2009 Award Recipients
2009 Award Nominees
Nominee Press Release
2009 Awards Show
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Past International Bluegrass Music Award Recipients

- Hall of Fame Inductees
- Entertainer of the Year
- Vocal Group of the Year
- Instrumental Group of the Year
- Female Vocalist of the Year
- Male Vocalist of the Year
- Song of the Year
- Album of the Year
- Instrumental Album of the Year
- Recorded Event of the Year
- Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year
- Emerging Artist of the Year
- Instrumental Performers of the Year
- Print Media Personality
- Broadcast Personality
- Graphic Design - Recorded Project
- Liner Notes: Recorded Project
- Bluegrass Event of the Year
- Distinguished Achievement Award Recipients

Hall of Fame Inductees

  • Bill Clifton - 2008
  • Charles K. Wolfe - 2008
  • Carl Story – 2007
  • Howard Watts (Cedric Rainwater) - 2007
  • The Lewis Family - 2006
  • Syd Nathan - 2006
  • Red Allen - 2005
  • Benny Martin - 2005
  • Curly Seckler - 2004
  • Bill Vernon - 2004
  • J. D. Crowe - 2003
  • David Freeman - 2002
  • The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover - 2002
  • The Carter Family - 2001
  • Arthel "Doc" Watson - 2000
  • Lance LeRoy - 2000
  • Kenny Baker - 1999
  • Chubby Wise - 1998
  • Carlton Haney - 1998
  • Josh Graves - 1997
  • The Country Gentlemen - 1996
  • Peter V. Kuykendall - 1996
  • Jimmy Martin - 1995
  • The Osborne Brothers - 1994
  • Mac Wiseman - 1993
  • Jim & Jesse McReynolds - 1993
  • Don Reno & Arthur Lee "Red" Smiley - 1992
  • The Stanley Brothers, Carter & Ralph - 1992
  • Bill Monroe - 1991
  • Earl Scruggs - 1991
  • Lester Flatt - 1991

      
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Entertainer of the Year

  • Dailey & Vincent – 2008
  • The Grascals – 2006, 2007
  • Cherryholmes – 2005
  • The Del McCoury Band – 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004
  • Rhonda Vincent & The Rage – 2001
  • Alison Krauss & Union Station – 1991, 1995
  • The Nashville Bluegrass Band – 1992, 1993
  • Hot Rize - 1990


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Vocal Group of the Year

  • Dailey & Vincent - 2008
  • Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver - 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
  • IIIrd Tyme Out - 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
  • The Nashville Bluegrass Band - 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993


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Instrumental Group of the Year

  • Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper - 2008
  • Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper featuring Audie Blaylock - 2007
  • Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder - 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
  • Nickel Creek - 2001
  • The Del McCoury Band - 1996, 1997
  • The Tony Rice Unit - 1991, 1995
  • California - 1992, 1993, 1994
  • The Bluegrass Album Band - 1990

      
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Female Vocalist of the Year

  • Dale Ann Bradley - 2007, 2008
  • Rhonda Vincent - 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
  • Claire Lynch - 1997
  • Lynn Morris - 1996, 1998, 1999
  • Alison Krauss - 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995
  • Laurie Lewis - 1992, 1994

      
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Male Vocalist of the Year
  • Jamie Dailey - 2008
  • Bradley Walker - 2007
  • Tim O’Brien - 2006
  • Larry Sparks - 2004, 2005
  • Dan Tyminski - 2001, 2002, 2003
  • Dudley Connell - 2000
  • Ronnie Bowman - 1995, 1998, 1999
  • Russell Moore - 1994, 1997
  • Tim O'Brien - 1993
  • Del McCoury - 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996

