2003 IBMA Nominations
Entertainer of the Year
Alison Krauss & Union Station
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Del McCoury Band
Mountain Heart
Rhonda Vincent & the Rage.
Instrumental Group of the Year
Blue Highway
Alison Krauss & Union Station
Del McCoury Band
Mountain Heart
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
Vocal Group of the Year
Alison Krauss & Union Station
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Del McCoury Band
Mountain Heart
IIIrd Tyme Out.
Male Vocalist of the Year
Ronnie Bowman
Del McCoury
Russell Moore
Tim O’Brien
Dan Tyminski.
Female Vocalist of the Year
Dale Ann Bradley
Alison Krauss
Patty Loveless
Lynn Morris
Rhonda Vincent.
Song of the Year
• “A Simple Life”
Artist: Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
Songwriter: Harley Allen
• “Anything Southbound”
Artist: Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time
Songwriters: Larry Cordle and Mike Anthony
• “Blue Train (of the Heartbreak Line)”
Artist: Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Songwriter: John D. Loudermilk
• “Long Time Gone”
Artist: Dixie Chicks
Songwriter: Darrell Scott
• “Shape of a Tear”
Artist: Lynn Morris Band
Songwriter: Hugh Campbell
Album of the Year
• Alison Krauss & Union Station Live
Alison Krauss & Union Station
• Live at the Charleston Music Hall
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
• Shape of a Tear
Lynn Morris Band
• Songs From the Workbench
Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time
• Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. III
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band featuring Matraca Berg, Sam Bush, June Carter Cash, Johnny Cash, Vassar Clements, Iris DeMent; Rodney Dillard, Jerry Douglas, Glen Duncan, Vince Gill, Josh Graves, Jamie Hanna, Emmylou Harris, Byron House, Alison Krauss, Taj Mahal, Jimmy Martin, Del McCoury, Robbie McCoury, Ronnie McCoury, Jonathan McEuen, the Nashville Bluegrass Band, Willie Nelson, Tom Petty, Tony Rice, Earl Scruggs, Randy Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs, Doc Watson, Richard Watson, Glenn Worf and Dwight Yoakam
Emerging Artists of the Year
Nothin’ Fancy
David Peterson & 1946
Pine Mountain Railroad
Kenny & Amanda Smith
Wildfire
Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year
• Eye of the Storm
The Issacs
• I’ll Meet You in the Gloryland
Paul Williams & the Victory Trio
• “Lost as a Ball in High Weeds”
Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time
• Singing on Streets of Gold
IIIrd Tyme Out
• “The Hand Made Cross”
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Instrumental Album of the Year
• The Bluegrass Fiddle Album
Aubrey Haynie
• Glen Duncan
Glen Duncan
• I Rest My Case
Randy Howard
• Kickin’ Grass
Jesse Brock
• Spider Bit the Baby
Kenny Baker.
Recorded Event of the Year
• Christmas on the Mountain: A Bluegrass Christmas
Del McCoury Band, Doc Watson, Mac Wiseman, Cyndi Wheeler, Tim O’Brien, the Osborne Brothers, Ronnie McCoury and the GrooveGrass Boyz
• Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions
The Chieftains featuring Bela Fleck, Vince Gill, Patty Griffin, John Hiatt, Alison Krauss, Lyle Lovett, Martina McBride, Del McCoury Band, Buddy & Julie Miller, Tim O’Brien, Earl Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings and Jeff White
• Legacy
Doc Watson and David Holt
• Old & in the Gray
David Grisman, Peter Rowan, Herb Pedersen and Bryn Bright
• Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. III
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band featuring Matraca Berg, Sam Bush, June Carter Cash, Johnny Cash, Vassar Clements, Iris DeMent; Rodney Dillard, Jerry Douglas, Glen Duncan, Vince Gill, Josh Graves, Jamie Hanna, Emmylou Harris, Byron House, Alison Krauss, Taj Mahal, Jimmy Martin, Del McCoury, Robbie McCoury, Ronnie McCoury, Jonathan McEuen, the Nashville Bluegrass Band, Willie Nelson, Tom Petty, Tony Rice, Earl Scruggs, Randy Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs, Doc Watson, Richard Watson, Glenn Worf and Dwight Yoakam
Instrumental Performers of the Year
Banjo
Ron Block
J.D. Crowe
Rob McCoury
Jim Mills
Sammy Shelor
Bass
Barry Bales
Mike Bub
Terry Eldredge
Missy Raines
Marshall Wilborn
Dobro
Mike Auldridge
Jerry Douglas
Josh Graves
Rob Ickes
Phil Leadbetter
Fiddle
Jason Carter
Michael Cleveland
Stuart Duncan
Aubrey Haynie
Ron Stewart.
Guitar
Jim Hurst
Tony Rice
Bryan Sutton
Dan Tyminski
Doc Watson
Mandolin
Wayne Benson
Sam Bush
Mike Compton
Ronnie McCoury
Adam Steffey