Author: John Lawless

Dan Tyminski and Wichita Rutherford are presenting now. Wichita is taking Dan's picture on stage.

Blue Highway is on now, always in top form, doing Nothing But A Whipporwill.(?). A real class act...

Cherryholmes on stage playing Love I Left Behind. What a show they deliver!

What a great honor to win an award where Earl Scruggs used to play. Thanks his wife, Kim; Earl Scruggs for making him want to play: Ricky Skaggs for hiring him: and Sugar Hill for releasing his CDs.

The awards for artists who, on recorded and/or in-person performance during the specified time period, have shown an extraordinary mastery of their instruments. Nominations and awards will be made in six (6) sub-categories: Banjo, Bass, Dobro, Fiddle, Guitar and Mandolin.

"I sure didn't expect this." Thanking Scott and Rosa Vestal for their help recoring, and everyone at Pinecastle. Thanks his son, Matt, and his wife, Lisa.

Mountain Heart - kicking it.

Wow... Larry Sparks & The Lonesome Ramblers with Alison Krauss and Dan Tyminski doing John Deere Tractor.

"What an honor to be on this stage." Thanks his wife and family, and his fellow nominees - hopes they will be honored in the same way. Emotional for Mike - audience loves him. Mike is honoring the bass

The awards for artists who, on recorded and/or in-person performance during the specified time period, have shown an extraordinary mastery of their instruments. Nominations and awards will be made in six (6) sub-categories: Banjo, Bass, Dobro, Fiddle, Guitar and Mandolin.