Knoxville boys taking bluegrass world by storm!

Heads up Bluegrass fans. Some Knoxville boys are trying to take over the Bluegrass world and the SPBGMA's. The 2008 nominee list reads like a who's who of Knoxville bluegrass. Check it out:

Knoxville radio station, WDVX-FM, is nominated in 2 categories:

BLUEGRASS RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR (WDVX-FM - Knoxville)

BLUEGRASS DJ OF THE YEAR (Freddy Smith - WDVX-FM - Knoxville)

Knoxville's, Jerry Butler, and his group, Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road, is nominated in 10 categories:

BLUEGRASS ALBUM OF THE YEAR (Carolina Road)
BASSFIDDLE PERFORMER OF THE YEAR (Todd Meade)
MANDOLIN PERFORMER OF THE YEAR (Lorraine Jordan)
FIDDLE PERFORMER OF THE YEAR (Josh Goforth)
FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR -Traditional (Lorraine Jordan)
MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR -Traditional (Jerry Butler)
VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR (Carolina Road)
SONG OF THE YEAR (Carolina Road)
ENTERTAINING GROUP OF THE YEAR (Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road)
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR (Lorraine Jordan)

Knoxville's, Phil Leadbetter, and his group,"Grasstowne," is nominated in 11 categories:

VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR

INSTRUMENTAL GROUP OF THE YEAR

BLUEGRASS BAND OF THE YEAR

GOSPEL GROUP OF THE YEAR (Contemporary)

ALBUM OF THE YEAR (The Road Headin' Home)

SONG OF THE YEAR (Dixie Flyer)

MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR (Steve Gulley)

BANJO PLAYER OF THE YEAR (Jason Davis)

BASS PLAYER OF THE YEAR (Jamey Booher)

DOBRO PLAYER OF THE YEAR (Phil Leadbetter)

MANDOLIN PLAYER OF THE YEAR (Alan Bibey)

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The 34th Annual SPBGMA BLUEGRASS MUSIC AWARDS- & 25th NATIONAL CONVENTION, will be held on -JANUARY 31, FEBRUARY 1-2-3, at 2008 Sheraton Music City Hotel - Nashville, Tennessee.

Good luck to all of our Knoxville related nominees!