Americana Music Awards

Went to the Americana Music Awards in Nashville last week. Below is the list of winners ect. form the Associations website.

Click Here to View some photos from the show

And The Winners Are... :: 11-6-07
The Americana Music Association announced the winners of it's 6th annual Honors and Awards during an event held November 1st at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN.
Awards were given out in five member voted categories for:
•· Album of the Year-Patty Griffin/Children Running Through
•· Artist of the Year-Patty Griffin
•· Duo Group of the Year-Avett Brothers
•· Instrumentalist of the Year-Buddy Miller
•· New/Emerging Artist of the Year-Avett Brothers
•· Song of the Year-"Hank Williams' Ghost"-by Darrell Scott
Additional Awards went to:
•· Lyle Lovett - Trailblazer Award
•· Joe Ely-Lifetime Achievement for Performance
•· Mavis Staples - "Spirit of Americana" Free Speech Award
•· Ry Cooder-Lifetime Achievement for Instrumentalist
•· Willie Nelson-Lifetime Achievement for Songwriter
•· Mary Martin-Lifetime Achievement for an Executive
•· Jim Dickinson-Lifetime Achievement for a Producer Engineer
•· Townes Van Zandt-The Presidents Award
The ceremony was hosted by Artist/Songwriter Jim Lauderdale. Buddy Miller returned as the band leader. Among the artists performing on the show were; Lyle Lovett, Patty Griffin, Amy LeVere, Emmylou Harris, Ricky Skaggs with Bruce Hornsby, The Avett Brothers, Elizabeth Cook, Joe Ely, Guy Clark, The Hacienda Brothers, Uncle Earl, Sunny Sweeney and Todd Snider.
The Americana Honors and Awards show are part of the four day and night annual Americana Festival and Conference, now in its eighth year held in Nashville TN.

Playlist 11-05-07 Back from the AMA

Back from the AMA. Fun was had, great music was heard. The award show this year was the best.
6am
Subdudes - Street Symphony
Nickel Creek - Best of Luck
Jonathan Byrd - Little Bird
Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez - Maybelline
Old School Freight Train - Superstition
Queen - Killer Queen
Erikson Holt - The Blue Side
Kim Richey - Jack and Jill
Nelson Price Haggard - Pick Me Up on Your Way Down
The Wilders - Jefferson and Liberty
Elizabeth Cook - Sunday Morning
Malolcm Holcombe - Doing His Job (request)
The Eagles - Peacful Easy Feeling
Shawn Camp - Sis Draper
Josh Ritter - Still Beating
7am
Merle Haggard - I Wonder Where to Find You
Tift Merritt - Late Night Pilgram
Mike Farris - Oh Mary Don't You Weep
Lyle Lovett - Church (Request)
Richard Thompson - A11 (request)
Flatt and Scruggs - Don't Get Above Your Raising (request)
Townes Van Zandt - To Lives to Fly
Sons of Bill - Roll On Jordon (request)
The Lovin' Spoonful - Nashville Cats
Uncle Earl - Wish I Had My Time Again
Buddy Miller - Shelter Me
Bruce Hornsby - Fields of Gray
Levon Helm - The Girl I Left Behind
8am
Kane Welch Kaplin - Highland Mary
Acoustic Syndicate - Why Not
Will Kimbrough - Eden Prarie
Flatt and Scurggs - Flint Hill Special
Old Crow Medicine Show - Deportee
Old Crow Medicine Show - We're All In this Together
Nanci Griffith - Tower Song
James Taylor - Sweet Baby James
Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez - Wild Thing
Bob Dylan -Silvio
Ray Willie Hubbard - Old Guitar
Emmylou Harris - Beyond the Blue
Patty Griffin - Heavenly Days
Joe Ely - A Flood On Our Hands

Playlist 10-31-07 and the Americana Music Conference

Going to Nashville tomorrow for the AMERICANA MUSIC FESTIVAL AND CONFERENCE so I'll not be able to post playlists after today until I get back in on Monday. May be I'll get a chance to post from there.
6am
Happy Halloween!!!!
Boo!!! Did I Scare You??
Levon Helm - Calvary
Ray Charles and Diana Krall - You Don't Know
Jay Lichty Band - Drifted With the Wind
Bruce Springsteen - Livin' in the Future
Lorretta Lynn - High On a Mountain Top
Midnight Oil - Beds are Burning
Corey Harris - I See Your Face
Marah - John Brown's Body
John Fogerty - Nobody's Here Anymore
Peter Case - Every 24 Hours
New Grass Revival - Looking Past You
Malcolm Holcombe - Evelyn
Robert Earle Keen - Long Chain
John Hiatt - The River Knows Your Name
Acoustic Syndicate - Pumpkin and Daisy
Infamous Stringdusters - Poor Boys Delight (request)
7am
Derek and the Dominoes - Layla (request)
Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London
Richard Thompson - Ghosts in the Wind
Counting Crows - Ghost Train
Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash - Ghost Riders in the Sky
South Austin Jug Band - Ghost
J.J. Cale - After Midnight
Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez - Laredo
Doc Watson - Life's Easy
Ottis Redding - Ole Man Trouble
Greatful Dead - Dire Wolf
Cream - Strange Brew
8am
Steve Forbert - Witch Blues
The Eagles - Witchy Woman (request)
John Fogerty - Wicked Old Witch
CCR - Bad Moon Rising (request)
Marhta Scanland - Went to see the Gypsy
Sorry I didn't list all the songs this hour. Things got kinda busy in the studio.

Americana Music Awards Nominees

Americana Music Association recently named the nominees for this years awards show.
The following list is from their website....

Eligibility is based on work released during a 12 month time period from June 1, 2006 through May 31, 2007. The nominees include:

Album of the Year
Emotionalism-The Avett Brothers (Ramseur)
Modern Times- Bob Dylan (Columbia)
West- Lucinda Williams (Lost Highway)
Children Running Through- Patty Griffin (ATO)

Artist of the Year
Joe Ely
Lucinda Williams
Patty Griffin
Todd Snider

Instrumentalist
Buddy Miller
Gurf Morlix
Sam Bush
Will Kimbrough

New and Emerging Artist
Amy LaVere
The Avett Brothers
Sunny Sweeney
Uncle Earl

Song of the Year
Hank Williams' Ghost by Darrell Scott; appears on Invisible Man (Full Light Records) Publishers: Chuck Wagon Gourmet Music, Famous Music Corp
Sometimes It Takes Balls to be a Woman by Elizabeth Cook and Melinda Schneider; appears on Balls (31 Tigers) Publishers: Elizabeth Cook Music, Royal Notes Music, NewMel Music
Are You Alright? by Lucinda Williams; appears on West written (Lost Highway) Publishers: Warner Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Lucy Jones Music
Heavenly Day by Patty Griffin; appears on Children Running Through (ATO) Publishers: ALMO Music Corp, One Big Love Music

Duo Group of the Year
The Avett Brothers
The Duhks
The Hacienda Brothers
Old Crow Medicine Show
Son Volt

The winners will be announced on November 1st at the historic Ryman Auditorium during the 6th Annual Americana Music Association's Honors and Awards Show. In addition to the categories listed above, the association will present multiple Lifetime Achievement Awards to deserving individuals.