IBMA awards

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IBMA - stand for International Bluegrass Music Association
DL&Q are nominated for 5 awards! YAY!!!!!!

These are the nominees for awards this year:

The ones I have starred are the ones I would vote for

The Nominees for the 2004 International Bluegrass Music Awards

Entertainer of the Year
Alison Krauss + Union Station
*Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
The Del McCoury Band
Mountain Heart
Rhonda Vincent & The Rage

Instrumental Group of the Year
Blue Highway
Alison Krauss + Union Station
The Del McCoury Band
Mountain Heart
*Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder

Vocal Group of the Year
Blue Highway
Alison Krauss + Union Station
*Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver -they have won 4 years in a row - this will be the 5th
The Del McCoury Band
Mountain Heart

Male Vocalist of the Year
Del McCoury
*Russell Moore -he use to be with DL&Q
Tim O’Brien
Larry Sparks
Dan Tyminski

Female Vocalist of the Year
Dale Ann Bradley
Sonya Isaacs
Alison Krauss
Lynn Morris
*Rhonda Vincent

Song of the Year
“Seven Sundays In A Row,” Blue Highway (artists), Wayne Taylor, Kim Williams & Larry Shell (writers)

“That Bluegrass Music,” The Gibson Brothers (artists), Leigh Gibson, Eric Gibson & Mike Barber (writers)

“I’ve Endured,” Tim O’Brien (artist), David Arthur & Ola Belle Reed (writers)

“You Ain’t Lived,” Larry Sparks (artist), Marshal Warwick (writer)

*“Kentucky Borderline,” Rhonda Vincent (artist), Rhonda Vincent & Terry Herd (writers) - My friend Jamie Dailey helps sing on this!!!


Album of the Year
Wondrous Love, Blue Highway (artists), Rounder, Alan O’Bryant (producer)

*A School of Bluegrass, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver (artists), SSK Recording & Crossroads, Doyle Lawson (producer)

It’s Just the Night, The Del McCoury Band (artists), McCoury Music, Del & Ronnie McCoury (producers)

The Three Pickers, Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson & Ricky Skaggs (artists), Rounder, Ricky Skaggs & Jim Brown (producers)

One Step Ahead, Rhonda Vincent (artist), Rounder, Darrin Vincent & Rhonda Vincent (producers)

Emerging Artists of the Year
Cherryholmes
King Wilkie
Nothin’ Fancy
Alecia Nugent
*Pine Mountain Railroad

Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year

Wondrous Love, Blue Highway (artists), Rounder, Alan O’Bryant (producer)

Send The Angels, Dale Ann Bradley (artist), Mountain Home, Dale Ann Bradley & Vicki Simmons (producers)

Songs of the Faith, The Isaacs (artists), Horizon, Ben Isaacs (producer)

*Thank God, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver (artists), SSK Recording & Crossroads, Doyle Lawson (producer)

Living On the Hallelujah Side, Paul Williams & the Victory Trio (artists), Rebel, Paul Williams (producer)


Instrumental Album of the Year

Live At The Ragged Edge, Tom Adams & Michael Cleveland (artists), Rounder, Tom Adams & Michael Cleveland (producers)

Hold On, We’re Strummin’, Sam Bush & David Grisman (artists), Acoustic Disc, Sam Bush & David Grisman (producers)

Big Time, Rob Ickes with Blue Highway (artists), Rounder, Rob Ickes (producer)

Team Flathead: Huber Banjo Sessions, Sammy Shelor, John Lawless, Steve Huber, Ron Stewart & Jim Mills (artists), Huber Records, Ron Stewart (producer)

*Bluegrass Guitar, Bryan Sutton (artist), Sugar Hill, Bryan Sutton (producer)

Recorded Event of the Year

Hold On, We’re Strummin’ ; Sam Bush & David Grisman (artists), Acoustic Disc, Sam Bush & David Grisman (producers)