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Song of the Year
  • “Through The Window Of A Train,” Blue Highway (artists), Tim Stafford & Steve Gulley (songwriters) - 2008
  • “Fork In The Road,” The Infamous Stringdusters (artists), Chris Jones & John Pennell (songwriters) - 2007
  • “Look Down That Lonesome Road,” Tim O’Brien (artist & songwriter) - 2006
  • "Me and John and Paul," The Grascals (artists), Harley Allen (songwriter) - 2005
  • “Kentucky Borderline,” Rhonda Vincent (artist), Rhonda Vincent & Terry Herd (songwriters) - 2004
  • “Blue Train (of the Heartbreak Line),” Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver (artists), John D. Loudermilk (writer). - 2003
  • "1952 Vincent Black Lightning," The Del McCoury Band (artists), Richard John Thompson (writer). - 2002
  • "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow;" The Soggy Bottom Boys, featuring Dan Tyminski (artists); Dick Burnett (writer), Carter Stanley (arrangement) - 2001
  • "Murder On Music Row," Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time (artists), Larry Cordle & Larry Shell (songwriters) - 2000
  • "Three Rusty Nails;" Ronnie Bowman (artist); Ronnie Bowman, Terry Campbell & Jerry Nettuno (songwriters) - 1999
  • "Lonesome Old Home," Longview (artists), Ed Hamilton (songwriter) - 1998
  • "High Lonesome Sound," Vince Gill with Alison Krauss & Union Station (artists), Vince Gill (songwriter)- 1997
  • "Mama's Hand," Lynn Morris (artist), Hazel Dickens (songwriter) - 1996
  • "Cold Virginia Night," Ronnie Bowman (artist), Timmy Massey (songwriter) - 1995
  • "Who Will Watch The Home Place," Laurie Lewis (artist), Kate Long (songwriter) - 1994
  • "Lonesome Standard Time," Lonesome Standard Time (artists), Larry Cordle & Jim Rushing (songwriters) - 1993
  • "Blue Train," Nashville Bluegrass Band (artists), Dave Allen (songwriter) - 1992
  • "Colleen Malone," Hot Rize (artists), Pete Goble & Leroy Drumm (songwriters) - 1991
  • "Little Mountain Church," Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver (artists), Jim Rushing & Carl Jackson (songwriters) - 1990

  
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    Album of the Year

          • Dailey & Vincent, Dailey & Vincent (artists), Jamie Dailey & Darrin Vincent (producers), Rounder Records - 2008
          • Lefty’s Old Guitar, J.D. Crowe & The New South (artists & producers), Rounder Records – 2007 (tie)
          • Fork In The Road, The Infamous Stringdusters (artists), Tim Stafford & The Infamous Stringdusters (producers), Sugar Hill Records – 2007 (tie)
          • Celebration of Life: Musicians Against Childhood Cancer, featuring 3 Fox Drive, Lonesome River Band, The Seldom Scene, Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, Cherryholmes, J.D. Crowe & The New South, BlueRidge, IIIrd Tyme Out, The James King Band, Larry Cordle, Wayne Benson, Clay Hess, Greg Luck, Aubrey Haynie, Marty Raybon & Full Circle, Tony Rice, Ronnie Bowman & The Committee, The Larry Stephenson Band, Blue Highway, Gena Britt, Randy Kohrs & The Lites, Steve Thomas, Scott Vestal, David Parmley & Continental Divide, Karl Shiflett & the Big Country Show, Kenny & Amanda Smith, Wildfire, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Lost & Found, The Grascals, Alecia Nugent, Carl Jackson, Jerry Salley, Don Rigsby & Midnight Call, Bradley Walker, Dan Tyminski, Bela Fleck, Barry Bales, Joe Mullins, Bryan Sutton, Jim VanCleve, Clay Jones & Keith Garrett; produced by Bob Kelly, Jack Campitelli & Darrel Adkins; Skaggs Family Records - 2006
          • 40, Larry Sparks, Rebel Records (label), produced by Don Rigsby - 2005
          • It’s Just the Night, The Del McCoury Band. McCoury Music (label), produced by Del & Ronnie McCoury - 2004
          • Alison Krauss + Union Station Live, Alison Krauss + Union Station (artists/producers), on Rounder Records - 2003
          • Down From the Mountain; Featuring Fairfield Four, John Hartford, Alison Krauss + Union Station, Dan Tyminski, The Cox Family, Gillian Welch, David Rawlings, The Whites, Chris Thomas King with Colin Linden, and Emmylou Harris; Lost Highway Records - 2002
          • Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack; Norman Blake, James Carter & The Prisoners, The Cox Family, Fairfield Four, Emmylou Harris, John Hartford, Chris Thomas King, Alison Krauss, Harry McClintock, The Peasall Sisters, The Soggy Bottom Boys, Ralph Stanley, The Stanley Brothers, Gillian Welch, The Whites; Mercury/Lost Highway Records - 2001
          • The Grass Is Blue, Dolly Parton , Sugar Hill Records - 2000
          • Clinch Mountain Country, Ralph Stanley & Friends , Rebel Records - 1999
          • Bluegrass Rules!, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder , Rounder Records/Skaggs Family Records - 1998
          • True Life Blues--The Songs of Bill Monroe; Sam Bush, Vassar Clements, Mike Compton, Jerry Douglas, Stuart Duncan, Pat Enright, Greg Garing, Richard Greene, David Grier, David Grisman, John Hartford, Bobby Hicks, Kathy Kallick, Laurie Lewis, Mike Marshall, Del McCoury, Ronnie McCoury, Jim Nunally, Scott Nygaard, Mollie O'Brien, Tim O'Brien, Alan O'Bryant, Herb Pedersen, Todd Phillips, John Reischman, Peter Rowan, Craig Smith, Chris Thile, Tony Trischka, Roland White; Sugar Hill Records - 1997
          • It's A Long, Long Road; Blue Highway; Rebel Records - 1996
          • Cold Virginia Night, Ronnie Bowman, Rebel Records - 1995
          • A Deeper Shade of Blue, Del McCoury, Rounder Records - 1994
          • Every Time You Say Goodbye, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Rounder Records - 1993
          • Carrying The Tradition, The Lonesome River Band, Rebel Records - 1992
          • I've Got That Old Feeling, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Rounder Records - 1991
          • At The Old Schoolhouse, The Johnson Mountain Boys, Rounder Records - 1990

