Comments on: Grammy Flashback: Best Female Country Vocal Performance

By: Larry L Stout

Larry L Stout — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:04:43 +0000

Kevin: You list Skeeter Davis as having 4 Nominations Without a Win – she had 5 beginning in 1959 and last in 1972. She actually had 6 if you count the Best C&W Performance in 1967 for “Chet’s Tune” by Some of Chet’s Friends which included Skeeter.

By: Zach

Zach — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 01:49:19 +0000

Trisha MUST win… o.0

but if Carrie wins I wont be that mad…
Although, I’d love to see Womack take home her first win, or Rimes as well….
but Yearwood remains my favorite.
We can say that Womack and Underwood both had hits in this category-
“Last Name” went #1 last year and “Last Call” just went Top 15 ^^

By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:56:43 +0000

carries team decided to subimit just a dream next year, coz they wont have enough material with hte 3 album and in that way it has better chance on song of the year

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By: Gavin

Gavin — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:36:00 +0000

I have a question. Why wasn’t “Gun Powder and Lead” included in the nominations? It would have been the second biggest hit behind Last Name and Miranda’s biggest hit to date and a much better single than Martina’s “For These Times”. Am I missing something? I fully expected Carrie to get a nomination for “Just a Dream” and inexplicably it wasn’t submitted. Did anyone read anything about Just a Dream being disqualified for some obscure rule and therefore couldn’t be submitted? I thought I saw or heard that somewhere or was it just a dream. “Last Name” isn’t even close to being Carrie’s best song but I didn’t hate it and if she wins good for her. Trisha and Lee Ann, though they sang their songs perfectly, stayed in their comfort zone and really didn’t improve upon anything they’ve done in the past. LeAnne on the other hand veered away from her comfort zone with “What I Cannot Change” and hit a home run both artistically and vocally and deserves to win.

By: Cory DeStein

Cory DeStein — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:43:27 +0000

I’m not suprised that McBride has never won. She has a great voice but often over uses it and has a poor song catalog that lacks consistency.
This ur I think it will be a show down of Yearwood and Rimes….again! Underwood just has a very weak single this yr and the song does not deserve a Grammy.

By: Leeann Ward

Leeann Ward — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:22:51 +0000

My least favorite of the songs was actually Krauss’s, due to the production, not the vocals though. I agree on the vocals for Miranda, however, though I really like that song.

By: Dan Milliken

Dan Milliken — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:44:40 +0000

And ditto Leeann on 2008 – it really says something when Miranda Lambert has probably the weakest performance of the bunch (to be fair, the other singers’ songs allowed them a lot more space to show off).

By: Dan Milliken

Dan Milliken — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:40:05 +0000

Hill I’ve never much cared for, but I don’t think Twain winning for “Man! I Feel Like A Woman!” deserves to be termed “embarrassing,” whatever folks like Steve Earle might say (and despite the fact that it meant Alison Krauss losing for “Forget About It”). Twain’s song might have been a fluffy, semi-ridiculous up-tempo, but her delivery on it was totally original at the time – the only reason it might seem less so nowadays is that countless girl singers have since tried to affect it (to varying extents). It seems like Twain has been frequently aided by pitch correction and I can see how a concern about that might make her win look silly. But the Grammys were originally created to reward creativity, and however we feel about Twain’s work, there’s no denying that her best stuff has that in spades, although it’s probably true that she won the category on mere name recognition. Anyways, I personally think her win for “You’re Still the One” was much less justified.

By: Leeann Ward

Leeann Ward — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:19:29 +0000

I actually think that one of my favorite years for this category was 2008. I liked all of those songs.