Album category is stacked. Previous category winners Billy Strings, Molly Tuttle, Michael Cleveland, and Sam Bush will tussle with “newcomers” Willie Nelson and Mighty Poplar.
Billy Strings also gets a nomination in the Best Country Duo/Group Performance category with Dierks Bentley on “High Note.” Billy Strings and Willie Nelson are also paired for a nomination on American Roots Song for their song “California Sober” written by Aaron Allen, William Apostol & Jon Weisberger.
Aside from the Best New Artist category, country and roots artists were locked out of the major all-genre categories like Album of the Year and Song of the Year. Jason Isbell had made a major push in the media over the last month or so, perhaps hoping to break through like Sturgill Simpson did a few years ago with A Sailor’s Guide to Earth, and Brandi Carlile has done multiple times. But it was not in the cards this year.
See most of the country/roots relevant categories below.
Best Country Album
Rolling Up the Welcome Mat — Kelsea Ballerini
Brothers Osborne — Brothers Osborne
Zach Bryan — Zach Bryan
Rustin’ In The Rain — Tyler Childers
Bell Bottom Country — Lainey Wilson
Best Country Song
“Buried” – Brandy Clark & Jessie Jo Dillon, songwriters (Brandy Clark)
“I Remember Everything” – Zach Bryan & Kacey Musgraves, songwriters (Zach Bryan Featuring Kacey Musgraves)
“In Your Love” – Tyler Childers & Geno Seale, songwriters (Tyler Childers)
“Last Night” – John Byron, Ashley Gorley, Jacob Kasher Hindlin & Ryan Vojtesak, songwriters (Morgan Wallen)
“White Horse” – Chris Stapleton & Dan Wilson, songwriters (Chris Stapleton)
Best Country Solo Performance
“In Your Love” – Tyler Childers
“Buried” – Brandy Clark
“Fast Car” – Luke Combs
“The Last Thing On My Mind” – Dolly Parton
“White Horse” – Chris Stapleton
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
“High Note” – Dierks Bentley Featuring Billy Strings
“Nobody’s Nobody” – Brothers Osborne
“I Remember Everything” – Zach Bryan Featuring Kacey Musgraves
“Kissing Your Picture (Is So Cold)” – Vince Gill & Paul Franklin
“Save Me” – Jelly Roll With Lainey Wilson
“We Don’t Fight Anymore” – Carly Pearce Featuring Chris Stapleton
Best Americana Album
Brandy Clark — Brandy Clark
The Chicago Sessions — Rodney Crowell
You’re the One — Rhiannon Giddens
Weathervanes — Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
The Returner — Allison Russell
Best Americana Performance
“Friendship” – The Blind Boys Of Alabama
“Help Me Make It Through The Night” – Tyler Childers
“Dear Insecurity” – Brandy Clark Featuring Brandi Carlile
“King Of Oklahoma” – Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit
“The Returner” – Allison Russell
Best American Roots Song
“Blank Page” – Michael Trotter Jr. & Tanya Trotter, songwriters (The War And Treaty)
“California Sober” – Aaron Allen, William Apostol & Jon Weisberger, songwriters (Billy Strings Featuring Willie Nelson)
“Cast Iron Skillet” – Jason Isbell, songwriter (Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit)
“Dear Insecurity” – Brandy Clark & Michael Pollack, songwriters (Brandy Clark Featuring Brandi Carlile)
“The Returner” – Drew Lindsay, JT Nero & Allison Russell, songwriters (Allison Russell)
Best American Roots Performance
“Butterfly” – Jon Batiste
“Heaven Help Us All” – The Blind Boys Of Alabama
“Inventing The Wheel” – Madison Cunningham
“You Louisiana Man” – Rhiannon Giddens
“Eve Was Black” – Allison Russell
Best Bluegrass Album
Radio John: Songs of John Hartford – Sam Bush
Lovin’ Of The Game – Michael Cleveland
Mighty Poplar – Mighty Poplar
Bluegrass – Willie Nelson
Me/And/Dad – Billy Strings
City Of Gold – Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway
Best Folk Album
Traveling Wildfire – Dom Flemons
I Only See The Moon – The Milk Carton Kids
