The 54th annual Grammy awards show featured legendary performances by many iconic musicians and many who are long time Mesa endorsees. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band kicked off the evening with their new single “We Take Care of Our Own”. Bruce, who recently swapped out his Mesa/Boogie Mark II C+ touring heads (for over 20 years) with ElectraDynes, returned later in the show to play with Paul McCartney for an Abbey Road medley. Following his recent induction into the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Sir Paul took us back in time with some great songs and his Mesa Bass 400+, 1516 and 2×15 bass cabs.
Other notable performances featuring Mesa Artists included Kenji Chan with Bruno Mars, playing a Mark V and 4×12 Traditional Straight cabinet and Kurt Allison with Jason Aldean using Dual Rectifiers and 4×12 Rectifier cabs.
We’d like to congratulate all of the Mesa/Boogie Artists Nominated for Grammy Awards this year:
Bruno Mars guitarist Kenji Chan – Mark V &4×12 Traditional cabinet
Paul McCartney – Bass 400+, 2×15 Diesel Bass cabinet, 1516 Diesel Bass Cabinet
Dream Theater’s John Petrucci – Mark V & 4×12 Traditional cabinet
Mastodon’s Bill Keliher – Royal Atlantic RA-100 head
My Morning Jacket’s Tom Blankenship – Bass 400+, M-Pulse 600, 8×10 Powerhouse bass cabinet.
Betty Wright and The Roots’ Kirk Douglas – Stiletto Deuce, 4×12 Traditional cabinet
Jason Aldean’s Kurt Allison – Lone Star Special Heads & 4×12 Traditional cabinet
Blake Shelton’s Rob Byus – Big Block 750, M6 Carbine, Vintage Powerhouse 4×12 cabinet
Thompson Square’s Darren Theriault – Bass 400+, 8×10 Powerhouse cabinet
Eric Church’s Lee Hendricks – Big Block 750, 6×10 Powerhouse cabinet
Mana’s Sergio Vallin – Simul-Class 2:90
Lucinda Williams’ Chet Lyster – Lone Star Special 1×12 Combo, Lone Star 1×12 Combo
Keb Mo’s Guitarist Terry Wollman – Lone Star 2×12 Combo – and – Bassist Vail Johnson – M9 Carbine & 2×15 Vintage Powerhouse cab
Bruce Springsteen – Electradyne heads
Weird Al Yancovic’s Bassist Stephen Jay – Big Block 750, 8×10 Powerhouse cab – and – Guitarist Jim Kimo West – 2:50 power amp
TV on the Radio’s Kyp Malone – Mark IV Combo
For a complete list and categories, visit www.grammy.com
