D’Addario & Company congratulates their 2017 GRAMMY award winners, who represent several D’Addario product lines— including their flagship D’Addario acoustic and electric guitar strings, Evans drumheads, Promark drumsticks, Planet Waves accessories, as well as D’Addario Woodwinds and D’Addario Orchestral.
The winners include Vince Gill, the members of Snarky Puppy, and Greg Landfair for his contribution to Chance the Rapper’s GRAMMY-winning album Coloring Book, among others for a total of 15 GRAMMY wins for D’Addario artists.
In addition to D’Addario’s award-winning artists, many D’Addario artists were featured during the televised performance. These artists include Greg Landfair (Evans and Promark) with Chance the Rapper, Keith Urban (Fretted and Planet Waves), Anderson .Paak (Evans and Promark) with A Tribe Called Quest, and Gary Clark Jr. performing with William Bell.
2017 D’Addario GRAMMY Award Winners:
Greg Landfair (Evans & Promark) – Chance The Rapper: Best New Artist
Greg Landfair (Evans & Promark) – Chance The Rapper Featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz, “No Problem”: Best Rap Performance
Greg Landfair (Evans & Promark) – Chance The Rapper, Coloring Book: Best Rap Album
Snarky Puppy: Bob Lanzetti (fretted/accessories), Chris Bullock (woodwinds), Larnell Lewis (Evans / Promark),
Robert ‘Sput’ Searight (Evans), Nate Werth (Evans) – Culcha Vulcha: Best Contemporary Instrumental Album Kiko Louriero (Fretted/Accessories), Chris Adler (Evans and Promark) – Megadeth: “Dystopia”: Best Metal
Performance
Jared Champion (Evans and ProMark), Brad Shultz (Fretted and Planet Waves) – Cage The Elephant, Tell Me I’m
Pretty: Best Rock Album
Chris Sholar (Fretted) – Solange, “Cranes in the Sky”: Best R&B Performance
Bennett Lewis (Fretted) – Maren Morris, “My Church”: Best Country Solo Performance
John Scofield (Fretted/Accessories) – John Scofield, soloist, “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry”: Best Improvised Jazz Solo
John Scofield (Fretted/Accessories) – John Scofield, Country For Old Men: Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Ted Nash (D’Addario Woodwinds) – Ted Nash Big Band, Presidential Suite: Eight Variations On Freedom: Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Rory Feek (Fretted and Planet Waves) – Joey+Rory, Hymns: Best Roots Gospel Album
Vince Gill (Fretted and Planet Waves) – Vince Gill, songwriter (The Time Jumpers), “Kid Sister”: Best American Roots Song
Mark O’Connor (D’Addario Orchestral) – O’Connor Band With Mark O’Connor, Coming Home: Best Bluegrass Album
Ted Nash (D’Addario Woodwinds) – Ted Nash, composer (Ted Nash Big Band), “Spoken At Midnight”: Best Instrumental Composition
In Today’s Music Business… Time-Tested Practices Still Serve You Well