The nominations have just been announced for this year's CMA Awards:
"It's been more than 30 years since their last CMA Awards nomination for Vocal Group of the Year (1976, 1977), but the Eagles are back in the category in 2008."
The ceremony is Nov 12 at the Sommet Center in Nashville, where I saw them perform at the CMAs last year. That is the day aftet their last scheduled concert date in Tulsa. I wonder if they will come and/or perform this year, or who they will send as their representative?
I am thrilled they are nominated and I hope they win! Personally, I can't believe Long Road Out of Eden wasn't nominated as Album of the Year, however.
Here are the major nominees:
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Kenny Chesney
Brad Paisley
George Strait
Sugarland
Keith Urban
FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Alison Krauss
Miranda Lambert
Martina McBride
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Kenny Chesney
Alan Jackson
Brad Paisley
George Strait
Keith Urban
NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Jason Aldean
Rodney Atkins
Lady Antebellum
James Otto
Kellie Pickler
VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
Eagles
Emerson Drive
Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town
Rascal Flatts
VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR
Big & Rich
Brooks & Dunn
Montgomery Gentry
Sugarland
The Wreckers
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
"Don't Blink"
Kenny Chesney
"Gunpowder & Lead"
Miranda Lambert
"I Saw God Today"
George Strait
"Stay"
Sugarland
"You're Gonna Miss This"
Trace Adkins
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Carnival Ride
Carrie Underwood
Produced by Mark Bright
Cowboy Town
Brooks & Dunn
Good Time
Alan Jackson
Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates
Kenny Chesney
Troubadour
George Strait
SONG OF THE YEAR
"Good Time"
Alan Jackson
"I Saw God Today"
Rodney Clawson/Monty Criswell/Wade Kirby
"Letter To Me"
Brad Paisley
"Stay"
Jennifer Nettles
"You're Gonna Miss This"
Lee Thomas Miller/Ashley Gorley
MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR
Josh Turner featuring Trisha Yearwood
"Another Try"
Reba McEntire and Kenny Chesney
"Every Other Weekend"
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
"Gone, Gone, Gone"
Sugarland featuring Little Big Town and Jake Owen
"Life In A Northern Town"
Kenny Chesney (duet with George Strait)
"Shiftwork"