              
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          Instrumental Album of the Year

          • Sound of the Slide Guitar, Andy Hall, produced by Andy Hall for Sugar Hill Records - 2008
          • Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular, Tony Trischka, produced by Tony Trischka, Bela Fleck & Ronnie Freeland for Rounder Records - 2007
          • Let Er’ Go Boys, Michael Cleveland, produced by Jeff White & Michael Cleveland for Rounder Records - 2006
          • Slide Effects, Phil Leadbetter, produced by Phil Leadbetter & Scott Vestal, Pinecastle Records - 2005
          • Live At The Ragged Edge, Tom Adams & Michael Cleveland, Rounder Records, produced by Tom Adams & Michael Cleveland - 2004
          • The Bluegrass Fiddle Album, Aubrey Haynie (artist/producer), on Sugar Hill Records. - 2003
          • Flame Keeper, Michael Cleveland, Rounder Records - 2002
          • Knee-Deep in Bluegrass: The AcuTab Sessions; Barry Bales, Butch Baldassari, Terry Baucom, Wayne Benson, Alan Bibey, Ronnie Bowman, Rob Ickes, Jason Moore, Joe Mullins, Alan Munde, Mark Newton, Alan O'Bryant, Sammy Shelor, Kenny Smith, Tim Stafford, Adam Steffey, Ron Stewart, Tony Trischka, Dan Tyminski, Scott Vestal, Pete Wernick; Rebel Records - 2001
          • Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza; David Grisman, Ronnie McCoury, Sam Bush, Frank Wakefield, Bobby Osborne, Jesse McReynolds, Ricky Skaggs & Buck White; Acoustic Disc - 2000
          • Bound To Ride, Jim Mills, Sugar Hill Records - 1999
          • Fiddle Patch, Bobby Hicks, Rounder Records - 1998
          • Bluegrass Instrumentals, Volume 6; The Bluegrass Album Band; Rounder Records - 1997
          • Ronnie & Rob McCoury, Ronnie & Rob McCoury, Rounder Records - 1996
          • The Great Dobro Sessions; Mike Auldridge, Curtis Burch, Jerry Douglas, Josh Graves, Rob Ickes, Oswald Kirby, Stacy Phillips, Tut Taylor, Sally Van Meter, Gene Wooten; Sugar Hill Records - 1995
          • Skip, Hop & Wobble; Douglas, Barenberg & Meyer; Sugar Hill Records - 1994
          • Stuart Duncan, Stuart Duncan, Rounder Records - 1993
          • Slide Rule, Jerry Douglas, Sugar Hill Records - 1992
          • Norman Blake & Tony Rice - 2, Norman Blake & Tony Rice, Rounder Records - 1991

