Nobody was more surprised than Dave Gutter when the GRAMMYs called.

Interview by Bruce Pratt

Share a little of your red-carpet experience with us. I was just smitten with how cool that was.

You’re nominated for a GRAMMY; it’s real. I called my daughter, with whom I’d had a very innocent exchange when she was about five years old, watching the Grammys. She was just like, “Oh, Papa, you make music. Someday when you win, or you’re nominated, you can bring me to the Grammys.” It was such an unbelievable little kid thing to say. She’s so cute and thinks I’ll win a Grammy someday. I said, “Yeah, of course  I’ll bring you.”

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