McMurray Music Man Dishes on Grammy Awards

Sunday was the biggest night in music, and a tough one for many musicians. 

With the news of Whitney Houston's death just one day prior, music artists walked onto the 54th annual Grammy Awards' red carpet to celebrate her life and pay tribute. 

Bruce Springsteen opened the show and fabulous performances followed with Bruno Mars, Alicia Keys and Bonnie Raitt, and Rihanna and Coldplay—among many others, including a tribute to The Beach Boys with Maroon 5 and Foster the People.

Adele took home six Grammys and Jennifer Hudson sang a chilling rendition of "I Will Always Love You," honoring the late Houston.

David Lindberg, owner of in McMurray, said Sunday night's show was "better than most." 

"I actually thought it was one of the best I have seen for quite a while," he wrote in his blog Monday. "It seemed to have more meaning, friendliness, warmth and more good music.

"I will say that I was totally caught off guard and absolutely blown away with the performance of someone I did not know—Bruno Mars! I realized I had heard some of the current hits, but that performance at the beginning of the Grammys was too perfect for words! It was a blend of the best sounds of James Brown, Prince and Earth Wind & Fire." 

He wrote that Springsteen's opening act was "truly gold." 

"No one can take a few simple chords, add inspiring lyrics and the perfect build of music, to bring everyone to a statement that perfectly shows the POWER that music has in bringing emotions to ultimate heights! Just AWESOME!" he wrote. 

The tribute to Houston really humbled the show, he said. 

"It was the music event of this week's tragic and sudden death of Houston that brought the usual over-the-top extravaganza (that the Grammys have been in recent years), to a more humble—yet totally inspiring—evening of tribute to not only perhaps the best vocalist ever, but to all of music itself.

"That was the reason everyone seemed to be a bit more respectful of all the various musicians and performances of the evening. The spirit and realization that something HUGE was gone from music, made all the genres and generations that attended this year's Grammy event a 'special' one," he wrote.

"This year was the most well-blended and appreciative gathering of all of the people in the music industry who seemed to realize that it can all be gone in a moment and that for one night ALL of the music mattered!

Lindberg is encouraging Peters Township residents to brainstorm a few songs that they heard during this year's event and perform it at the music house's next open mic night—Saturday, Feb. 25.

To read his full blog post, click here.

To see a list of winners and performances, visit Grammy.com.

What was your favorite performance of the night and why? Tell us in the comments.