In case you didn’t know you could watch the Grammys Pre-Telecast (and who did, really? The hubs found this accidentally while we were looking for some sort of red carpet coverage – and this was far better!), you missed out on a few good acts!! You also missed some really entertaining hosting by Cyndi Lauper.
This is a much less pop-centric version of the show – I wish just a little of this diversity could have been shared with the televised audience.
Watch the entire Pre-Telecast here (limited time only) here – there were a lot of ‘accepted on behalf of’ moments, but people were sincere.
Here are some of the great acts you may have missed:
- Summer Horns (including Dave Koz) – HOT jazz on a COLD night (I couldn’t resist)
- La Santa Cecilia
- Roomful of Teeth – not your standard choral performance, but well-done (and they won!)
Things I learned during this pre-telecast:
- Cee Lo Green did a Christmas album – check it out!
- Snoop Dogg has recreated himself as Snoop Lion & has a reggae album out
- You can win a Grammy for best album notes – I’ve gotta get this gig!
The Classy Acceptance Speech award goes to Jennifer Gasoi for her remarks after accepting the Grammy for Best Children’s Album.
The most graceful, humble and thankful to receive their awards were hands down at the ‘pre-party’. It was a little long, but a cool thing to know about & check out next year!
Donita Westman 