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Merle Haggard, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson & Blake Shelton Jam

12/20/2013
. (Radio.com) The 56th Annual Grammy Awards are going a little bit country next year. A special Grammy Moment performance will feature Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson and Blake Shelton on the GRAMMY stage together.

Two-time Grammy winner Merle Haggard and three-time Grammy winner (and 2014 Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient) Kris Kristofferson will join forces with Willie Nelson, a seven-time Grammy winner, and current Grammy nominee Blake Shelton, who is up for Best Country Solo Performance ("Mine Would Be You"), Best Country Album (Based On A True Story�) and Best Country Song ("Mine Would Be You").

Country artists are well represented at the upcoming Grammy Awards. Kacey Musgraves is one of the nominees for the all-genre Best New Artist category alongside James Blake, Kendrick Lamar, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Ed Sheeran. A complete list of the country nominees and categories is here.

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