          • The Masters; Adcock, Baker, Graves & McReynolds; CMH - 1990

              
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          Recorded Event of the Year 

          • Everett Lilly & Everybody and Their Brother, Featuring Everett Lilly, Bea Lilly, Charles Lilly, Daniel Lilly, Mark Lilly, Marty Stuart, Rhonda Vincent, Billy Walker, Ronnie McCoury, Rob McCoury, David Ball, Charlie Cushman, Larry Stephenson, Joe Spivey, Eddie Stubbs, Jason Carter, Dickey Lee, Freddy Weller, Mike Bub, Rad Lewis, Andy May, Darrin Vincent, Marcia Campbell, Clay Rigdon, Eric Blankenship & Bill Wolfenbarger, produced by Charles Lilly & Bill Wolfenbarger, Swift River Music - 2008
          • Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular, by Tony Trischka with Earl Scruggs, Kenny Ingram, Tom Adams, Bela Fleck, Noam Pikelny, Alison Brown, Scott Vestal, Steve Martin & Bill Emerson (arists), Tony Trischka, Bela Fleck & Ronnie Freeland (producers), Rounder Records - 2007
          • Back to the Well, by The Daughters of Bluegrass featuring: Lorraine Jordan, Gena Britt, Julie Elkins, Becky Buller, Vickie Simmons, Frances Mooney, Mindy Rakestraw, Jeanette Williams, Beth Lawrence, Angela Oudean, Michelle Nixon, Donica Christensen, Dale Ann Bradley, Heather Berry, Megan McCormick, Valerie Smith, Louisa Branscomb & Dixie Hall; produced by Lorraine Jordan & Dale Perry, Blue Circle Records – 2006
          • 40, by Larry Sparks, Rebel Records, produced by Don Rigsby – 2005
          • Livin’ Lovin’ Losin: Songs of the Louvin Brothers; featuring Joe Nichols, Rhonda Vincent, Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell, James Taylor, Alison Krauss, Vince Gill, Terri Clark, Merle Haggard, Carl Jackson, Ronnie Dunn, Rebecca Lynn Howard, Glen Campbell, Leslie Satcher, Kathy Louvin, Pamela Brown Hayes, Linda Ronstadt, Patty Loveless, Jon Randall, Harley Allen, Dierks Bentley, Larry Cordle, Jerry Salley, Dolly Parton, Sonya Isaacs, Marty Stuart, Del McCoury, Pam Tillis, Johnny Cash & the Jordanaires; Universal South Records; produced by Carl Jackson – 2004
          • Will The Circle Be Unbroken Vol. III; Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Matraca Berg, Sam Bush, June Carter Cash, Johnny Cash, Vassar Clements, Iris Dement, Rodney Dillard, Jerry Douglas, Glen Duncan, Vince Gill, Josh Graves, Jamie Hanna, Emmylou Harris, Taj Mahal, Jimmy Martin, Del McCoury, Robbie McCoury, Ronnie McCoury, Jonathan McEuen, The Nashville Bluegrass Band, Willie Nelson, Tom Petty, Tony Rice, Earl Scruggs, Randy Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs, Doc Watson, Richard Watson, Glenn Worf & Dwight Yoakam (artists); Randy Scruggs & The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (producers); on Capitol Records. – 2003
          • Clinch Mountain Sweethearts; Ralph Stanley & Friends: Iris DeMent, Pam Tillis, Patty Mitchell, Gillian Welch, Dolly Parton, Maria Muldaur, Sara Evans, Joan Baez, Kristi Stanley, Gail Davies, Chely Wright, Melba Montgomery, Jeannie Seely, Lucinda Williams and Valerie Smith; Rebel Records – 2002
          • Follow Me Back to the Fold: A Tribute to Women in Bluegrass; Mark Newton with Gloria Belle, Dale Ann Bradley, Louisa Branscomb, Gena Britt, Kathy Chiavola, Kim & Barb Fox, Sally Jones, Laurie Lewis, Claire Lynch, Lynn Morris, Missy Raines, Kristin Scott, Valerie Smith, Rhonda Vincent, Sharon & Cheryl White; Rebel Records – 2001
          • Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza; David Grisman, Ronnie McCoury, Sam Bush, Frank Wakefield, Bobby Osborne, Jesse McReynolds, Ricky Skaggs & Buck White; Acoustic Disc – 2000
          • Clinch Mountain Country, Ralph Stanley & Friends, Rebel Records – 1999
          • Longview, Longview, Rounder Records – 1998
          • True Life Blues - The Songs of Bill Monroe; Sam Bush, Vassar Clements, Mike Compton, Jerry Douglas, Stuart Duncan, Pat Enright, Greg Garing, Richard Greene, David Grier, David Grisman, John Hartford, Bobby Hicks, Kathy Kallick, Laurie Lewis, Mike Marshall, Del McCoury, Ronnie McCoury, Jim Nunally, Scott Nygaard, Mollie O'Brien, Tim O'Brien, Alan O'Bryant, Herb Pedersen, Todd Phillips, John Reischman, Peter Rowan, Craig Smith, Chris Thile, Tony Trischka, Roland White; Sugar Hill Records - 1997
          • Bluegrass '95; Scott Vestal, Aubrey Haynie, Adam Steffey, Wayne Benson, Barry Bales & Clay Jones; Pinecastle Records – 1996
          • The Great Dobro Sessions; Mike Auldridge, Curtis Burch, Jerry Douglas, Josh Graves, Rob Ickes, Oswald Kirby, Stacy Phillips, Tut Taylor, Sally Van Meter, Gene Wooten;
            Sugar Hill Records – 1995
          • A Touch of the Past, Larry Perkins & Friends, Pinecastle Records – 1994
          • Saturday Night & Sunday Morning, Ralph Stanley & Special Guests, Freeland Recordings – 1993
          • Slide Rule, Jerry Douglas, Sugar Hill Records – 1992
          • Families of Tradition, Parmley & McCoury; Don Parmley, David Parmley, Del McCoury, Ronnie McCoury, Rob McCoury; BGC Records - 1991
          • Classic Country Gents Reunion; John Duffey, Charlie Waller, Eddie Adcock & Tom Gray; Sugar Hill Records - 1990

