Grammy Pre-Show Live Blog: 2008

Country Winners

Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals:
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, “Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)”

Best Bluegrass Album:
Jim Lauderdale, The Bluegrass Diaries

Best Country Song:
Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, “Before He Cheats”

Best Female Country Vocal Performance:
Carrie Underwood, “Before He Cheats”

Best Country Instrumental Performance:
Brad Paisley, “Throttleneck”

Best Country Collaboration with Vocals:
Willie Nelson & Ray Price, “Lost Highway”

Best Country Performance By a Duo or Group with Vocals:
Eagles, “How Long”

Best Male Country Vocal Performance:
Keith Urban, “Stupid Boy”

Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album:
Ricky Skaggs & The Whites, Salt of the Earth

Best Traditional Folk Album:
Levon Helm, Dirt Farmer

Best Contemporary Folk Album:
Steve Earle, Washington Square Serenade

Best Short Form Music Video:
Johnny Cash, “God’s Gonna Cut You Down”

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Pre-Show Winners, as announced:

6:43 Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Mark Ronson

6:42 Best Alternative Music Album: The White Stripes, Icky Thump

6:42 Best Rock Song: Bruce Springsteen, “Radio Nowhere”

6:41 Best Rock Instrumental Performance: Bruce Springsteen, “Once Upon a Time in the West”

6:39 Best Metal Performance: Final Six, “Slayer”

6:37 Best Hard Rock Performance: Foo Fighters, “The Pretender”

6:37 Best Rock Performance By a Duo or Group with Vocals: The White Stripes, “Icky Thump”

6:36 Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance: Bruce Springsteen, “Radio Nowhere”

6:36 Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Michael Buble, Call Me Irresponsible

6:35 Best Electronic/Dance Album: The Chemical Brothers, We are the Night

6:34 Best Dance Recording: Justin Timberlake, “LoveStoned/I Think She Knows”

6:34 Best Comedy Album: Flight of the Concords, The Distant Future

6:32 Best Pop Vocal Album: Amy Winehouse, Back to Black

6:32 Best Pop Instrumental Album: Beastie Boys, The Mix-Up

6:31 Best Pop Instrumental Performance: Joni Mitchell, “One Week Last Summer”

6:30 Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals: Rober Plant & Alison Krauss, “Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)”

6:30 Best Pop Vocal Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocals: Maroon 5, “Makes Me Wonder”

6:30 Best Male Pop Vocal Performance: Justin Timberlake, “What Goes Around…Comes Around”

6:29 Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: Amy Winehouse, “Rehab”

6:27 Best Bluegrass Album: Jim Lauderdale, The Bluegrass Diaries

6:24 Best Country Song: Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, “Before He Cheats”

6:23 Best Country Instrumental Performance: Brad Paisley, “Throttleneck”

6:23 Best Country Collaboration with Vocals: Willie Nelson & Ray Price, “Lost Highway”

6:22 Best Country Performance By a Duo or Group with Vocals: Eagles, “How Long”

6:21 Best Male Country Vocal Performance: Keith Urban, “Stupid Boy”

6:18 Best Female Country Vocal Performance: Carrie Underwood, “Before He Cheats”

6:16 Best Contemporary Blues Album: JJ Cale & Eric Clapton, The Road to Escondido

6:10 Best Traditional Blues Album: Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen, Live in Dallas

6:09 Best Contemporary R&B Album: Ne-Yo, Because of You

6:08 Best R&B Album: Chaka Khan, Funk This

6:07 Best R&B Song: Dirty Harry, Kerry Brothers & Alicia Keys, “No One”

6:06 Best Urban/Alternative Peformance: Lupe Fiasco featuring Jill Scott, “Daydreamin'”

6:04 Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: Gerald Levert, “In My Songs”

6:04 Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals: Chaka Khan featuring Mary J. Blige, “Disrespectful”

6:03 Best Male R&B Vocal Performance: Prince, “Future Baby Mama”

6:02 Best Latin Jazz Album: Paquito D’Rivera Quintet, Funk Tango

6:00 Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Terence Blanchard, A Tale of God’s Will (A Requiem for Katrina)

5:59 Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group: Michael Brecker, Pilgrimage

5:58 Best Jazz Instrumental Solo: Michael Brecker, “Anagram”

5:55 Best Jazz Vocal Album: Patti Austin, Avant Gershwin

5:53 Best Contemporary Jazz Album: Herbie Hancock, River: The Joni Letters

5:51 Best New Age Album: Paul Winter Consort, Crestone

5:49 Best Rap Song: Aldrin Davis, Mike Dean, Faheem Najm & Kanye West, “Good Life”
5:48 Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: Common featuring Kanye West , “Southside”

