Dave Matthews Band’s Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King, an album recorded in response to the tragic death of longtime saxophonist LeRoi Moore, was one of the big surprises at tonight’s announcement of the nominations for the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards. Big Whiskey is in the running for Album of the Year, the first time the band have been honored with a nomination in that category. The platinum-selling album is also up for Best Rock Album.
In the three major Grammy categories — Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Record of the Year — rock music had a very meager showing. Big Whiskey is the sole rock offering for Album of the Year, while Kings of Leon’s “Use Somebody” is the only rock nominee in the Song and Record categories. Earlier today, I had correctly predicted the nods for Kings of Leon, but my prognosticating powers were less reliable when it came to U2 and Green Day. While both bands are up for Best Rock Album — for No Line on the Horizon and 21st Century Breakdown, respectively — they failed to make a dent in the three major categories. Overall, U2 snagged three nominations, Green Day came away with three, and Kings of Leon grabbed four.
Here are some of the notable Grammy nominations in the rock category. The winners will be announced in Los Angeles on January 31, 2010.
- Bob Dylan - “Beyond Here Lies Nothin’”
- John Fogerty - “Change in the Weather”
- Prince - “Dreamer”
- Bruce Springsteen - “Working on a Dream”
- Neil Young - “Fork in the Road”
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
- Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood - “Can’t Find My Way Home”
- Coldplay - “Life in Technicolor II”
- Green Day - “21 Guns”
- Kings Of Leon - “Use Somebody”
- U2 - “I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight”
Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals
- AC/DC - “War Machine”
- Alice in Chains - “Check My Brain”
- Linkin Park - “What I’ve Done”
- Metallica - “The Unforgiven III”
- Nickelback - “Burn It to the Ground”
Best Hard Rock Performance
- Green Day - “21 Guns”
- Kings of Leon - “Use Somebody”
- Pearl Jam - “The Fixer”
- Bruce Springsteen - “Working On A Dream”
- U2 - “I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight”
Best Rock Song
- AC/DC - Black Ice
- Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood - Live From Madison Square Garden
- Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
- Dave Matthews Band - Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King
- U2 - No Line on the Horizon
Best Rock Album
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Dave Matthews Band Grab Album of the Year Grammy Nomination for ‘Big Whiskey’ originally appeared on About.com Rock Music on Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 at 22:43:03.
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