Page 29 - atoday

PEOPLE & ARTS A29
Arizona city made famous by Eagles song celebrates Frey
FELICIA FONSECA
Associated Press
Winslow, Arizona, was all
but forgotten when a free-
way displaced Route 66
and travelers began by-
passing its downtown in the
late 1970s.
But it still had one thing go- morial.
ing for it: Everybody want-
ed to stand on a corner in
the small city after hearing
Glenn Frey and the Eagles
make it sound so cool in
“Take It Easy.”
Locals capitalized on the
lyrics with an annual festival formers ever.”
and park featuring a statue
and mural commemorat-
ing the 1972 song.
Frey died Monday at 67.
Winslow residents staged a
memorial service Tuesday
night that featured Eagles
songs and dancing in the
park near the statue.
APNewsBreak: Adele, Kendrick
Lamar to perform at Grammys
MESFIN FEKADU
AP Music Writer
NEW YORK (AP) Hello, it’s
Adele, and she’s perform-
ing at next month’s Gram-
my Awards.
The Recording Academy
told The Associated Press
on Wednesday that the
British singer, leading nomi-
nee Kendrick Lamar, the
Weeknd and Little Big Town
will perform at the Feb. 15
show.
Adele returned to music in
top form with “25,” her third
album that has sold about
8 million units in the U.S.
since its November release.
The lead single, “Hello,”
spent its first 10 weeks at
No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100
chart.
“This lineup of talented
artists is just the beginning
of what will, once again,
prove to be music’s big-
gest night.
We look forward to cel-
ebrating what’s been a
wonderful year in music,
honoring the best of the
best and featuring never-
before-seen performanc-
es,” Recording Academy
CEO Neil Portnow said in a
statement.
Lamar is this year’s top
Grammys contender with
11 nominations, including
album of the year for “To
Thursday 21 January 2016

Tom McCauley, part of a The corner in Winslow, Ariz., made famous by the 1972 Eagles’ Vegas with a friend when
foundation that organizes song “Take it Easy.” Fans are leaving flowers, hand-written notes they decided to detour
the annual Standin ‘ on the and candles at the site to celebrate the life of Eagles band to Winslow to pay their re-
Corner Festival, said an es- member Glenn Frey. Frey died Monday, Jan. 18. He was 67. spects.
timated 150 to 200 people “If you don’t know that
were “visiting and dancing (Tom McCauley via AP) song, you gotta get your
and basking in the music” pulse checked,” said Blom,
during the two-hour me- downtown since the late the song: “Well, I’m stand- 27. “If you don’t like that
1990s. ing on a corner in Winslow, song, it’s an ‘I don’t know
“All are on the same page In front of it is a Route 66 Arizona, such a fine sight to if I can be friends with you,’
of being grateful for the shield painted on the road see. It’s a girl, my Lord, in a kind of thing.”
music,” he said. “The Ea- and behind him is a mu- flatbed Ford slowin’ down The origins of the song date
gles are one of the great- ral with a woman looking to take a look at me.” back to the early 1970s
est rock and roll bands, in his direction — a visual Tyler Blom of Duluth, Minne- when Frey was living below
and Glenn Frey is certainly reference to the lines in sota, was on his way to Las Browne in a $60-a-month
one of the most iconic per- Los Angeles apartment.
Frey said in a 2003 inter-
Fans have been leaving view with writer and film-
flowers and notes at the maker Cameron Crowe
park to celebrate the life that Browne came up with
of Frey, who sang “Take It the Winslow line after get-
Easy” and co-wrote it with ting stranded there once
Jackson Browne. but was stumped on how
The nearby bronze statue to finish the verse. Frey sug-
of a man with boots, jeans gested the flatbed Ford
and a guitar has stood line, and it clicked.q
Pimp a Butterfly” and song
of the year for the Pharrell-
produced “Alright.” Taylor
Swift and the Weeknd fol-
low with seven nomina-
tions each, including bids
for album of the year with
“1989” and “Beauty Behind
the Madness,” respective-
ly.
Little Big Town earned two
nominations: best country
album for “Pain Killer” and
country duo/group per-
formance for “Girl Crush.”
The latter, one of last year’s
biggest hits, earned song of
the year and best country
song nominations for writ-
ers Liz Rose, Hillary Lindsey
and Lori McKenna (Little
Big Town did not write “Girl
Crush”).
Adele, who has won 10
Grammys, will qualify for
nominations at the 2017
Grammy Awards because
she released music after
the Sept. 30, 2015, deadline
for the 2016 awards show.
She famously took home six
awards at the 2012 show,
including album of the
year for “21” and song and
record of the year for “Roll-
ing In the Deep.”
LL Cool J will host the 58th
annual Grammy Awards,
to air live on CBS from the
Staples Center in Los Ange-
les. q