5:48 Best Rap Solo Performance: Kanye West, “Stronger”

5:47 Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album: Fred Hammond, Free to Worship

5:46 Best Traditional Gospel Album: The Clark Sisters, Live: One Last Time

5:44 Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album: Ricky Skaggs & The Whites, Salt of the Earth

5:42 Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album: Israel & New Breed, A Deeper Level

5:40 Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album: Ashley Cleveland, Before the Daylight’s Shot

5:38 Best Gospel Song: Karen Clark-Sheard, “Blessed & Highly Favored”

5: 36 Best Gospel Performance: TIE: The Clark Sisters, “Blessed & Highly Favored”; Aretha Franklin & Mary J. Blige (with Harlem Boys Choir), “Never Gonna Break My Faith”

5:35 Best Polka Album: Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra, Come Share the Wine

5:33 There’s a performance going on.

5:23 Best Contemporary World Music Album: Angelique Kidjo, Djin Djin

5:22 Best Traditional World Music Album: Soweto Gospel Choir, African Spirit

5:21 Best Reggae Album: Stephen Marley, Mind Control

5:16 Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album: Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience

5:15 Best Hawaiian Album: Various Artists, Treasures of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar

5:14 Best Native American Album: Johnny Whitehorse

5:13 Best Contemporary Folk Album: Steve Earle, Washington Square Serenade

5:11 Best Banda Album: El Chapo

5:10 Best Norteno Album: Los Rieleros Del Norte, Ven Y Dime

5:10 Best Tejano Album: Little Joe & La Familia, Before the Next Teardrop Falls

5:09 Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album: Pepe Aguialar, 100% Mexicano

5:08 Best Tropical Latin Album: Juan Luis Guerra, La Llave De Mi Corazon

5:07 Best Latin Urban Album: Calle 13, Residente A Visitante

5:05 Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album: No Hay Espacio, Black: Guayaba

5:04 Best Latin Pop Album: Alejandro Sanz, El Tren De Los Momentos

5:02 Best Classical Crossover Album: Turtle Island Quartet, A Love Supreme

5:01 Best Classical Contemporary Composition: Joan Tower, “Made in America”

5:00 Best Classical Vocal Performance: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

4:59 Best Chamber Music Performance: Eighth Blackbird, Strange Imaginary Animals

4:58 Best Instrumental Peformance without Orchestra: Garrick Ohison

4:57 Best Instrumental Peformance with Orchestra: Roza Violinist Concerto No. 4

4:56 Best Choral Peformance: Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem

4:55 Best Opera Recording: Humperdink: Hansel & Gretel

4:54 Best Orchestral Performance: Tower: Made in America

4:53 Best Classical Album: Tower: Made in America

4:52 Producer of the Year, Classical: Judith Newton

4:50 Best Engineered Album, Classical: John Newton, Grechaninov: Passion Week

4:49 Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): John Clayton, “I’m Gonna Live Till I Die” (Queen Latifah)

4:48 Best Instrumental Arrangement: Vince Mendoza, “In a Silent Way”

4:46 Best Instrumental Composition: Maria Schneider, “Cerulean Skies”

4:45 Best Song Written For TV/Film/Media: Siedah Garrett & Henry Krieger, “Love You I Do” (Dreamgirls)

4:44 Best Score Soundtrack Recording: Ratatouille

4:41 Musical Show Album: Spring Awakening

4:40 Best Spoken Word Album: Barack Obama, The Audacity of Hope

4:39 Best Spoken Word Album for Children: Jim Dale, Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows

4:38 Best Musical Album for Children: The Muppets, Green & Red Christmas

4:36 Best Surround Sound Album: The Beatles, Love

4:35 Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: Benny Benassi, “Bring the Noise”

4:33 Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Suzanne Vega, Beauty & Crime

4:31 Best Historical Album: The Live Wire: Woody Guthrie in Performance

4:29 Best Boxed or Special Edition Package: Various Artists, What it is! Funky Soul and Rare Grooves

4:27 Best Recording Package: Bright Eyes, Cassadaga

4:24 Best Long Form Music Video: Madonna, The Confessions Tour

4:23 Best Short Form Music Video: Johnny Cash, “God’s Gonna Cut You Down”

4:21 100 Grammy Awards to be announced in the next two hours.

4:18 First co-hosts are Patti Austin & Peter Frampton.

4:16 Jimmy Jam giving a nice (long) intro speech.

4:12 Ledisi is performing. Yes, even in the pre-telecast, you have to wade through performances to get to the actual awards.

4:08 Awards starting soon.

3:57 Pre-Show Telecast beginning soon. Stay tuned for winners in all categories as they are announced.