I didn't watch the pre-telecast awards ceremony for the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards this afternoon -- for one thing, I already had other plans, but I also had a sneaking suspicion that I knew who would win the Best Musical Album for Children. When Pete Seeger is nominated in your category, you'd probably best just get out of the way. He was my pick when the nominees were announced and sure enough, he won this afternoon for his album Tomorrow's Children. This article says Seeger was surprised -- "I never thought in a million years we'd win a Grammy," Seeger is quoted as saying -- but I wasn't. I liked Tomorrow's Children and gave away a copy of the album, but didn't feel it was quite as good as Justin Roberts' Jungle Gym or Here Comes Science from They Might Be Giants. Still considering it's only the fourth Grammy for a man who should have so many that he's using them as holders for spare rolls of toilet paper, it's not surprising that he's picking up a few late in his career.
And, yes, as predicted, Julie Andrews also won a Grammy for Julie Andrews' Collection Of Poems, Songs, And Lullabies, beating out Bill Harley and the Healthy Food for Thought kid-comp. Again, hard to begrudge Julie Andrews winning anything at this point...
Congratulations to Pete, Julie, and all the nominees...