              
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          Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year
          • "By The Mark," Dailey & Vincent (artists), Jamie Dailey & Darrin Vincent (producers), Rounder Records - 2008
          • “He Lives In Me,” Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver (artists), Doyle Lawson (producer), Horizon Records - 2007
          • He Lives In Me, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver (artists), Doyle Lawson (producer), Horizon Records - 2006
          • "Praise His Name" by Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, from School of Bluegrass, Crossroads Records, produced by Doyle Lawson - 2005
          • Wondrous Love, Blue Highway, Rounder Records, produced by Alan O’Bryant – 2004
          • “The Hand Made Cross,” Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver (artists), Doyle Lawson (producer), on Sugar Hill Records. - 2003
          • The Journey, Mountain Heart, Doobie Shea Records - 2002
          • "I'll Fly Away;" from the O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack; Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch; Mercury/Lost Highway Records - 2001
          • Winding Through Life, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Sugar Hill Records - 2000
          • “Three Rusty Nails," from the album The Man I'm Tryin' To Be; Ronnie Bowman; Sugar Hill Records - 1999
          • Stanley Gospel Tradition: Songs About Our Savior; Tim Austin, Barry Bales, Ronnie Bowman, Aubrey Haynie, James King, Dwight McCall, Dale Perry, Don Rigsby, James Alan Shelton, Junior Sisk, Charlie Sizemore, Craig Smith, Scottie Sparks, Adam Steffey, Ernie Thacker, Dan Tyminski; Doobie Shea Records - 1998
          • "God Moves In A Windstorm," from the album Wind To The West, Blue Highway, Rebel Records - 1997
          • There's A Light Guiding Me, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Sugar Hill Records - 1996
          • One Beautiful Day, Front Range, Sugar Hill Records - 1995


