Rhonda Vincent Leads BMI Stars’ Sweep of SPBGMA Awards
Rhonda Vincent | Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver |
Rhonda Vincent was the night's biggest winner with three; she claimed the Entertainer of the Year trophy as well as prizes for Contemporary Female Vocalist and Best Instrumental Group (with her band, the Rage). Double winners were Larry Stephenson, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, and songwriters Tom T. & Dixie Hall.
Jimmy Gaudreau | Tom T. & Dixie Hall |
The Lewis Family received the Grand Masters Gold Award for having won the traditional gospel group of the year honor for a total of 10 years.
Charlie Waller | The Lewis Family |
Mandolinist Jimmy Gaudreau, who played key roles in such trailblazing groups as the Country Gentlemen, J. D. Crowe & the New South, Spectrum and Chesapeake, was inducted to the SPBGMA Preservation Hall.
Hunter Berry | Blue Highway |
Congratulations to BMI's SPBGMA winners:
Entertainer
Rhonda Vincent
Song
"Clinch Mountain Mystery"
The Larry Stephenson Band, artist
Tom T. & Dixie Hall, songwriters
Songwriter
Tom T. Hall & Dixie Hall
Josh Williams | Cherryholmes |
Female Vocalist (Contemporary)
Rhonda Vincent
Female Vocalist (Traditional)
Lynn Morris
Male Vocalist (Contemporary)
Larry Stephenson
Male Vocalist (Traditional)
James King
Ronnie McCoury | Lynn Morris Band |
Gospel Group (Contemporary)
The Marksmen
Gospel Group (Traditional)
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Gospel Group (Overall)
Blue Highway
IIIrd Tyme Out |
Vocal Group
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Instrumental Group
Rhonda Vincent & The Rage
Bluegrass Band (Overall)
IIIrd Tyme Out
Entertaining Group
Cherryholmes
Album of the Year
Songs of the American Spirit
Charlie Waller & the Country Gentlemen
Guitar
Josh Williams
Mandolin
Ronnie McCoury
Banjo
Cia Cherryholmes
Fiddle
Hunter Berry
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