Dailey & Vincent Named Entertainer of the Year at International Bluegrass Music Awards
Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent took home an unprecedented seven awards after launching their career as a duo just a year ago. In addition to Entertainer of the Year, they received awards for Vocal Group of the Year, Album of the Year (for their self-titled Rounder debut), Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year (for “By the Mark”), Emerging Artist of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year (Dailey), and Recorded Event of the Year for Vincent’s participation on the album, Everett Lilly & Everybody and Their Brother.
Michael Cleveland came to center stage twice to accept awards for Fiddle Player of the Year—his sixth win in the category—and Instrumental Group of the Year with his band Flamekeeper, for the second year running.
Dale Ann Bradley took home her second consecutive Female Vocalist trophy. Rob Ickes was named Dobro Player of the Year for the tenth time, more than any other artist in a single category in the history of the IBMA Awards. He also received the award for Song of the Year with his band mates in Blue Highway for “Through the Window of a Train,” the title cut of their current album on Rounder Records, written by Tim Stafford and Steve Gulley.
The sold-out audience at the Ryman was thrilled for first-time award recipients Josh Williams (Guitar), Kristin Scott Benson (Banjo), Barry Bales (Bass) and Andy Hall (Instrumental Album of the Year, for Sound of the Slide Guitar).
Adam Steffey, who performs with the Dan Tyminski Band, claimed his sixth award for Mandolin Player of the Year.
WSM’s Eddie Stubbs inducted artist and international ambassador for bluegrass music, Bill Clifton and the late Charles K. Wolfe, renowned author and cultural historian, into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame.
The star-studded program, hosted by the legendary Del McCoury, included performances by The Steep Canyon Rangers, Blue Highway, The Grascals, The SteelDrivers, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, The Del McCoury Band, Dailey & Vincent, The Dan Tyminski Band, The Infamous Stringdusters and Dale Ann Bradley. Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder offered a grand finale tribute medley honoring the pioneers of bluegrass music.
At the Special Awards Ceremony held earlier in the day, Distinguished Achievement Awards were presented to: Art Menius, Bill Harrell, The Ernest Tubb Record Shop, Banjo Newsletter and Alan Munde & Joe Carr. Other award recipients included the following: Bluegrass Broadcaster of the Year - Kyle Cantrell, Bluegrass Junction, XM Radio; Print Media Person of the Year - Chris Stuart; Bluegrass Event of the Year - the 29th Annual Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival in Brunswick, Maine; Best Liner Notes for Recorded Project - Gary Reid for The Stanley Brothers: The Definitive Collection, 1947-1966 (Time Life); and Best Graphic Design for Recorded Project - Gary Carr and Sarah Holman for What The, by Pete Wernick & Flexigrass (Niwot Records).
IBMA
2008 Award Recipients:
Entertainer of the Year:
Dailey & Vincent
Vocal Group of the Year:
Dailey & Vincent
Instrumental Group of the
Year: Michael Cleveland &
Flamekeeper
Male Vocalist of the
Year: Jamie Dailey
Female Vocalist of the
Year: Dale Ann Bradley
Album of the Year:
Daily
& Vincent, Jamie Dailey &
Darrin Vincent (artists and producers), Rounder
Records
Song of the Year:
“Through the Window of a Train” by Blue Highway - Tim
Stafford & Steve Gulley
(songwriters)
Gospel Recorded
Performance of the Year: “By the Mark,” Jamie Dailey
& Darrin Vincent (artists and
producers)
Instrumental Album of the
Year: Sound of the Slide
Guitar, Andy Hall (artist and
producer), Sugar Hill Records
Recorded Event of the
Year: Everett Lilly &
Everybody and Their Brother; Featuring Everett
Lilly, Bea Lilly, Charles Lilly, Daniel Lilly, Mark
Lilly, Marty Stuart, Rhonda Vincent, Billy Walker,
Ronnie McCoury, Rob McCoury, David Ball, Charlie
Cushman, Larry Stephenson, Joe Spivey, Eddie Stubbs,
Jason Carter, Dickey Lee, Freddy Weller, Mike Bub,
Rad Lewis, Andy May, Darrin Vincent, Marcia Campbell,
Clay Rigdon, Eric Blankenship and Bill Wolfenbarger
(artists); Charles Lilly & Bill Wolfenbarger
(producers); Swift River Music
Emerging Artist of the
Year: Dailey & Vincent
Instrumental Performers
of the Year:
Banjo:
Kristin Scott Benson
Bass:
Barry Bales
Fiddle: Michael
Cleveland
Dobro:
Rob Ickes
Guitar: Josh
Williams
Mandolin: Adam
Steffey
Bluegrass Hall of Fame:
Charles Wolfe, Bill Clifton
Distinguished
Achievement: Art Menius, Bill Harrell, The Ernest
Tubb Record Shop, Banjo
Newsletter, Alan Munde & Joe
Carr
Print Media Person of the
Year: Chris Stuart
Bluegrass
Broadcaster of the Year: Kyle
Cantrell
Bluegrass Event of the
Year: 29th Annual Thomas Point Beach
Bluegrass Festival
Best
Liner Notes For Recorded Project: Gary Reid,
for The Stanley Brothers:
The Definitive Collection
(1947-1966), The Stanley Brothers,
Time Life
Best
Graphic Design For Recorded Project: Gary Carr and
Sarah Holman, What
The, Pete Wernick &
Flexigrass, Niwot Records