              
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          Emerging Artist of the Year

          • Dailey & Vincent - 2008
          • The Infamous Stringdusters – 2007
          • Steep Canyon Rangers - 2006
          • The Grascals – 2005
          • King Wilkie - 2004
          • Kenny & Amanda Smith - 2003
          • The Chapmans - 2002
          • Karl Shiflett & The Big Country Show - 2001
          • Nickel Creek - 2000
          • Mountain Heart - 1999
          • The Gibson Brothers - 1998
          • The James King Band - 1997
          • Blue Highway - 1996
          • Parmley, Vestal & Continental Divide - 1995
          • Lou Reid, Terry Baucom & Carolina - 1994

              
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          Instrumental Performers of the Year

          • Banjo
            Kristin Scott-Benson - 2008
            Tony Trischka - 2007
            Jim Mills - 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006
            Sammy Shelor - 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
            Scott Vestal - 1996
            J.D. Crowe - 1994, 2004
            Tom Adams - 1992, 1993, 2002
            Alison Brown - 1991
            Bela Fleck - 1990
          • Guitar
            Josh Williams - 2008
            Bryan Sutton - 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
            Jim Hurst - 2001, 2002
            Kenny Smith - 1998, 1999
            David Grier - 1992, 1993, 1995
            Tony Rice - 1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2007
          • Fiddle
            Jason Carter - 1997, 1998, 2003
            Michael Cleveland - 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008
            Ronnie Stewart - 2000
            Randy Howard - 1999
            Stuart Duncan - 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2005
          • Bass
            Barry Bales - 2008
            Mike Bub - 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2005
            Missy Raines - 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006. 2007
            Mark Schatz - 1994, 1995
            Roy Huskey, Jr. - 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
          • Dobro
            Rob Ickes - 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008
            Jerry Douglas - 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2002
            Phil Leadbetter - 2005
          • Mandolin
            Adam Steffey - 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008
            Chris Thile - 2001
            Ronnie McCoury - 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
            Sam Bush - 1990, 1991, 1992, 2007

              
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                         Print Media Person of the Year

          • Chris Stuart – 2008
          • John Lawless & Brance Gillihan, The Bluegrass Blog - 2007
          • Bob Black - 2006
          • Stephanie P. Ledgin - 2005
          • Thomas Goldsmith - 2004
          • Wade Jessen - 2003
          • David Royko - 2002
          • Richard D. Smith - 2001
          • Jon Weisberger - 2000
          • Walt Saunders - 1999
          • Saburo Watanabe Inoue - 1998
          • Murphy Henry - 1997
          • Wayne Bledsoe - 1996
          • Frank Godbey - 1995
          • John Wright - 1994
          • Edward Morris - 1993
          • Hub Nitchie - 1992
          • Peter V. Kuykendall - 1991
          • Art Menius – 1990

            
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          Bluegrass Broadcaster of the Year

          • Kyle Cantrell - 2008
          • Chris Jones - 2007
          • Red Shipley - 2006
          • Cindy Baucom – 2005
          • Terry Herd - 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004
          • Eddie Stubbs - 1996, 2001
          • Paul Mullins - 2000
          • Gary Henderson - 1999
          • Bill Knowlton - 1997
          • Wayne Rice - 1995
          • Frank Javorsek - 1994
          • Col. Tom Riggs - 1993
          • Dell Davis - 1992
          • Lee Michael Demsey - 1991
          • Orin Friesen - 1990

            
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          Graphic Design - Recorded Project

