International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame
The International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame is an American hall of fame that honors major bluegrass musicians with the recording each year .
history
The Bluegrass Hall of Fame was founded in 1991 under the name "International Bluegrass Hall of Honor". The first to be honored were Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs as well as the "Father of Bluegrass" Bill Monroe . The Hall of Fame annually honors bluegrass pioneers or other great artists in the genre. Each year, artists are nominated by over 200 personalities from the music industry, five of whom are ultimately included during the International Bluegrass Music Awards ceremony .
The Hall of Fame is operated by the International Bluegrass Music Association and is located at the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro , Kentucky .
Dear
- 1991: Lester Flatt , Bill Monroe , Earl Scruggs
- 1992: Don Reno & "Red" Smiley , The Stanley Brothers
- 1993: Jim & Jesse McReynolds , Mac Wiseman
- 1994: The Osborne Brothers
- 1995: Jimmy Martin
- 1996: The Country Gentlemen , Peter V. Kuykendall
- 1997: Josh Graves
- 1998: Chubby Wise , Carlton Haney
- 1999: Kenny Baker
- 2000: Doc Watson , Lance LeRoy
- 2001: The Carter Family
- 2002: The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover , David Freeman
- 2003: JD Crowe
- 2004: Curly Seckler , Bill Vernon
- 2005: Red Allen , Benny Martin
- 2006: The Lewis Family , Syd Nathan
- 2007: Howard Watts (aka Cedric Rainwater), Carl Story
- 2008: Bill Clifton , Charles K. Wolfe
- 2009: Lonesome Pine Fiddlers , The Dillards
- 2010: John Hartford , Louise Scruggs
- 2011: Del McCoury , George Shuffler
- 2012: Doyle Lawson, Ralph Rinzler
- 2013: Tony Rice , Paul Warren
- 2014: Neil Rosenberg, The Original Seldom Scene
- 2015: Larry Sparks, Bill Keith
Web links
- Hall of Fame on the International Bluegrass Music Association website
- Press release on Hillbilly-Music.com