Ganadores de los Grammy 2008

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El pasado domingo día 10 de febrero se celebró en Los Angeles la 50 edición de la entrega de premios Grammys 2008.

En los quenos concierne respecto a las categorías de Blues, Rock y Metal podemos destacar los 3 Grammys entregados a Bruce Springsteen con su disco “Magic”, compitiendo con artistas de la talla de Paul McCartney en la categoría de mejor vocalista de rock, de Metallica, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani o Rush en la de mejor Banda de Rock Instrumental con el tema “Once Upon A Time In The West” y la de mejor canción Rock con “Radio Nowhere”.

Otros de los grandes triunfadores de la noche fueron The White Stripes y Foo Fighters con 2 estatuillas cada uno.

Por supuesto no nos olvidamos y nos alegramos de Slayer consiguiendo un Grammy como mejor banda de Metal.

En la categoría de Blues cabe destacar el Grammy conseguido por JJ Cale & Eric Clapton.

Estas son las listas finales con todas las nominaciones y ganadores en las categorías de blues y rock y algunos de los videos de los temas ganadores.

Rock

Categoría 15
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

* Timebomb
Beck
[Interscope Records]

* Only Mama Knows
Paul McCartney
Track from: Memory Almost Full
[MPL/Hear Music]

* Our Country
John Mellencamp
Track from: Freedom’s Road
[UME/Universal Republic]

* Radio Nowhere
Bruce Springsteen
Track from: Magic
[Columbia]

* Come On
Lucinda Williams
Track from: West
[Lost Highway Records]

Categoría 16

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
(For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

* It’s Not Over
Daughtry
[RCA Records/19 Recordings]

* Working Class Hero
Green Day
Track from: Instant Karma - The Amnesty International Campaign To Save Darfur
[Warner Bros.]

* If Everyone Cared
Nickelback
Track from: All The Right Reasons Special Edition
[Roadrunner Records]

* Instant Karma
U2
Track from: Instant Karma - The Amnesty International Campaign To Save Darfur
[Warner Bros.]

* Icky Thump
The White Stripes
Track from: Icky Thump
[Third Man/Warner Bros.]

Categoría 17

Best Hard Rock Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

* Sweet Sacrifice
Evanescence
Track from: The Open Door
[Wind-up Records, LLC]

* The Pretender
Foo Fighters
[Roswell/RCA Records]

* I Don’t Wanna Stop
Ozzy Osbourne
Track from: Black Rain
[Epic]

* Sick, Sick, Sick
Queens Of The Stone Age
Track from: Era Vulgaris
[Interscope Recods]

* The Pot
Tool
Track from: 10,000 Days
[Volcano]

Categoría 18

Best Metal Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

* Nothing Left
As I Lay Dying
Track from: An Ocean Between Us
[Metal Blade Records]

* Never Ending Hill
King Diamond
Track from: Give Me Your Soul…Please
[Metal Blade Records]

* Aesthetics Of Hate
Machine Head
Track from: The Blackening
[Roadrunner Records]

* Redemption
Shadows Fall
Track from: Threads Of Life
[Atlantic]

* Final Six
Slayer
Track from: Christ Illusion
[American Recording/Columbia]

Categoría 19

Best Rock Instrumental Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Includes Rock, Hard Rock and Metal. Singles or Tracks only.)

* The Ecstasy Of Gold
Metallica
Track from: We All Love Ennio Morricone
[Sony Classical]

* Malignant Narcissism
Rush
Track from: Snakes & Arrows
[Anthem/Atlantic]

* Always With Me, Always With You
Joe Satriani
Track from: Satriani Live!
[Epic/Red Ink]

* Once Upon A Time In The West
Bruce Springsteen
Track from: We All Love Ennio Morricone
[Sony Classical]

* The Attitude Song
Steve Vai
Track from: Sound Theories Vol. I & II
[Epic/Red Ink]

Categoría 20

Best Rock Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. Includes Rock, Hard Rock & Metal songs. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

* Come On
Lucinda Williams, songwriter (Lucinda Williams)
Track from: West
[Lost Highway Records; Publishers: Warner-Tamerlane Publishing/Lucy Jones Music]

* Icky Thump
Jack White, songwriter (The White Stripes)
Track from: Icky Thump
[Third Man/Warner Bros.; Publisher: Peppermint Stripe Music]

* It’s Not Over
Chris Daughtry, Gregg Wattenberg, Mark Wilkerson & Brett Young, songwriters (Daughtry)
[RCA Records/19 Recordings; Publishers: Surface Pretty Deep Ugly Music, G Watt Music/EMI April Music, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, Floating Leaf]

* The Pretender
Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel & Chris Shiflett, songwriters (Foo
Fighters)
[Roswell/RCA Records; Publishers: M.J. Twelve Music, I Love The Punk Rock Music, Living Under A Rock Music, Flying Earform Music]

* Radio Nowhere
Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)
Track from: Magic
[Columbia; Publisher: Bruce Springsteen]

Categoría 21

Best Rock Album
(Vocal or Instrumental. Includes Hard Rock and Metal.)

* Daughtry
Daughtry
[RCA Records]

* Revival
John Fogerty
[Fantasy]

* Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
Foo Fighters
[Roswell/RCA Records]

* Magic
Bruce Springsteen
[Columbia]

* Sky Blue Sky
Wilco
[Nonesuch Records]

Alternativa

Categoría 22

Best Alternative Music Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

* Alright, Still…
Lily Allen
[Capitol Records]

* Neon Bible
Arcade Fire
[Merge Records]

* Volta
Bjork
[Elektra/Atlantic]

* Wincing The Night Away
The Shins
[Sub Pop]

* Icky Thump
The White Stripes
[Third Man/Warner Bros.]

Blues

Categoría 66

Best Traditional Blues Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

* Pinetop Perkins On The 88’s - Live In Chicago
Pinetop Perkins
[Sagebrush Productions/Vizztone Label Group]

* 10 Days Out: Blues From The Backroads
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Featuring Various Artists
[Reprise Records]

* Old School
Koko Taylor
[Alligator Records]

* Last Of The Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen: Live In Dallas
Henry James Townsend, Joe Willie “Pinetop” Perkins, Robert Lockwood, Jr. & David “Honeyboy” Edwards
[The Blue Shoe Project]

Categoría 67

Best Contemporary Blues Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

* Into The Blues
Joan Armatrading
[429 Records]

* Is It News
Doyle Bramhall
[Yep Roc Records]

* The Road To Escondido
JJ Cale & Eric Clapton
[Reprise Records/Warner Music Group]

* Truth
Robben Ford
[Concord Records]

* The Scene Of The Crime
Bettye LaVette
[Anti]

Estos son algunos de los momentos de los Grammys 2008 o temas de los ganadores de la noche:

Bruce Springsteen - Radio Nowhere