KEITH URBAN WINS HIS FOURTH GRAMMY!!! ... and... sweet memories of Keith.

Congratulations, Sweetie!!!!! SOOOO proud of you!!! xo

Just jumping up and down, doing a happy dance now.  Keith won his fourth Grammy for Best Male Country Vocal Performance for his hit song 'Til Summer Comes Around. 
This song has a very special meaning for me.  I was standing in front of him when he was singing it a couple of years ago in Little Rock, Arkansas.  It was a stunning performance.  Especially his guitar solo at the end... oh, man.  I tear up now just remembering it.  I took a watercolour painting to him, and he got pretty emotional about it.  This is the painting.  The original painting is 18" x 24", done in watercolour. 

(Click to see it larger. Once more to see it larger still):

The camera man made me stand there with my back to Keith because he wanted to film my painting.  It takes a long, long time because of editorial cuts, etc.  So I stood there for what seemed like FOREVER, but it was mostly the duration of Til Summer Comes Around before the guitar solo at the end.  I had NO clue he was standing just over my right shoulder the entire time.  Cam Man films me standing there, feeling like a doofus, holding the painting, for the whole song.  Finally he stopped filming me and started to film Keith.  When I turned back around, Keith was looking at me.  He had just said, "When ya comin' back, baby?  Cos I miss you love... I miss you love.... I MISS YOU LOVE!!!!"  And then he went into his fantastic guitar solo.  BIG WHOA MOMENT!  I never tire of his playing and singing.  Oh, man.  This is the video in Little Rock.  You can't see me, but you can see the red commercial camera at the bottom of the screen.  If you notice, right before the guitar solo is when he turns the camera on to Keith wailing.  Hilarious when I turned around to Keith in my face!  God love that amazing Aussie:

About halfway through the show, I lost all feeling in my legs.  It happens to me at times.  I won't bore you with all the semantics on that, but I was stuck in my chair, unable to feel anything below the waist.  I wasn't complaining.  It was second row center.  Four of Keith's own big security guys came over to me while Keith made his way across the stage with Jerry and Chris R. on either side of him.  The security guys asked a couple on the front row in front of me to please move to either side so I could see.  Of course I was astonished.  Keith, Jerry and Chris were standing there watching this.  Well, the couple was very, very sweet and moved off to the sides.  The security guys stood there, I guess to make certain a reasonably wide gap remained so I could see.  Sweet, or WHAT???????? <3  How I love that man.  The other two security men were next to me.  The big, huge guys in black tee shirts with white earbuds in their ears are the security guys.  One stood directly behind me, with his hand on my left shoulder.  I remember he asked how I felt, and told me if there was anything I needed, just say.  I was too stunned to do anything but nod and choke out a sincere thank you.  The fourth one was filming my reaction, haha, on a small Sony movie camera.  You can see him filming, cos he's the tallest one and has a buzz cut.  Nice guy.  Cute, too!  As for the Sony camera, I'm sure it must have been Keith's, because he's a bit partial to Sony products.  Well, of course I was BLUBBERING LIKE SUCH A BIG BABY THE ENTIRE TIME THIS IS ALL TAKING PLACE AROUND ME!!!  I really felt the love.  Jerry seemed convinced Keith was okay and jogged back over to his mike stand, but Chris stayed there, next to Keith.  Good ol' Chris!!

Keith was so emotional, I think maybe Chris worried he might fall right off that stage, God forbid.  So he stayed next to him for the entire song.  Keith cried alot, and watched me alot; naturally I never took my eyes off his face once.  I was locked into his gaze; I couldn't have turned away if I'd wanted to.  It was the sweetest, most loving, gentle, protective gaze, and it was very surreal for me.  He's such a  kind, beautiful, wonderful, amazing soul, and I am blessed.  This is such a priceless, precious memory.  Thank you Keith, Brian, Jerry, Brad, Chris and Chris!!!!  xoxo

Aussome.  On the Grammys, he just performed "Jolene" with John Mayer and a female singer whose name I cannot recall.  They just presented the award for Best Song of the Year and it was LADY ANTEBELLEUM - NEED YOU NOW!!!!  Wooooooot!!!  Jumping up and down here!!

It's a celebratory Grammys kind of night, y'all!!!  WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!

I apologise by how pixelated the videos are.  I couldn't fix that.

Peace & Love,
Kath :)