Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance

The Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance , in German "Grammy Award for the best performance of a country instrumental ", is a music prize that was awarded from 1970 to 2011 by the American Recording Academy in the field of country music .

History and background

Since 1959, the Grammy Awards are presented annually in numerous categories by the Recording Academy in the United States to recognize artistic achievement, technical competence, and overall outstanding performance regardless of album sales or chart position.

One of these categories was the Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance. The prize was awarded from 1970 to 2011 and was called the Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group or Soloist) from 1986 to 1989 .

In 2012, the award was set in a major overhaul of the Grammy categories. As of 2012, the best country instrumental performances were awarded either in the Grammy Award for Best Country Solo Performance or the Grammy Award for Best Country Duo / Group Performance category.

Winners and nominees

year	winner	nationality	plant	Nominees	Picture of the winner (s)
1970	The Nashville Brass and Danny Davis	United States	The Nashville Brass Featuring Danny Davis Play More Nashville Sounds
1971	Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed	United States	Me & Jerry
1972	Chet Atkins	United States	Snowbird
1973	Charlie McCoy	United States	Charlie McCoy / The Real McCoy
1974	Steve Mandell and Eric Weissberg	United States	Dueling banjos
1975	Chet Atkins and Merle Travis	United States	The Atkins-Travis Traveling Show
1976	Chet Atkins	United States	The entertainer
1977	Chet Atkins and Les Paul	United States	Chester and Lester
1978	Hargus "Pig" Robbins	United States	Country Instrumentalist of the Year
1979	Asleep at the wheel	United States	One O'Clock Jump
1980	Doc Watson and Merle Watson	United States	Big Sandy / Leather Britches
1981	Gilley's Urban Cowboy Band	United States	Orange Blossom Special / Hoedown
1982	Chet Atkins	United States	Country After All These Years
1983	Roy Clark	United States	Alabama Jubilee
1984	New South	United States	Fireball
1985	Ricky Skaggs	United States	Wheel Hoss
1986	Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler	United States  United Kingdom	Cosmic Square Dance
1987	Ricky Skaggs	United States	Raisin 'the Dickins
1988	Asleep at the wheel	United States	String of pars
1989	Asleep at the wheel	United States	Sugarfoot Rag
1990	Randy Scruggs	United States	Amazing grace
1991	Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler	United States  United Kingdom	So soft, your goodbye
1992	Mark O'Connor	United States	The New Nashville Cats
1993	Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed	United States	Sneakin 'around
1994	Asleep at the Wheel, Chet Atkins, Eldon Shamblin , Johnny Gimble , Marty Stuart , Reuben "Lucky Oceans" Gosfield and Vince Gill	United States	Red Wing
1995	Chet Atkins	United States	Young Thing
1996	Asleep at the Wheel , Béla Fleck and Johnny Gimble	United States	Hightower
1997	Chet Atkins	United States	Jam Man
1998	Alison Krauss & Union Station	United States	Little Liza Jane
1999	Vince Gill and Randy Scruggs	United States	A Soldier's Joy
2000	Tommy Allsup , Asleep at the Wheel , Floyd Domino , Larry Franklin , Vince Gill and Steve Wariner	United States	Bob's breakdowns
2001	Alison Brown and Béla Fleck	United States	Leaving Cottondale
2002	Jerry Douglas , Vince Gill , Albert Lee , Steve Martin , Leon Russell , Earl Scruggs , Gary Scruggs , Randy Scruggs , Paul Shaffer and Marty Stuart	United States  United Kingdom	Foggy Mountain Breakdown
2003	Dixie Chicks	United States	Lil 'Jack Slade
2004	Alison Krauss & Union Station	United States	Cluck Old Hen
2005	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Earl Scruggs , Randy Scruggs, Vassar Clements and Jerry Douglas	United States	Earl's breakdown
2006	Alison Krauss & Union Station	United States	Unionhouse Branch
2007	Bryan Sutton and Doc Watson	United States	Whiskey Before Breakfast
2008	Brad Paisley	United States	Throttleneck
2009	Brad Paisley , James Burton , Vince Gill , John Jorgenson , Albert Lee , Brent Mason , Redd Volkaert and Steve Wariner	United States  United Kingdom	Cluster pluck
2010	Steve Wariner	United States	Producer's Medley
2011	Marty Stuart	United States	Hummingbyrd

Web links

• Official website of the Grammy Awards - Recording Academy, Los Angeles (English)
• Winner of the Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance (English) at grammy.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ Grammy Awards. Retrieved June 16, 2019 . 
2. ^ The Official Site of the Grammy Awards - Overview. Retrieved June 16, 2019 . 
3. ↑ GRAMMY Awards Winners Best Country Instrumental Performance. Retrieved June 16, 2019 .