IBMA Recap

                          I just wanted to mention some of the winners from the IBMA Awards 

                          that I mentioned a few posts earlier.  Josh Williams again won the IBMA

                          guitarist of the year for the third year in a row.  Josh Williams is a great  

                          musician with a number of instruments but can most often be found playing 

                          rhythm and lead guitar and singing.  

                           In 2008 Josh announced his new band "The Josh Williams Band".  Josh
                           has dates scheduled on his web site and currently has three solo albums.
                           Josh also plays several dates with "The Tony Rice Unit" "and the
                           Traveling McCoury's".  I am going to put Josh in the Player of the week
                           to the right and I will place a link to his CD in the Amazon box. 

                          Another winner of Entertainer of the year, Album of the year,  and
                          Vocal Group of the year were "Dailey and Vincent" who have a great
                          sound with some great gospel tunes.  I encourage you to take a listen,
                          the vocals on some of their songs is pretty amazing, I will put a link at
                          the bottom to hear one of their songs.


                          Song to Hear - "Winter's come and gone" Dailey and Vincent

                          Song to Learn - "Cherokee Shuffle" a song on Josh Williams CD
                                                   (this is not the tab for his version)

I'm a Bluegrass Fan

          The musicianship exhibited by the guitarists and other

          instruments within bluegrass is stunning.  The more I listen

          the more I put time and effort into becoming a flatpicker

          myself.  The speed, clarity, and expression that the bluegrass

          greats play with their trusty flat top acoustics are more impressive

          to me than any distorted, delayed, or crunched electric.  Don’t get

          me wrong, amazing guitar playing in any genre is impressive but the

          two that I gravitate to is fingerstyle and flatpicking guitar.   

          The 21^st annual International Bluegrass Music Awards is scheduled

          for Thursday, September 30, 2010, at Nashville, Tennessee’s historic

          Ryman Auditorium.  IBMA states that “The IBMA Awards will be broadcast

          live on Sirius XM Satellite Radio (Bluegrass Junction, Channel 14) and on

          WSM-AM 650 (live at www.mosnline), and will also be syndicated to

          more than 300 U.S. markets and 14 foreign networks.”

          Here are some of the musicians that I am a fan of and that are nominees. 

          Take a little time and listen to the amazing guitar rhythm and soloing in these

          artists work and other bluegrass greats.

                          Entertainer of the year – The Del McCoury Band

                                                                        The Grascals

            

                          Instrumental group of the year – Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder

            

                          Male Vocalist of the year – Dan Tyminski

             

                          Instrumental performer of the year – Fiddle -  Andy Leftwich

                                                                                               Guitar -  Cody Kilby

                                                                                                           -  Bryan Sutton

          Song to Hear -  Charles Sawtelle on Guitar

          Song to Learn - Bluegrass guitar great Charles Sawtelle's 

                                           tab for Tennessee Wagoner