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JI & 400 - 2018 Grammy Nominations

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Best Americana Album
-The Nashville Sound
Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit

Best American Roots Song
-If We Were Vampires
Jason Isbell, songwriter (Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit)



Cumberland Gap was also nominated for Best American Roots Song but it's the David Rawlings & Gillian Welch song (good tune BTW).

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zoid wrote: Cumberland Gap was also nominated for Best American Roots Song but it's the David Rawlings & Gillian Welch song (good tune BTW).
They definitely nominated the better Cumberland Gap
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Clams wrote:
zoid wrote: Cumberland Gap was also nominated for Best American Roots Song but it's the David Rawlings & Gillian Welch song (good tune BTW).
They definitely nominated the better Cumberland Gap
Rolling Stone compared JI's version to Decoration Day and Go It Alone. No and no.

Cumberland Gap is "Good" with bad lyrics.

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lotusamerica wrote:
Clams wrote:
zoid wrote: Cumberland Gap was also nominated for Best American Roots Song but it's the David Rawlings & Gillian Welch song (good tune BTW).
They definitely nominated the better Cumberland Gap
Rolling Stone compared JI's version to Decoration Day and Go It Alone. No and no.

Cumberland Gap is "Good" with bad lyrics.
"Good" is way better.

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Iowan wrote:
lotusamerica wrote:
Clams wrote: They definitely nominated the better Cumberland Gap
Rolling Stone compared JI's version to Decoration Day and Go It Alone. No and no.

Cumberland Gap is "Good" with bad lyrics.
"Good" is way better.
Agreed, especially the lyrics. I just meant the sound and tempo of the song.

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