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Robert Plant and Alison Krauss To Play Grammys

January 29th 2009 in Americana, Country Music, News, Television, alt.country, awards

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss are confirmed as performers at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards ceremony and telecast in Los Angeles (February 8th,2009) The backing band will include acclaimed performer and ‘Raising Sand’ producer T Bone Burnett, and a stellar cast of musicians from the Raising Sand album and tour.

The event will mark both the first trip to the awards and first performance for Robert Plant, who says: “I’m looking forward to being in Los Angeles, but musically — and spiritually — I expect we’ll be somewhere halfway between the Mississippi Delta and the Clinch Mountains.”

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss – Black Country Woman

2 comments to...
“Robert Plant and Alison Krauss To Play Grammys”

savingcountrymusic.com
wrote on January 30th, 2009

Wait a second, I thought Plant didn’t want to tour because he didn’t want to play the same old tired Zepplin songs.

Baron Lane
wrote on January 30th, 2009

Ya gotta give the crowd what they want. I think he didn’t want to tour with Zep because he didn’t want to do the songs the old way. You can only be a rock god for so long.

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