Author: John Lawless

"I love gospel music because I love the Lord. "

Performing now is Marty Rabon, singing California Cotton Fields with Phil Leadbetter, Scott Vestal, Stuart Duncan... When we talked with Phil yesterday he mentioned how much he had loved this tune when Seldom Scene recorded it back in the late

Wichita Rutherford is accepting the award from Bryan. What a hoot!

The award for the artist who, on recorded and/or in-person performance during the specified time period, has shown an extraordinary mastery of their instrument. The award goes to the individual. The Guitar Player Of The Year for 2005 is: Bryan

Passes a tribute to JD and Paul - calls JD "The Claw Of Life." Darren Vincent accepts for the band, praises Ricky as a great band leader.

The award for Instrumental Group of the Year is being presented by JD Crowe and Paul Williams.

The first act up tonight is Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder performing Sis Draper.

We're live! It's 8:00 p.m. here in Nashville and the 2005 International Bluegrass Music Awards are on the air! The Issacs are launching the show with The Star Spangled Banner.

It looks like the show is about to begin. David Crowe is "prepping" the audience, making sure that everybody is on their best behavior. No speeches longer than 30 seconds, etc. We'll see how that goes...

Due to the higher than usual server load this week, we have been exceeding our available CPU resources, so to avoid service disruptions during the Awards Show, we are disabling the photo galleries for the next few hours. We apologize