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wcerto
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 Posted - 12/30/2011 : 1:33:51 PM
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From http://honoluluweekly.com/cover/2011/12/island-home-companions/#.Tv5AHyzdHhM.facebook
Keillor, who received a Grammy Award in 1988 for his recording of Lake Wobegon Days and a nomination for Best Spoken Comedy in 1995, says, “The Grammy is, like most awards in the arts, an enormous hoax. It’s all about corporate politics and back-scratching and log-rolling and not much about music at all. Awards mean a great deal to the audience, and if someone introduces me and mentions that I won a Grammy, people perk right up. But it’s a scam. Hawaiian music doesn’t need trophies–it needs musicians to carry on the tradition.”
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Me ke aloha
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slipry1
Ha`aha`a
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Posted - 12/30/2011 : 1:49:54 PM
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| Amen! Just what I've been trying to say on the topic, but, as usual, Garrison says it much more succinctly and better. |
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Garrison Keillor on the topic of Grammy Awards
