Country Music People February 2020 - 50 Years Anniversary Special | Page 5

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TANYA TUCKER FINALLY WINS A GRAMMY
t’s taken more than 40 years but finally Tanya Tucker has a Grammy.
Not only that, she has two. First nominated in 1973 with her breakout
smash Delta Dawn, the 61-year-old country legend won Best
Country Album for her Brandi Carlile/Shooter Jennings-produced While
I’m Livin’ and Best Country Song for Bring My Flowers Now.
A performance of Bring My Flowers Now accompanied only by
Carlile on piano was a highlight of The 62nd Annual Grammy Awards
held Jan 26 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Accepting her award for Best Country Song the former wild-child
said, “After almost 50 years in this business, after many dreams, it’s
still unbelievable to me that I’d still have a few firsts left. After 14 trips,
14 nominations, this is the first win.”
“At 61 years old, it’s a woman in country music leading the way,”
said Carlile.
Shooter Jennings joined Carlile and Tucker on stage to accept the
award for Best Country Album.
Willie Nelson picked up the Best Country Solo Performance for Ride
Me Back Home, the title track of his latest album, while Dan+Shay won
Best Country duo/Group Performance for Speechless.
All the country-related winners below:
Best Country Solo Performance
“Ride Me Back Home,” Willie Nelson Best Country Album
While I’m Livin’, Tanya Tucker Best Americana Album
Oklahoma, Keb’ Mo’
Best Country Duo/Group
Performance
“Speechless,” Dan + Shay Best American Roots Performance
“Saint Honesty,” Sara Bareilles Best Bluegrass Album
Tall Fiddler, Michael Cleveland
Best American Roots Song
“Call My Name,” I’m With Her (Sarah
Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan, and Sara
Watkins, songwriters) Best Folk Album
Patty Griffin, Patty Griffin
Best Country Song
“Bring My Flowers Now,” Tanya Tucker
(Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim
Hanseroth, and Tanya Tucker, songwriters)
The new Voice?
Watch out for the towering 6’6” singer Jake Hoot who won the latest series of The Voice last December.
Described a having a “country flavour” he was aided to victory by performances with Luke Combs, Little
Big Town, and Lady Antebellum. Among the songs he performed in the show were Trace Adkins’ Every
Light In The House, Rhett Akins’ That Ain’t My Truck, and the Eagles’ Desperado.