Cheryl Pawelski at the 65th GRAMMY Awards, Los Angeles, CA February 5, 2023
This year's GRAMMY Awards are but a memory now. I'm sad to report that Blondie: Against The Odds: 1974-1982 did not take home the award. But not too sad because that honor went to my good friend, historical producer par-excellence and frequent collaborator Cheryl Pawelski. Cheryl shares this award with her co-producer, Jeff Tweedy for their work on Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition). The project is an outstanding achievement and couldn't be more deserving.
The other nominees in this category have all gone above and beyond as well. Congratulations to Robert Russ and Martin Kistner for Glenn Gould’s The Goldberg Variations - The Complete Unreleased 1981 Studio Sessions, Scott Billington, Ted Olson, Mason Williams and Paul Blakemore for Doc Watson’s Life's Work - A Retrospective, Jonathan Sklute, Kevin Marques Moo and Lucas MacFadden for Freestyle Fellowship’s To Whom It May Concern and finally my fellow nominees, Tommy Manzi, Steve Rosenthal, Ken Shipley, and Tom Camuso for Blondie.