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Lindsay Ell Loved The Grammys: ‘There Were Girls Playing Guitars!’

When the Grammys aired on Sunday on CBS, Lindsay Ell was all smiles. She’s one of the best guitarists in contemporary country music, so it pleased Lindsay to no end…

Lindsay Ell Loved The Grammys Show This Year

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – JANUARY 14: Lindsay Ell performs at the Bobby Bones And The Raging Idiots 4th Annual Million Dollar Show at Ryman Auditorium on January 14, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

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When the Grammys aired on Sunday on CBS, Lindsay Ell was all smiles.

She's one of the best guitarists in contemporary country music, so it pleased Lindsay to no end to see all the women on stage at the Grammys, not only singing but playing guitar. She said, "There were so many incredible singers. I feel like the Grammys really celebrated women in music. It was such and amazing moment, of course seeing Kacey (Musgraves) win album if the year so many great parts of the show, I mean, Brandi Carlisle and the tribute To Dolly (Parton) and yeah watching H.E.R."

She added, "I loved the Grammys this year, yeah there were girls playing guitars all of these amazing musicians and for the first time in a long time you were like, 'Wow there are so many women on stage. And there were so many acts who had all females bands which was super cool. Alicia Keys hosting it and playing those two pianos at the same time. There were just so many moments where it showcased female artists in such a brilliant light, so I was a fan I loved it front to back."

See Lindsay talk about the Grammys here:

Ell plays the CRS New Faces show tonight in Nashville.

-Nancy Brooks

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.