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Brad Paisley, Sheryl Crow, John Legend, St. Vincent, Dawes Open Grammys With ‘I Love L.A.’


The Grammys kicked off with an all-star rendition of Randy Newman's 'I Love L.A.' featuring Dawes, John Legend, Brittany Howard, and St. Vincent.

Randy Newman ‘s 1983 song “I Love L.A.” has more than a hit of irony in the lyrics, but the 67th annual Grammy Awards kicked off with a totally sincere, even moving, version of it from a one-time-only supergroup: Dawes backed by Sheryl Crow, Brittany Howard, Brad Paisley, John Legend, and St. Vincent. The Grammy Awards ceremony was nearly postponed when the full extent of the California wildfires became clear last month, but the organizers decided to stick with the original date and shift some of the focus of the evening to relief efforts. “Postponing the show for me didn’t feel like the right thing for the city of Los Angeles,” Grammy Awards head Harvey Mason Jr. told The New York Times.

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