NASHVILLE -- In an awards program Thursday at the historic Ryman auditorium, the unlikely Americana duo of Robert Plant and Allison Krauss took home two awards, and Levon Helm one.
The titles of their most recent CDs are testaments to futility: Plant and Krauss released "Raising Sand" and Helm's latest is "Dirt Farmer." But they were triumphant Thursday.
The winners:
Album of the Year -- "Raising Sand," by Plant/Krauss
Artist of the Year -- Levon Helm
Instrumentalist of the Year -- Buddy Miller
New Emerging Artist of the Year -- Mike Farris (Is it me, or is that award title redundant?)
Song of the Year -- "She Left Me for Jesus," Hayes Carll and Brian Keane (who thanked God in his acceptance speech)
Duo/Group of the Year -- Plant/Krauss
President's Award -- Jerry Garcia
Spirit of Americana Free Speech Award -- Joan Baez
Lifetime Achievement for Songwriting -- John Hiatt
Lifetime Achievement for Performance -- Jason and the Scorchers
Jack Emerson Lifetime Achievement for Executive -- Terry Lickona, for 30 years producer of the PBS show "Austin City Limits," the longest-running music TV show in the history of television
Americana Trailblazer -- Nanci Griffith
Lifetime Achievement, Engineer/Producer -- Tony Brown
Lifetime Achievement, Instrumentalist -- Larry Campbell
-- MichaelK
One-liners (and bonus sentences) from the awards program:
"How did I get here." -- Robert Plant
"Don't ever play that on one of my songs." -- Buddy Miller, quoting his wife, Julie Lee
"The founding members of Americana: Jerry Lee Lewis and The Ramones." -- Jason and the Scorchers
"My mother always said, 'John, sing the pretty ones,' but I didn't want to sing the pretty ones because I was young and angry. Now, I mostly sing the pretty ones when I can because that's what people want to hear. "It's not so bad." -- John Hiatt
"I never was in a band where someone else sang. I like this better." -- Robert Plant on his partnership with Allison Krauss
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