Joni Mitchell At Newport [Live] – Joni Mitchell
Celebrants – Nickel Creek
Jubilee – Old Crow Medicine Show
Seven Psalms – Paul Simon
Folkocracy – Rufus Wainwright
Best Traditional Blues Album
Ridin’ – Eric Bibb
The Soul Side Of Sipp – Mr. Sipp
Life Don’t Miss Nobody – Tracy Nelson
Teardrops For Magic Slim Live At Rosa’s Lounge – John Primer
All My Love For You – Bobby Rush
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Death Wish Blues – Samantha Fish And Jesse Dayton
Healing Time – Ruthie Foster
Live In London – Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
Blood Harmony – Larkin Poe
LaVette! – Bettye LaVette
Best Roots Gospel Album
Tribute To The King – The Blackwood Brothers Quartet
Echoes Of The South – Blind Boys Of Alabama
Songs That Pulled Me Through The Tough Times – Becky Isaacs Bowman
Meet Me At The Cross – Brian Free & Assurance
Shine: The Darker The Night The Brighter The Light – Gaither Vocal Band
Best Music Video
“I’m Only Sleeping” – The Beatles
“In Your Love” – Tyler Childers
“What Was I Made For” – Billie Eilish
“Count On Me” – Kendrick Lamar
“Rush” – Troy Sivan
Best New Artist
Gracie Abrams
Fred again..
Ice Spice
Jelly Roll
Coco Jones
Noah Kahan
Victoria Monét
The War and Treaty
Songwriter Of The Year, Non-Classical
Edgar Barrera
Jessie Jo Dillon
Shane McAnally
Theron Thomas
Justin Tranter
Best Musical Theater Album
Kimberly Akimbo – John Clancy, David Stone & Jeanine Tesori, producers; Jeanine Tesori, composer; David Lindsay-Abaire, lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)
Parade – Micaela Diamond, Alex Joseph Grayson, Jake Pedersen & Ben Platt, principal vocalists; Jason Robert Brown & Jeffrey Lesser, producers; Jason Robert Brown, composer & lyricist (2023 Broadway Cast)
Shucked – Brandy Clark, Jason Howland, Shane McAnally & Billy Jay Stein, producers; Brandy Clark & Shane McAnally, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast)
Some Like It Hot – Christian Borle, J. Harrison Ghee, Adrianna Hicks & NaTasha Yvette Williams, principal vocalists; Mary-Mitchell Campbell, Bryan Carter, Scott M. Riesett, Charlie Rosen & Marc Shaiman, producers; Scott Wittman, lyricist; Marc Shaiman, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street – Annaleigh Ashford & Josh Groban, principal vocalists; Thomas Kail & Alex Lacamoire, producers (Stephen Sondheim, composer & lyricist) (2023 Broadway Cast)
November 10, 2023 @ 11:11 am
I was watching the nominations live and when they read out the nominees for Best Country Solo Performance, I was shocked. While it wasn’t necessarily the five songs I’d have picked, I also couldn’t really complain about them. There’s some other nominees that are less than stellar (coughKelseaandWallencough) but there’s a lot to feel pretty decent about.
November 11, 2023 @ 4:01 am
The ‘butt rock’ of the 2000’s went dormant for 10 years and recently reemerged as modern country. Zach Bryan is just acoustic butt rock
November 11, 2023 @ 11:09 am
And I won’t argue in behalf of Zach. I saw him live last year at a festival and remained ambivalent at best about him. But it’s clear he really speaks to many people and I can’t begrudge that. I can’t see a line from Zach to Nickelback or anything like that (Hardy is a whole different story) but I can’t argue with his nominations even if I don’t care for his music.
November 11, 2023 @ 2:37 pm
I liked Creed too when I was 17
November 10, 2023 @ 11:36 am
King of Oklahoma!
November 13, 2023 @ 6:58 am
Probably his best song since The Nashville Sound.
November 10, 2023 @ 11:37 am
I really enjoyed “High Note.” I know Billy being attached helped Dierks. I have been a DB fan since the Station Inn days. I don’t have anything too negative to say, kind of curious about the Ballerni nomination. * Was this b/c of her ACMs/drag queen deal? SJW?