          • Greg Carr & Sarah Holman (designers), What The by Pete Wernick & Flexigrass, Niwot Records - 2008
          • Don Bailey (designer); Hillbilly Hemingway by the Mark Newton Band, Rebel Records - 2007
          • Spencer Walts (Eyeworks Studio & Sarah Lanie Smith (designers), for She Waits for Night by Unlce Earl, Rounder Records - 2006
          • Wayne Brezinka (designer) for The Unbroken Circle, The Musical Heritage of the Carter Family, Dualtone Records – 2005
          • Sue Meyer (designer) for Bluegrass All-Stars: 16 Grand Slams from Sugar Hill Records, Sugar Hill Records - 2004
          • Nate Clesowich & Amy Von Holzhausen (designers) for Big Apple Bluegrass, by The Greenbriar Boys, Vanguard Records - 2003
          • Shawn Levesque (designer), for Shifting Sands of Time, Wayfaring Strangers, Rounder Records - 2002
          • Sue Meyer (designer); for Foundation, The Doc Watson Guitar Instrumental Collection, 1964-1998; Doc Watson; Sugar Hill Records - 2001
          • Bela Fleck & Garrett Rittenberry, guerilla design (designers); for The Bluegrass Sessions, Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Volume 2; Warner Brothers Records - 2000
          • Sue Meyer (designer), Restless on the Farm by Jerry Douglas, Sugar Hill Records - 1999
          • Craig Henson (designer), Midnight Storm by Blue Highway, Rebel Records - 1998
          • Sue Meyer (designer), for Hogs on the Highway, The Bad Livers, Sugar Hill Records - 1997
          • Jean Wilcox (designer), for Lonesome & Then Some, James King, Rounder Records - 1996
          • Fritz Klaetke (designer); for Old Time, New Times; Benton Flippen; Rounder - 1995
          • Bob Boeberitz & Alex Murawski (designers), for I Got a Bullfrog: Folksongs for the Fun of It; David Holt; High Windy Audio - 1994

            
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          Liner Notes: Recorded Project

          • Gary Reid (writer), The Stanley Brothers: The Definitive Collection (1947-1966), The Stanley Brothers, Time Life - 2008
          • Barry Poss & Jay Orr (writers); Sugar Hill Records, A Retrospective; Various Artists; Sugar Hill Records – 2007
          • Tom Adams (writer) for Let Er’ Go Boys by Michael Cleveland, Rounder Records - 2006
          • Jon Hartley Fox (writer), for Lonesome & Blue: The Complete County Recordings, by Red Allen on Rebel Records - 2005
          • Eddie Stubbs & Charles Wolfe, Ph.D. (writers), for ‘Tis Sweet to Be Remembered, by Mac Wiseman on Bear Family Records - 2004
          • Dan Crary (writer), for Chambergrass: A Decade of Tunes from the Edges of Bluegrass by Berline, Crary & Hickman on Sugar Hill Records - 2003
          • Bruce Winkworth (writer), for Newport Folk Festival: Best of Bluegrass 1959-66, Various Artists, Vanguard Records – 2002
          • Jon Weisberger (writer), for Always in Style, John Duffey, Sugar Hill Records - 2001
          • Benny Martin (writer), for The Big Tiger Roars Again, Benny Martin, OMS Records - 2000
          • Gary B. Reid (writer), for The Country Gentlemen--The Early Recordings 1962-1971,The Country Gentlemen, Rebel Records - 1999
          • Bill Vernon (writer), for 35 Years of the Best in Bluegrass, Various Artists, Rebel Records - 1998
          • Mitch Greenhill (writer), for Watson County, Doc & Merle Watson, Flying Fish Records - 1997
          • Jon Hartley Fox (writer), for Lonesome & Then Some, James King, Rounder Records - 1996
          • Charles Wolfe (writer), for Hazel & Alice, Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard, Rounder Records - 1995
          • Gary B. Reid & Bill Vernon (writers), for Don Reno & Red Smiley: 1951-1959, King Records/IMG - 1994

