Post by IAMCAPER on Dec 11, 2006 10:35:06 GMT -4
Accolades continue to roll in for the Gordie Sampson-penned tune Jesus, Take The Wheel.
The latest honour, the biggest of all, is a pair of Grammy nominations for song of the year and best country song.
“It’s pretty killer, man,” said the Big Pond native from Halifax, where he was preparing for a show at the Halifax Casino. “It is fantastic.
“I didn’t see it coming, especially not two nominations.”
Grammys will be awarded Feb. 11 in Los Angeles.
The song he wrote, with collaborators Brett James and Hillary Lindsey and performed by 2005 American Idol winner Carrie Underwood, has tough competition in both categories.
Other song of the year nominees are the Mary J. Blige tune Be Without You; Not Ready To Make Nice by the Dixie Chicks; Corinne Bailey Rae’s Put Your Records On and James Blunt’s You’re Beautiful.
In the best country song category he’ll be up against Every Mile A Memory by Dierks Bentley; I Don’t Feel Like Loving You Today by Gretchen Wilson; Alan Jackson’s Like Red On A Rose and What Hurts The Most from Rascal Flatts.
Sampson’s tune was inspired by the death of an acquaintance in a car crash. Driving past the accident site, he remembered another story an aunt had told him about losing control of her car and asking God to take control of it.
No Cape Bretoner has ever won a Grammy.
Natalie MacMaster came close with a 2001 nomination in the Best Traditional Folk Album category for My Roots are Showing.
The latest honour, the biggest of all, is a pair of Grammy nominations for song of the year and best country song.
“It’s pretty killer, man,” said the Big Pond native from Halifax, where he was preparing for a show at the Halifax Casino. “It is fantastic.
“I didn’t see it coming, especially not two nominations.”
Grammys will be awarded Feb. 11 in Los Angeles.
The song he wrote, with collaborators Brett James and Hillary Lindsey and performed by 2005 American Idol winner Carrie Underwood, has tough competition in both categories.
Other song of the year nominees are the Mary J. Blige tune Be Without You; Not Ready To Make Nice by the Dixie Chicks; Corinne Bailey Rae’s Put Your Records On and James Blunt’s You’re Beautiful.
In the best country song category he’ll be up against Every Mile A Memory by Dierks Bentley; I Don’t Feel Like Loving You Today by Gretchen Wilson; Alan Jackson’s Like Red On A Rose and What Hurts The Most from Rascal Flatts.
Sampson’s tune was inspired by the death of an acquaintance in a car crash. Driving past the accident site, he remembered another story an aunt had told him about losing control of her car and asking God to take control of it.
No Cape Bretoner has ever won a Grammy.
Natalie MacMaster came close with a 2001 nomination in the Best Traditional Folk Album category for My Roots are Showing.