November 10, 2023 @ 12:29 pm
Kelsea’s no stranger to the Grammy’s. She was up for Best New Artist when she came on the scene. She’s received a Country Album of the Year nod previously in 2019, and a Country Solo Performance nomination earlier this year.
November 10, 2023 @ 11:38 am
Brandy and Brothers Osborn will surely win. You know, the typical virtue-signalling Grammy’s.
If Zach wins, ole’ Trig will have a conjugal fit.
November 10, 2023 @ 12:29 pm
How is it virtue signalling to give awards to good music? Have a Bud Light and a smile 😉
November 10, 2023 @ 12:45 pm
Kinda missing the point Craig. FYI, the “Grummy’s” hasn’t had their primary focus on good music for some years now. I am a sweet tea and coffee drinker myself but I have reached my limit for today. Have a blessed weekend.
November 10, 2023 @ 12:43 pm
Zach Bryan’s new album received a 7/10 score here, which isn’t terrible, but is definitely not a ringing endorsement. I’m always happy to see artists outside of the Music Row system receive recognition for awards like this, regardless of how I feel about their music. But in my recommendations for the Grammys, I didn’t mention Zach.
https://savingcountrymusic.com/artists-not-to-be-overlooked-for-the-2024-grammys/
So I’m not sure how anything I’ve said about Zach Bryan would make you think I want to have sex with him in a portable building on the grounds of a prison.
November 10, 2023 @ 1:38 pm
Ha. Fair enough. You are a good sport.
November 10, 2023 @ 11:43 am
I’m surprised thT Ashley McBryde got shut out from nominations this year, she usually gets a nomination every year, but the competition was stiff this year, so I get it.
November 10, 2023 @ 12:31 pm
Lindeville was something…not my cup of tea but really important to her. But very hard to yank a track out of that which breaks through. Light On In the Kitchen…not sure if it is in the nomination window? If so, that is a bit of a bummer it didn’t get any love. (Album dropped in September, so might be next year)
November 10, 2023 @ 9:04 pm
The album White Horse was on just dropped today, so a September drop for the album Light On was on shouldn’t matter. When did the songs themselves drop? And what is the Grammys’ definition of “drop” for a song? Released as sneak preview on social media/Spotify? Sent to radio?
November 11, 2023 @ 8:58 am
FWIW: McBryde’s “The Devil I Know” was released just within this year’s Grammy eligibility window (on Sept. 8; the cut-off was Sept. 15).
November 10, 2023 @ 11:49 am
I hope performances by Tyler Childers, Zach Bryan, and Billy Strings … you know, artists who didn’t perform Wednesday night.
November 10, 2023 @ 12:47 pm
With five nominations, I think there is at least a possibility we might get a Tyler Childers performance, especially if he wins something. Video of the Year isn’t considered one of the “Big Four” categories (Album, Record, Song, New Artist), but it is an all-genre category. All lot of this will be determined by what awards they decide to televise. If it’s a big name, they often televise Best Country Album. If it’s not, they doing it on the “premier ceremony.” Zach Bryan could be big enough for a primetime announcement.
November 10, 2023 @ 12:14 pm
Not having CWG in any category whatsoever feels ridiculous- especially given the huge surge in popularity he’s had. Few, if any, artists in the genre are (1) putting out critically acclaimed fully formed, thoughtful, and cohesive records, (2) putting sold out levels of asses in the seats at nearly every show, and (3) rubbing elbows with/performing alongside many of the biggest names in the genre both mainstream and “indy” (or whatever you want to call it now). Many of the above artists struggle to tick even one of these boxes, let alone all three. Perhaps there is something more formal going on in the background as to the hows/whys someone can get nominated but damn, some of the folks in the above list have difficulty selling tickets to their own shows, let alone have their music considered for a Grammy.
