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28th
Annual
SPBGMA
Midwest Bluegrass Music Awards
Midwest Convention Capitol Plaza Hotel - Jefferson
City, MO
SPBGMA Fans Choice Nominees
January 11-12-13, 2002
NOMINEES
2002
1. Bluegrass
Promoter of the Year
Don & Bobbie Day || Mayme Foster ||
Bill & Mona Jones || Alan & Deanna
Prater || Jim & Jane Smith
2. Bluegrass
Songwriter of the Year
Lowell Appling || Don Hupp ||
Charlie Lawson || Carl Trantham
3. Bluegrass
Album of the Year
"Bluegrass Prayer" - by Arlington (on Indep. Label)
"Notes From Home" - by The Chapmans (on Pinecastle Records)
"Mom's Old Picture Book" - by Sharon Graeff with Lost Highway (on
Indep. Label)
"Legacy" - by The Vern Young Band (on Indep. Label)
4. Bass Fiddle
Performer of the Year
Len Peeples || Marilyn Lawson ||
Bobette Punches || Forrest Carter
5. Dobro
Performer of the Year
Larry Beem || Joe Smith ||
Max Cooley || Ferrell Stowe
6. Guitar
Performer of the Year
Charlie Lawson || Joey Wright ||
Greg Blake || Paul Baldrige
7. Mandolin
Performer of the Year
Jesse Durham || Jim McGreevy ||
Bruce Punches || Joey Wieneman
8. Banjo
Performer of the Year
Alan Strickland || Jim McGreevy ||
Alan Jones || DeWayne Price
9. Fiddle
Performer of the Year
Herbie Johnston, Don Montgomery, Rodley Lewis, Betse Ellis
10. Female
Vocalist of the Year (Contemporary)
Mae Burlison || Bobette Punches ||
Cindy Weldon || Jennifer Strickland
11. Female
Vocalist of the Year (Traditional)
Sharon Graeff || Susan Durham ||
Lela Peeples || Marge Ezell
12. Male
Vocalist of the Year (Contemporary)
Jim McGreevy || Bruce Punches ||
Duane Sparks || Butch Suitt
13. Male
Vocalist of the Year (Traditional)
Vern Young || Harold Rowden ||
Charlie Lawson || Greg Blake
14. Bluegrass
Gospel Group of the Year
Marksmen Quartet || The Berge Family
|| Heartland Express ||
Green Valley Grass
15. Bluegrass
Band of the Year (Contemporary)
Bluegrass Brigade || The Wilders ||
Faris Family || Arlington
16. Bluegrass
Band of the Year (Traditional)
Bluegrass Missourians || Charlie Lawson
& Oak Hill || Vern Young Band ||
Bluegrass Five || Green Valley Grass
17. Bluegrass
Vocal Group of the Year
Green Valley Grass || Arlington ||
Waring Family || The Ezells
18. Bluegrass
Instrumental Group of the Year
First Impression || Arlington ||
Twin Rivers || Louisiana Grass
19. Entertaining
Bluegrass Band of the Year
Blue Night || Louisiana Grass ||
Charlie Lawson & Oak Hill || Goldwing
Express
20. Entertainer
of the Year
Charlie Lawson || Jeff Hardin ||
Bob Baldridge || Frank Carter
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