When Best New Artist nominee Brandy Clark was invited to sing on the 57th annual Grammy Awards, she was asked to name eight "world class guitar players" with whom she'd love to perform. At the top of her list was her fellow opening act, Dwight Yoakam, from last year's Eric Church Outsiders World Tour... and the Recording Academy didn't have to look beyond his name.
"I was standing up there thinking, 'Wow, this is the guy.... One of my favorite songs ever was [Yoakam's] 'Try Not to Look So Pretty,'" Clark said after Grammy rehearsals last week. "Am I cool enough to stand on stage with this guy?"
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