Cybergrass Bluegrass Music News: SPBGMA 33rd Annual Bluegrass Music Awards Nominations Announced

Bob_Cherry wrote: on Dec. 15, 2006:
SPBGMA

The Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America (SPBGMA) will hold their 24th National Convention and the 33rd Annual SPBGMA Music Awards at the Sheraton Music City Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. The highlight of this grand event is, as usual, is the National Bluegrass Music Awards that are given out each year.

Some people get confused about the various conventions and awards programs that SPBGMA has to offer. For example, the SPBGMA 33rd Annual Bluegrass Music Awards and Midwest Convention will be held on January 12-13-14, 2007. This is not the same awards show or convention but the names are the same (awards show) or similar for the conventions. Both the awards show and conventioin in January are for the Midwest region only. This event will be held at the Capitol Plaza Hotel and Convention Center in Jefferson City, MO.

There will be many bands performing during the national convention at the Sheraton Music City Hotel. Top bands, national bands and regional bands will all be present. Artists performing will include Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, The Grascals, Cherryholmes, The Rarely Herd, The James King Band, the new band Circuit Ricers, Lynn Morris Band, the Country Gentlemen, Blueridge, David Parmley & Continental Divide and many more.

The National Awards program is the big event for the year. Each year, the top bluegrass artists gather to take part in the convention, share their stories and schmooze with the press. They are also there to see who wins the various awards that SPBGMA has in store.

The February 2007 awards show should be exciting as the nominations just announced include some familiar names. We see BlueRidge, Cherryholmes, The Grascals, Blue Highway, Rhonda Vincent and the Rage, the Del McCoury Band, Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver and others in the running for the top awards. But, there are also some new names among the nominations. Names like Adam Seale, James Alan Shelton, Mike Andes, Lorraine Jordan and Carolina Road and others that are also in the nominations. While these artsts are known, it isn't offen that they get recoginzied in the nominations.

Here are the nominations as announced by SPBGMA. Look for your favorites and in February, we will get to see who actually gets the awards.

