Allison Krauss, Robert Plant and T-Bone Burnett (far right)
Texas artists landed 30 nominations in 20 categories when the contenders for the 51st annual Grammy Awards were announced today, including all five nominees for Best Tejano Album and four of the five Best Norteno Album contenders. All of this year's nominations are in what pols would call down-ballot categories, though.
The only Texan up for any of the four major awards - Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Album of the Year, Best
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The most talented member of CSN-without-the-Y, Stephen Stills was riding high on a solo career with tracks like "Love the One You're With," "Black Queen" and "Change Partners." During sessions for his third solo record, Stills recorded with an ad-hoc studio group of crack players - wandering in and out of sessions was very big in the '70s - who gelled so well together that they decided to form a real group.
In addition to Stills, Manassas included ex-Byrds singer/g
