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IBMA Awards show reception

As promised, we’ll have a couple more photo galleries from last week’s IBMA festivities in Nashville. Here is a batch of photos from the party held backstage at The Grand Ole Opry house just prior to Thursday’s International Bluegrass Music Awards.

Del McCoury and Roland White ¬© 2007 Tami Roth      Bradley Walker and D.D. Thacker ¬© 2007 Tami Roth      Tim McFadden, Sally McFadden, Bradley Walker, D.D. Thacker ¬© 2007 Tami Roth

Terry Baucom and Donica Christensen      Greg Cahill, Don Eaves and Ed Fryday ¬© 2007 Tami Roth      Jason Thomas and Claire Lynch ¬© 2007 Tami Roth

Larry Cordle and Mark Newton ¬© 2007 Tami Roth      Joey Cox and John Lawless ¬© 2007 Tami Roth      Darrin Vincent, Jamie Daley and Katie Tumlinson ¬© 2007 Tami Roth

Blair Joseph and Josh Williams ¬© 2007 Tami Roth      Pete Wernick and Flexigrass      Joey Cox and Adam Steffey


Audiophile award?

During an IBMA week conversation with John Eberle of Americana Mastering, an excellent suggestion for a new IBMA Award category came up.

John remarked that, given the degree to which bluegrass artists and fans appreciate the subtleties of acoustic instrument tonality, it might be appropriate to consider an award for the best audio recording of the year.

It struck me as a marvelous idea as well, though I suspect that the IBMA Awards Committee may not immediately warm to the notion of new awards.


IBMA photos

We’ve heard from a number of readers who were unable to view the photo galleries we had posted from IBMA last week. It seems to have been restricted to users of Internet Explorer 7, though not all IE 7 users were affected.

In any event, we have modified the code to remove the tag that caused this problem, so anyone who had trouble seeing the IBMA images should be able to do so now.

We actually have some additional photos which we will post later today or tomorrow, as soon as we recover from last week.

If you would like to follow our live blog coverage of the Awards Show, you can find it arranged in chronological order here.


IBMA 2007 Awards Comparison

It’s time now for our annual recap of the IBMA Awards and a comparison to our unofficial poll.

Here are the results.

Award
IBMA Winner
Blog Poll Winner
Entertainer of the Year The Grascals Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Vocal Group of the Year Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Instrumental Group of the Year Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, featuring Audie Blaylock Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
Song of the Year Fork In The Road
The Infamous Stringdusters
Chris Jones & John Pennell (writer)
Fork In The Road
The Infamous Stringdusters
Chris Jones & John Pennell (writer)
Album of the Year Lefty’s Old Guitar
J.D. Crowe & The New South

tied with

Fork In The Road
The Infamous Stringdusters

More Behind The Picture Than The Wall
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year He Lives In Me
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
He Lives In Me
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Instrumental Album of the Year Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular
Tony Trischka
Wow Baby
Hunter Berry
Emerging Artist of the Year The Infamous Stringdusters The Infamous Stringdusters
Recorded Event of the Year Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular
Tony Trischka
Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular
Tony Trischka
Male Vocalist of the Year Bradley Walker Larry Sparks
Female Vocalist of the Year Dale Ann Bradley Rhonda Vincent
Banjo Player of the Year Tony Trischka J.D. Crowe
Bass Player of the Year Missy Raines Barry Bales
Fiddle Player of the Year Michael Cleveland Michael Cleveland
Dobro Player of the Year Rob Ickes Jerry Douglas
Guitar Player of the Year Tony Rice Tony Rice
Mandolin Player of the Year Sam Bush Doyle Lawson

Last year we only got 7 out of 17 correct in our poll. This year we got 7 out of 17 right again. It seems we’re establishing a track record.

It’s interesting to see how our readership compares to the voting membership of IBMA. Visit the IBMA website to find out more about IBMA membership.

More updates from IBMA and the World of Bluegrass coming soon.