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Filed under: News , Grammy Awards , UK Shakeys Brother? Heard of them? Neither has Spinner. But it appears many members of the Grammy Awards voting panel have. The five-piece pub band, from Burnley in Lancashire, usually play gigs to crowds of no more than 50, got together only a year ago and have yet to be signed. But they've picked up two nominations for the 2010 Grammy Awards, the Sun has reported . The band are to go head-to-head with the likes of Keane , Pink , Seal and Lily ...
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Who's Shakey's Brother? A Completely Unknown Band with Two Grammy Nods...or a Good Publicist?
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... Spinner:
The five-piece pub band, from Burnley in Lancashire, usually play gigs to crowds of no more than 50, got together only a year ago and have yet to be signed. But they’ve picked up two nominations for the 2010 Grammy Awards, the Sun has reported, even though the nominations aren’t officially announced until Dec. 2.
They were apparently nominated after friends sent their demo tape to US promoters Big Noise, who then passed them on to the voting panel of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, who pick the Grammy ...
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