Life of Sorrow; David Grisman: Featuring: Bryan Bowers, John Hartford, The Del McCoury Band, The Nashville Bluegrass Band, John Nagy, Alan O’Bryant, Herb Pedersen, Ralph Rinzler, Ralph Stanley & TheClinch Mountain Boys, Mac Wiseman & Others (artists); Acoustic Disc; David Grisman (producer)

*Livin’ Lovin’ Losin: Songs of the Louvin Brothers; 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 (artists); Universal South; Carl Jackson (producer)

The Three Pickers ; Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson & Ricky Skaggs (artists); Rounder; Ricky Skaggs & Jim Brown (producers)

WhiteHouse; Whitehouse (David Parmley, Larry Stephenson, Charlie Cushman, Jason Carter & Missy Raines - artists); Pinecastle; WhiteHouse (producer)

Instrumental Performers of the Year

Banjo
Ron Block
J.D. Crowe
Rob McCoury
*Jim Mills
Sammy Shelor

Dobro
Mike Auldridge
*Jerry Douglas
Josh Graves
Rob Ickes
Phil Leadbetter

Bass
Barry Bales
*Mike Bub
Jason Moore
Missy Raines
Marshall Wilborn

Fiddle
Jason Carter
Michael Cleveland
*Stuart Duncan
Aubrey Haynie
Ron Stewart


Guitar
Jim Hurst
Tony Rice
*Kenny Smith
Bryan Sutton
Doc Watson

Mandolin
Sam Bush
Mike Compton
*Doyle Lawson
Ronnie McCoury
Adam Steffey

Hall of Honor Inductee – Curly Seckler and Bill Vernon

Distinguished Achievement Award Recipients - Moses “Mo” Asch, Kirk & Becky Brandenberger, Tom T. & Dixie Hall, Jimmie Skinner, Art Stamper

SPECIAL AWARDS NOMINATIONS

Bluegrass Event of the Year:
California Bluegrass Association 28th Annual Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival; June 12-15, 2003; Grass Valley, California

*MerleFest; April 24-27, 2003; Wilkesboro, North Carolina

Wintergrass Bluegrass Festival; February 16-19, 2004; Tacoma, Washington

Print Media Personality of the Year:
Thomas Goldsmith; editor of The Bluegrass Reader; Features Editor, News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.; freelance writer, Bluegrass Unlimited

Butch Robins, author of What I Know ‘Bout What I Know

*Caroline Wright; columnist & freelance writer; Bluegrass Now, Bluegrass Unlimited, Honolulu Weekly

Bluegrass Broadcaster of the Year:

Wayne Bledsoe; “Bluegrass for a Saturday Night,” “Sunday Morning Sounds” & “The U.S. Bank Bluegrass Hour;” KUMR; Rolla, Mo.

*Terry Herd; Sirius Satellite Radio, Bluegrass Radio Network; Nashville, TN.

Chris Jones; Sirius Satellite Radio; Nashville, Tenn.

Best Graphic Design for a Recorded Project:

*Sue Meyer (designer), for Bluegrass All-Stars: 16 Grand Slams from Sugar Hill Records, by Various Artists, Sugar Hill Records - she has helped design some of DL&Q’s album art

Sue Meyer (designer), for Traveler, by Tim O’Brien, Sugar Hill Records

Sarah Lainie Smith (designer), for The Bluegrass Guitar Collection, by Tony Rice, Rounder Records

Best Liners Notes for a Recorded Project:

*Ron Block (writer), for The Bluegrass Guitar Collection, by Tony Rice, Rounder

Gary B. Reid (writer), for The Stanley Brothers: The King Years, by The Stanley Brothers, King Records

Eddie Stubbs & Charles K. Wolfe (writers), for ‘Tis Sweet to Be Remembered, by Mac Wiseman, Bear Family Records

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I'm so excited - I hope they win all 5.

I found out that Jamie, Barry, Terry, and Jesse all made it to the second round but not to the final round that is posted above.

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