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28th
Annual
SPBGMA
National Bluegrass Music Awards
and Nineteenth National Convention
Sheraton Music City - Nashville, Tennessee
SPBGMA
Fans Choice Nominees
January
31 & February 1, 2, & 3, 2002
NOMINEES
2002
1. BLUEGRASS
PROMOTER OF THE YEAR:
Norman Adams || Johnnie Stringer ||
Edgar Kitchen
Dwight Dillman || Darrel Adkins ||
Marty Stevens
2. BLUEGRASS
RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR:
WOUB - FM Athens, OH || WPAQ - AM Mount
Airy, NC
WBZI - AM Xenia, OH || WQDR - FM Raleigh,
NC
WPCM - FM Burlington, NC || WVCP -
FM Gallatin, TN
WSM-AM (The
recipient of The Masters Gold Award 2002.)
3. BLUEGRASS
DJ OF THE YEAR:
Eddie Stubbs (WSM - AM) || Ron Vigue
(WOUB - FM)
Paul "Moon" Mullens (WBZI - AM) ||
Traci Todd (WRVU - FM)
Buddy Michaels (WPCM - FM) || Sherry
Boyd (WPAQ - AM)
4. BLUEGRASS
CLUB NEWSLETTER OF THE YEAR:
BLUEGRASS BEACON - Arizona Bluegrass Association
BLUEGRASS EXPRESS - Oregon Bluegrass Association
BLUEGRASS GAZETTE - Northern Indiana Bluegrass Association
FIREBALL MAIL - South Wisconsin Bluegrass Association
MIDNIGHT FLIER - North Florida Bluegrass Association
POW'R PICKIN' - Colorado Bluegrass Music Society
THE BABA BULLETIN - Bay Area Bluegrass Association
5. BLUEGRASS
SONG WRITER OF THE YEAR:
Larry Cordle & Larry Shell || Ronnie
McCoury || Randall Hylton
Tom T. Hall & Dixie Hall || Pam Gadd
|| Carl Jackson
6. BLUEGRASS
ALBUM OF THE YEAR:
EMPTY OLD MAILBOX - by Don Rigsby for Sugar Hills Records
IN FULL COLOR - by Karl Shiflett and Big Country Show for Rebel
Records
THE STORM STILL RAGES - by Rhonda Vincent for Rounder Records
FOLLOW ME- by The Chapmans for Pinecastle Records
DEL AND THE BOYS- by Del McCoury Band for Ceili Records
LOVE HURTS- by Sally Jones for Pinecastle Records
7. BASS FIDDLE
PERFORMER OF THE YEAR:
Wayne Taylor || Mike Bub ||
Missy Raines
Barry Bales || Ronnie Davis ||
Ray Deaton
8. DOBRO
PERFORMER OF THE YEAR:
Mike Auldridge || Gene Wooten ||
Jerry Douglas
Phil Leadbetter || Tim Graves ||
Rob Ickes
9. GUITAR
PERFORMER OF THE YEAR:
Jim Hurst || Tim Stafford ||
Kenny Smith
Tony Rice || Bryan Sutton ||
John Chapman
10. MANDOLIN
PERFORMER OF THE YEAR:
Ronnie McCoury || Darin Aldridge ||
Sam Bush
Don Rigsby || Wayne Benson ||
Alan Bibey
11. BANJO
PERFORMER OF THE YEAR:
Sammy Shelor || Rob McCoury ||
Greg Corbett
J D Crowe || Terry Baucom ||
Greg Cahill
12. FIDDLE
PERFORMER OF THE YEAR:
Glen Duncan || Michael Cleveland ||
Jason Carter
Stuart Duncan || Aubrey Haynie ||
Mike Hartgrove
13. FEMALE
VOCALIST OF THE YEAR (CONTEMPORARY):
Rhonda Vincent || Alison Krauss ||
Sonya Isaacs
Kim Fox || Tina Adair ||
Laurie Lewis
14. FEMALE
VOCALIST OF THE YEAR (TRADITIONAL):
Lynn Morris || Dale Ann Bradley ||
Claire Lynch
Hazel Dickens || Valerie Smith ||
Sally Jones
15. MALE
VOCALIST OF THE YEAR (CONTEMPORARY):
Steve Gulley || Larry Stephenson ||
Russell Moore
Charlie Waller || Ronnie Bowman ||
Jim Stack
16. MALE
VOCALIST OF THE YEAR (TRADITIONAL):
Don Rigsby || James King ||
Ralph Stanley
Del McCoury || Dan Tyminski ||
Vern Young
17. GOSPEL
GROUP OF THE YEAR (CONTEMPORARY):
IIIrd Tyme Out || Sitze Family ||
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Marksmen Quartet || The Isaacs ||
Mountain Heart
18. GOSPEL
GROUP OF THE YEAR (TRADITIONAL):
Lewis Family || Sullivan Family ||
Paul Williams & The Victory Trio
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver || Village
Singers || Larry Sparks & The Lonesome
Ramblers
19. GOSPEL
GROUP OF THE YEAR (OVERALL):
Village Singers || Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
|| Lewis Family
Jerry & Tammy Sullivan || Paul Williams
& The Victory Trio || The Isaacs
20. VOCAL
GROUP OF THE YEAR:
Lonesome River Band || IIIrd Tyme Out
|| Larry Stephenson Band
Mountain Heart || David Parmley & Continental
Divide || Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
21. INSTRUMENTAL
GROUP OF THE YEAR:
Blue Ridge || Blue Highway ||
Del McCoury Band
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder ||
Lonesome River Band || IIIrd Tyme Out
22. BLUEGRASS
BAND OF THE YEAR (OVERALL):
IIIrd Tyme Out || Del McCoury Band
|| Mountain Heart
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver || Rhonda
Vincent & The Rage || Lonesome River
Band
23. ENTERTAINING
GROUP OF THE YEAR:
Del McCoury Band || Doyle Lawson &
Quicksilver || IIIrd Tyme Out
Rarely Herd || Goldwing Express ||
Nashville Bluegrass Band
24. ENTERTAINER
OF THE YEAR:
Rhonda Vincent || Del McCoury ||
Little Roy Lewis
Larry Sparks || Karl Shifflett ||
Ron Thomason
25. SONG
OF THE YEAR:
"MAN ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD" - by Chris Jones (With Tom T. Hall)
for Rebel Records
"EMPTY OLD MAILBOX" - by Don Rigsby for Sugar Hill Records
"IS THE GRASS ANY BLUER" - by Rhonda Vincent for Rounder Records
"LOSING AGAIN" - by The Chapmans for Pinecastle Records
"VIRGINIA MAN" - by Pam Gadd for OMS Records
"1952 VINCENT BLACK LIGHTNING" - by Del McCoury Band for Ceili Records
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