Congrats to Robert Plant and Allison Krauss for nabbing 5 Grammy awards for Raising Sand last night - I found it interesting that "Please Read The Letter" won as best record, being a throw-away song of Plant and Page's from the Zep days, ressurected for their Walking Into Clarksdale album from 1999, and finally finding specific gravity with Krauss' yearnful vocal.
Is it just me, or is Plant at his best when delving into, and almost-but-not-quite channeling pure Americana musical mythos. Chicago Blues, 40 years ago, and now country / bluegrass.
Krauss has now won 26 Grammy awards. The term "lovely and talented" should be permanently retired in her honor. And does T-Bone Burnett ever make a bad record?
As for Plant, his stubborn refusal to do what everyone wanted him to do, and work this project instead, would certainly seem to be vindicated.
Still, that won't stop people from wanting him to do it anyway.
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