November 10, 2023 @ 12:56 pm
I’ve mentioned this in a couple of articles now, but I am really disappointed in how Big Loud has handled the release of “Family Ties.” The whole point of signing with a big Music Row label is to get yourself in contention for things like this. Instead, they were a month behind on releasing physical product, which made the album’s chart debut look terrible, they’re not trying to work him to country radio at all yet, and we didn’t see any push for him for these nominations like we saw for scores of other artists.
I don’t want to lump this solely at the feet of Big Loud. CWG doesn’t fit the Grammy mold in some respects. But you would have love to at least see some effort by the label to get him to the next level instead of potentially getting in his way.
November 10, 2023 @ 1:03 pm
Family Ties came out after the Grammy eligibility. So there’s a chance if they desire to push it at the 2025 Grammys
November 11, 2023 @ 9:50 pm
Yes, I stand corrected. It came out the week after, though I believe Godwin did submit songs to song categories this year.
November 10, 2023 @ 12:20 pm
Whodda thunk Tyler Childers would be going up against The Beatles for a Grammy?
November 10, 2023 @ 12:20 pm
improving, but still mostly trash
November 10, 2023 @ 12:37 pm
It’s Zach’s to lose. However, Lainey did sweep at the CMAs and I wonder if that voting block is similar to the grammys voting block
November 10, 2023 @ 12:49 pm
The CMAs are voted on by industry folks. The Grammys are a peer-voted award, meaning it’s musicians, songwriters, producers, and engineers who vote. That doesn’t mean voting blocks can’t still happen, but it’s harder.
November 10, 2023 @ 12:38 pm
Country’s absence from the general field feels especially absurd this year, given the quality of this year’s releases AND the commercial success achieved by the big stars. I always hate when people whine about the Grammys not aligning with the charts (it’s not supposed to be the Billboard awards), but the Grammys usually do honor the absolute biggest hits, and several of those (including the absolute biggest song and album of the year) were country releases. And if there’s any argument to the idea that the Grammys should mirror what’s happening from a cultural perspective … the fact that this was the year in which the big country artists emerged as bigger household names, touring acts, and streaming forces than some of the top rap and pop acts would really speak to how much country shaped culture this year.
Obviously, we got another reminder here (after what happened Wednesday) that awards voters aren’t ready to embrace Morgan Wallen. It feels ridiculous given that he’s been welcomed back in so many respects, even woke Gen Z “influencers” feel 100% comfortable hyping up his music and concert on their socials, and the only ongoing criticism he gets really seems to be from a few white people on Twitter, but it is what it is there. And as you said in your other post, he’s ultimately to blame for what happened.
But Luke Combs made sense as an album nominee since minor past Confederate flag drama aside, he’s generally seen as one of the “good guys” and had one of the biggest hits in all genre this year. I’m actually less surprised he didn’t get a Record of the Year nod than most, since Record doesn’t honor the songwriter and I don’t think anyone wanted the drama of that song possibly winning a Grammy that wouldn’t at least partially honor Tracy Chapman.
Zach Bryan/Kacey Musgraves not getting Song feels irrefutably ridiculous though, since Zach is the kind of artist that the Grammys usually like … and Kacey was a well-known Grammy darling, at least up to that strange pop vs. country drama with her last album.
Zach probably deserved Album too, although that’s a tricky category and there were plenty of arguably more surprising snubs – such as Foo Fighters’ first post-Taylor Hawkins album.
November 10, 2023 @ 1:21 pm
When you really think about it, it’s not that absurd that country music was shut out of the big 3 categories. Music row tends to push certain acts irrespective of how the public perceives them and even though it might seem like those acts are making way for themselves, the minute music row drops them they are all but forgotten (I’m talking about those male acts from late 2010s who always got to number 1s but you couldn’t pick out of a lineup who are now struggling in all aspects).
November 10, 2023 @ 3:18 pm
Morgan, Luke, and Zach were about as organically popular as anyone not named Taylor Swift this year – so I don’t know that the usual “Nashville push” stuff applies here.
November 11, 2023 @ 11:26 am
Well Morgan is still living off the “Dangerous” era and his music isn’t really good. Luke Combs on the other hand reminds me of Luke Bryan from the early 2010s where yes he was successful in Nashville but not so much outside Nashville. Most “country stars” cannot crossover as it is at the moment. Zach and Tyler Childers are the ones I’ll call organic because they are paving their way irrespective of how music row treats them.
