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Country singer Miranda Lambert doesn't get why controversial R&B star Chris Brown was allowed to perform twice at the Grammys on Sunday.

Sacramento State music professor Richard Savino didn't return from Los Angeles Monday with a Grammy Award for small-ensemble recording, but he certainly brought back plenty of memories.

Richard Savino, shown with his chitarrone at CSUS, visited Hollywood for the Grammys.

With an opening prayer and a moving tribute from Jennifer Hudson, the Grammy Awards played the part of impromptu memorial for Whitney Houston just a day after the six-time Grammy winner was found dead in the bathtub of her Beverly Hills hotel room.

FILE - In this March 3, 1988, file photo, Whitney Houston poses with her Grammy at the annual Grammy Awards presentation in New York. Publicist Kristen Foster said, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, that singer Whitney Houston has died at age 48.

Neil Portnow, president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences is seen onstage at the 54th annual GRAMMY Awards pre-show on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012 in Los Angeles.

LL Cool J arrives at the 54th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012 in Los Angeles.

LL Cool J is seen onstage at the 54th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012 in Los Angeles.

Tony Bennett performed on the very first Grammy Awards, and as he returns for the 54th show this Sunday, the singer says it never gets old.

Honoree Tony Bennett arrives at the Los Angeles Confidential Magazine 2012 Grammys Celebration in Beverly Hills, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012.

Honoree Tony Bennett arrives at the Los Angeles Confidential Magazine 2012 Grammys Celebration in Beverly Hills, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012.

Tony Bennett performed on the very first Grammy Awards, and as he returns for the 54th show this Sunday, the singer says it never gets old.

Honoree Tony Bennett arrives at the Los Angeles Confidential Magazine 2012 Grammys Celebration in Beverly Hills, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012.

Honoree Tony Bennett arrives at the Los Angeles Confidential Magazine 2012 Grammys Celebration in Beverly Hills, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012.