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Award Tour

The Dixie Chicks won everything that wasn't nailed down at last Sunday's Grammy Awards in Los Angeles; Taking the Long Way and "Not Ready to Make Nice" made them the first artists to sweep Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Album of the Year since Eric Clapton in 1993. Texans David Grissom, Charlie Robison (hugging wife Emily), and Ray Benson all got national face time, but the night's real winner was former Texas Playboys fiddler Johnny Gimble, whose 82-year-old heart somehow withstood the flirtations of smokin' Oklahoma siren Carrie Underwood during Bob Wills tribute "San Antonio Rose." Accepting her Best New Artist award, Underwood likewise flustered presenter and Lifetime Achievement honoree Ornette Coleman. Across the country, Emo's, I Love You but I've Chosen Darkness, Voxtrot, the Black Angels, the Sword, Alejandro Escovedo, and the Austin City Limits Music Festival were all shut out at the "Indie Grammys" (NYC's Plug Awards), but South by Southwest took home Best Festival. Speaking of...