November 10, 2023 @ 5:09 pm
I guess it’s in part out of a desire not to award Morgan Wallen, but I’m surprised to see “Last Night” up for song instead of performance. It felt like the real novelty/interesting part that made the song take off was in the production rather than the melody/lyrics.
November 10, 2023 @ 5:18 pm
Damn, Lainey is on a roll. Happy for her. Tangentially related since this article includes roots and Americana artists but there’s a cool collaboration thing with Kelly Jones of Stereophonics and a duo called The Wind and The Wave from Austin. They formed Far From Saints and released an album awhile back but they dropped a really good country-tinged single today called “The Weather Left To Go.” A few of you rock guys on here may know Stereophonics from Wales and know Kelly can sound exactly like Rod Stewart at times. Anyway, check it out. I can’t stop listening to it. Enjoy the weekend and catch some live music if you can!
November 10, 2023 @ 7:30 pm
I wouldn’t expect the Grammy’s to suck off Jelly Roll like the Carb Music Awards (CMA’s)
November 10, 2023 @ 8:03 pm
You only tied for the strangest comment on this article because there is another one about porta potty seks with ZB.
November 10, 2023 @ 8:52 pm
What a strange comment! ????
November 10, 2023 @ 9:20 pm
Jelly Roll is morbidly fat and Laney Wilson became famous because of her butt. (which has since deflated considerably)
November 14, 2023 @ 2:14 pm
It’s as small as her pupils are now.
November 10, 2023 @ 8:00 pm
What in tarnations
November 10, 2023 @ 8:03 pm
My name’s Big Wig Charlie Crop Dust
And this here blog ain’t big enough for the both of us.
November 10, 2023 @ 8:32 pm
Mr. Conrad Fisher,
JOY TO THE BURG.
Awesome.
Don’t yell at me Trig. It’s music. From one of our own.
And it’s happening right now
November 10, 2023 @ 9:59 pm
I totally forgot about the Tyler Childers album, and I bought it when it came out. Can’t remember a single song. I’m surprised it’s nominated. Can’t help but think he’s coasting on name recognition and notoriety alone these days.
Artists like CWG, Brent Cobb, and Gabe Lee are where it’s at for me these days. The new Vincent Neil Emerson album is pretty good too, and I have a feeling the forthcoming Wilder Blue album is going to be excellent.
November 11, 2023 @ 1:08 am
“I wish Allison Russell all the Oscars in the world, but not at the expense of real Americana artists. Can someone urgently explain to me in what way I can interpret ‘The Returner’ as an Americana album? I don’t hear a trace of Americana in it.
November 11, 2023 @ 8:25 am
Would have liked to see Ol’ Robbie Fulks nominated for bluegrass.
November 11, 2023 @ 9:20 am
Maybe his times coming but for me Colter Wall’s Little Songs is a better album than Tyler’s and I like both of them. Maybe its a bit too traditional.
November 11, 2023 @ 10:18 am
Some of these categories baffle me. Why is one Childers song a “country” performance and another off the same album an “Americana” performance? And why is the “Americana” one the Kris Kristofferson-penned that was a major country hit for Sammi Smith, notably recorded by Willie Nelson, and an established country standard for decades? And why is “California Sober”, a bluegrass/honky-tonk fusion, in a category with the Blind Boys of Alabama but not a country one?
November 11, 2023 @ 12:11 pm
I have no answers to your questions – it makes no sense to me either. HOWEVER I hope Tyler does win the Americana award so we can hear another “Americana ain’t no part of nothin'” speech again.
November 11, 2023 @ 1:16 pm
I see I confused the two American Roots categories here but honestly it fits in even worse with all that folkie stuff.
November 11, 2023 @ 4:16 pm
Songs compete in the categories the artist (or their label) submits them in to the Grammy Awards. The more songs you submit, the more likely you are to receive nominations and wins. “Help Me Make It Through The Night” had to be in a performance category instead of a song category because it’s not an original song. Since Childers is already competing in Best Country Solo Performance with “In Your Love,” if he’d also submitted “Help Me Make It Through The Night” in that category as well, he’d be competing with himself, if the Grammys even allow you to submit two songs in the same category.
