FOO FIGHTERS SPECIAL NIGHT CAPPED WITH 2 GRAMMY WINS

With a special outdoor orchestra performance with guest conductor John Paul Jones, the Foo Fighters cap off the night with 2 Grammy wins as well.

The Foo Fighters capped off an incredible night at The 2008 Grammy Awards with a historic performance followed by 2 Grammy Awards. The Foos took home Grammy Awards for Best Hard Rock Performance for their song ‘The Pretender’ and a Grammy for Best Rock Album for ‘Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace,’ but it was their performance on the outdoor stage with an orchestra and guest conductor John Paul Jones that will undoubtedly live on forever as legendary Grammy performance. Jones, the multi instrumental musician from Led Zeppelin helped the Foo Fighters by conducting the orchestra, which consisted of You Tube’s My Grammy Moment finalists and winner Ann Marie Calhoun, who got to perform a short violin solo with the band as well.

In The Foo Fighters acceptance speech lead vocalist Dave Grohl thanked his daughter violet for giving him the inspiration to write his latest hit album ‘Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace.’

“We’re very honored to be here. We’d like to thank some people. We’d like to thank everyone at Sony BMG, Clive and Charles. Ashley and Gil Norton, John Silva, Steve Martin, our families. Who am I forgetting? Studio Spice, who else? I’d like to thank my daughter Violet for giving me the inspiration the write another record and thanks a lot. Have a good night.”

The Foo Fighters will hit the road on the 2008 leg of their ‘Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace’ Tour with dates in North America beginning Feb 18th in Worchester, Massachusetts and extending until March 30th in Vancouver, Canada. The band will then depart for shows in Japan, Australia, New Zealand before performing in Europe through June.