BLUEGRASS PROMOTER OF THE YEAR
1. Darrell Adkins
2. Dwight Dillman
3. John & Fern Hutchinson
4. Calvin Mickey
5. Floyd & Fannie Solmon
6. Bertie Sullivan
BLUEGRASS RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR
1. WBRF-FM – Galax, VA
2. WBZI-AM – Xenia, OH
3. WDVX-FM – Knoxville, TN
4. WNCW-FM – Spindale, NC
5. WPAQ-AM – Mount Airy, NC
6. WQDR-FM – Raliegh, NC
BLUEGRASS DJ OF THE YEAR
1. Jay Allen (WBRF-FM)
2. Sam Jackson (WANT-FM/AM)
3. Dennis Jones (WNCW-FM)
4. Buddy Michaels (WLHC-FM)
5. Larry Nixon (WQDR-FM)
6. Freddy Smith (WDVX-FM)
BLUEGRASS CLUB NEWSLETTER OF THE YEAR
1. "Bama Grass" – Alabama Bluegrass Music Association
2. "Bluegrass Express" – Oregon Bluegrass Association
3. "Midnight Flier" – North Florida Bluegrass Association
4. "NIBA Newsletter" – Northern Illinois Bluegrass Association
5. "Pickin' Post" – Louisville Bluegrass Music Association
6. "SEBA Breakdown" – Southeastern Bluegrass Association
BLUEGRASS SONG WRITER OF THE YEAR
1. Harley Allen
2. Cia Cherryholmes
3. Larry Cordle
4. Tom T. Hall and Dixie Hall
5. Lorraine Jordan
6. Rhonda Vincent
BLUEGRASS ALBUM OF THE YEAR
1. "All American Bluegrass Girl" – by Rhonda Vincent & The Rage / Rounder Records
2. "Back to the Well" – by The Daughters of Bluegrass / Blue Circle Records
3. "Cherryholmes" – by Cherryholmes / Skaggs Family Records
4. "Gettin' Ready" – by BlueRidge / Pinecastle Records
5. "It's Getting Better All the Time" – by Ronnie Bowman / Koch Records
6. "Red Letter Day" – by The Gibson Brothers / Sugar Hill Records
BASS FIDDLE PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
1. Ed Biggerstaff
2. Mike Bub
3. Jere Cherryholmes
4. Mickey Harris
5. Jason Moore
6. Adam Seale
DOBRO PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
1. Mike Auldridge
2. Jerry Douglas
3. Tim Graves
4. Rob Ickes
5. Randy Kohrs
6. Phil Leadbetter
GUITAR PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
1. Skip Cherryholmes
2. James Alan Shelton
3. Patrick Robertson
4. Larry Sparks
5. Randy Waller
6. Josh Williams
MANDOLIN PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
1. Mike Andes
2. Alan Bibey
3. Jamie Harper
4. Lorraine Jordan
5. Ronnie McCoury
6. Danny Roberts
BANJO PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
1. Terry Baucom
2. Jeremy Boling
3. Cia Cherryholmes
4. Ben Green
5. Kenny Ingram
6. Sammy Shelor
FIDDLE PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
1. Hunter Berry
2. B. J. Cherryholmes
3. Stuart Duncan
4. Justen Hayes
5. Alan Johnson
6. Jimmy Mattingly
FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR (Contemporary)
1. Heather Berry
2. Cia Cherryholmes
3. Sonya Isaacs
4. Alison Krauss
5. Amanda Smith
6. Rhonda Vincent
FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR (Traditional)
1. Dale Ann Bradley
2. Lorraine Jordan
3. Claire Lynch
4. Michelle Nixon
5. Alecia Nugent
6. Jeanette Williams
MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR (Contemporary)
1. Mike Andes
2. Ronnie Bowman
3. Terry Eldredge
4. Russell Moore
5. Larry Stephenson
6. Randy Waller
MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR (Traditional)
1. David Guthrie
2. James King
3. Del McCoury
4. Dan Paisley
5. Junior Sisk
6. Larry Sparks
GOSPEL GROUP OF THE YEAR (Contemporary)
1. Blue Highway
2. The Churchmen
3. The Isaacs
4. Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver
5. The Marksmen
6. NewFound Road
GOSPEL GROUP OF THE YEAR (Traditional)
1. BlueRidge
2. Carolina Sonshine
3. The Churchmen
4. Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
5. The Village Singers
6. Paul William & The Victory Trio
VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
1. Lorraine Jordan and Carolina Road
2. Cherryholmes
3. Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver
4. Mountain Heart
5. Michelle Nixon and Drive
6. Rhonda Vincent and The Rage
INSTRUMENTAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
1. Blue Highway
2. BlueRidge
3. Cherryholmes
4. The Grascals
5. Rick Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder
6. Rhonda Vincent and The Rage
BLUEGRASS BAND OF THE YEAR (Overall)
1. Blueridge
2. Cherryholmes
3. The Grascals
4. Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver
5. Michelle Nixon and Drive
6. Rhonda Vincent and The Rage
SONG OF THE YEAR
1. "All American Bluegrass Girl" – by Rhonda Vincent & The Rage / Rounder Records
2. "Crazy Train" – by Ronnie Bowman / Koch Records
3. "Go Back to the Well" – by Daughters of Bluegrass / Blue Circle Records
4. "He Lives In Me" – by Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Horizon Records
5. "Red Letter Day" – by The Gibson Brothers / Sugar Hill Records
6. "Train Long Gone" – by Claire Lynch / Rounder Records
ENTERTAINING GROUP OF THE YEAR
1. Cherryholmes
2. The Grascals
3. Lorraine Jordan and Carolina Road
4. Nothin' Fancy
5. Rhonda Vincent and The Rage
6. Del McCoury Band
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
1. Mike Andes
2. Lorraine Jordan
3. Michelle Nixon
4. Rhonda Vincent
5. Randy Waller
6. Blake Williams

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