So instead, “Help Me Make It Through The Night” was submitted in Americana. That was a smart move because it got Childers another nomination, and another chance for a win.
The Grammy Awards also screen all submissions to make sure they’re in the right genre. Generally speaking, they go with the artist’s intent for the song unless it’s something obvious. I’d consider “Help Me Make It Through The Night” a country song, but that particular arrangement very well could be considered Americana, meaning a mix of roots styles, including country.
Clearly, the Grammy voters found favor with Tyler Childers this year. Five nominations in three separate categories is a lot. Kudos for him for having a smart submission strategy. It paid off for him.
November 11, 2023 @ 12:31 pm
What, no Old Dominion? 😉
November 11, 2023 @ 5:53 pm
I’m a little surprised Turnpike is still getting no love. I don’t believe there were five better songs than “A Cat in the Rain.”
November 12, 2023 @ 10:24 am
Most here will probably disagree with this, but Morgan Wallen should’ve had several nominations. He had the #1 (all-genres) of this year, which should warrant a Song of the Year or Record of the Year nomination, and he had the biggest album (all-genres) of this year, which should’ve at least given him a Best Country Album nomination, regardless of how we might personally feel about his music. It’s interesting that the only acknowledgment of Wallen at all came in form of an award that isn’t even given to him…
November 12, 2023 @ 9:06 pm
An idea: if Morgan Wallen actually cares about awards – and he shouldn’t – he should release a cover album containing both classic country songs and his country interpretations of pop and rock songs. Would accomplish 3 things.
1. He could get it out quickly, like in a year.
2. It would sell. A lot.
3. It would address the nonsense “just because he sells a ton doesn’t mean that the songs are good” argument from the crowd that gives awards to the likes of Sam Smith and Megan Thee Stallion. I mean good grief, HARRY STYLES won Record, Song and Album of the year last year, a sweep of the major categories (plus pop solo and pop vocal) and you KNOW that it had more to do with his wearing dresses than, you know, being the next Stevie Wonder or something. Let the guy record another beloved classic like “Fast Car” – except I guess let it be a song written by a straight white male instead of a black lesbian, which is the excuse they are using to deny Luke Combs – and see what they come up with. At that point they’d have to finally acknowledge that their issue is with the genre itself and the fact that they still develop artists and court fans from demos that they don’t want to be represented in popular culture than anything Wallen actually said or did.
But personally, I hope that Wallen shrugs this off and just keeps on making COMMERCIAL hits.The media, awards people etc. will just have to grit their teeth and move on. And yes, this is what Wallen needs to do. The guy is 30. He probably doesn’t have it in him to generate the more mature music that will be expected of him when he hits 40 – or even late 30s – or to pivot when the industry makes another big shift, just like a lot of acts couldn’t when the “bro country” and “hick hop” trends flamed out. Which means that he probably only has maybe 3 big albums left in him before he gets replaced as the industry’s biggest act. He can become one of the biggest artists in history to be mostly ignored by awards, and when that happens it will be the people who give out those awards who will have to deal with it while Morgan will simply be able to move on to the “having fun touring” phase of his career while counting his mountain of cash. By then they will probably do something lame like finally give him a couple of awards in this latter phase of his career as some “make it up to him and his fans” act and push some lame nonsense about how he has ”matured’ into a ‘responsible person'”and “serious artist” which makes it “OK” to give him the awards that they didn’t during the height of his career. But – granted this is more so with the Grammys than the CMAs – Wallen can look at the hyped up no talents and the “we like their politics and what they represent” types that are cleaning up awards these days and declare “didn’t care then and don’t particularly care now.” Maybe when Sally Field did her famous “you like me, you really like me” at the Oscars, the awards had some legitimacy back then so it was merited. These days? It is a joke. Not a chance.
November 12, 2023 @ 8:48 pm
Beatles “Sleeping” Em Cooper is 1966 in all its lsd glory.