            
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          Bluegrass Event of the Year
          • 29th Annual Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival; produced by Pati Crooker, Brunswick, ME - 2008
          • 33rd Festival of the Bluegrass, produced by Bob & Jean Cornett, Lexington, KY -2007
          • The Joe Val Bluegrass Festival, produced by The Boston Bluegrass Union Framingham, MA - 2006
          • Wintergrass; Tacoma, WA - 2005
          • California Bluegrass Association 28th Annual Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival, Grass Valley, CA. - 2004
          • European World of Bluegrass, Voorthuizen, The Netherlands, produced by the European Bluegrass Music Association - 2003
          • Down From The Mountain; multi-city tour of the United States; produced by T Bone Burnett, the Coen Brothers and Immortal Entertainment - 2002
          • Huck Finn's Country & Bluegrass Jubilee 2001; Victorville, California - Don V. Tucker, producer - 2001
          • The 34th Annual Bill Monroe Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival; Bean Blossom, Indiana; Dwight Dillman, producer - 2000
          • The 28th Walnut Valley Festival & National Flatpicking Championship; Winfield, Kansas; Bob Redford, producer - 1999

            
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          Distinguished Achievement Award Recipients
           

          • 2008
            Bill Harrell
            The Banjo Newsletter
            Art Menius
            Joe Carr & Alan Munde
            The Ernest Tubb Record Shop 
          • 2007
            Mike Auldridge
            The Bluegrass Breakdown
            Marko Cermak
            Warren Hellman
            Happy & Jane Traum 
          • 2006
            Fred Bartenstein
            The Boys From Indiana
            Bill Grant
            Ronnie Reno
            The Whites 
          • 2005
            Margie & Enoch Sullivan
            Joe Clayton
            Craig Ferguson
            The Dopyera Brothers
            Terry Woodward 
          • 2004
            Art Stamper
            Kirk & Becky Brandenberger
            Moses “Mo” Asch
            Tom T. & Dixie Hall
            Jimmie Skinner
          • 2003
            Jack Cooke
            Terry Lickona
            Bob Turbanic
            Fiddlin’ Arthur Smith
            The Station Inn
          • 2002
            Janette Carter
            Pete Goble
            The Lewis Family
            Judith McCulloh
            Tom Riggs
          • 2001
            The Coen Brothers & T Bone Burnett
            Alice Gerrard
            The Gibson Company
            John Hartford
            Les Leveret
          • 2000
            The Stoneman Family
            Paul Mullins
            Rienk Janssen
            WSM's Grand Ole Opr
          • 1999
            The Martin Guitar Company
            Lee Moore
            Carl Pagter
            Gloria Bell
          • 1998
            Ed Ferris
            Barry Poss
            Gary Henderson
            Bob & Jean Cornett
          • 1997
            Mary Tyler Doub
            Vern Williams & Ray Park
            Kenny Baker
            Benny Martin
          • 1996
            Curly Seckler
            George Shuffler
            The Martha White Flour Company
            G.B. Grayson
          • 1995
            Rose Maddox
            Mike Seeger
            Joe Val
            Toshio & Saburo Watanabe
          • 1994
            Wilma Lee Cooper
            Lance LeRoy
            Ken Irwin
            Johnnie Wright & Jack Anglin
          • 1993
            Curly Ray Cline
            Hazel Dickens
            Jim Eanes
            Charles Richard Freeland
          • 1992
            The Louvin Brothers (Charlie & Ira)
            Bill Clifton
            Lloyd Loar
            Burkett "Uncle Josh" Graves
          • 1991
            Ralph Epperson
            Don Stover
            The Blue Sky Boys (Bill & Earl Bolick)
          • 1990
            Carlton Haney
            Wade Mainer
            Joe Stuart
            Dr. Charles Wolfe
          • 1989
            Lester Flatt
            David Freeman
            Kathy Kaplan
            Robert Larkin
            Dr. Bill C. Malone
          • 1988
            John Duffey
            Tom Henderson
            Peter V. Kuykendall
            Ola Belle Reed
            Earl Scruggs
            Bill Vernon
          • 1987
            Dewitt "Snuffy" Jenkins
            Bill Jones
            Don Owens
            Ralph Rinzler
            Charlie Waller
          • 1986
            Albert E. Brumley
            Ray Davis
            Bill Monroe
            Ruby Baker Moody
            Cuzin' Isaac Page
            Dr. Neil V. Rosenberg

            
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