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Sierra’s mandolin playing is amazing!  I would have liked to see her win mandolin player of the year, even though Adam Steffey is extremely deserving.

Dailey and Vincent won nearly every award this year at IBMA.

• Entertainer of the Year
• Vocal Group
• Male Vocalist (Jamie)
• Album of the Year
• Gospel Recorded Performance
• Recorded Event of the Year
• Emerging Artist of the Year

What an amazing treat!  IBMA was fortunate enough this year to have the legendary Tony Rice accompany Mountain Heart for after hours and official showcases.   Between the 2 sets, a good number of classic Tony tunes were covered such as Manzanita, Old Train, Blue Railroad Train, and Nine Pound Hammer.  Mountain Heart is an amazing band and Tony seemed to be having a blast… definitely the highlight of the entire IBMA conference!

2008 IBMA World of Bluegrass – Nashville, TN

Very deserving!

Can’t get a better band anywhere… Luke Bulla on the fiddle, Bryan Sutton on guitar, Paul Franklin on Steel, and Tommy G. on drums.  Some of Nashville’s finest came together for Dave Peterson’s IBMA after hours showcase.  Only in Nashville can surprises like this happen!

The amazing Mark Schatz… this time on Clawhammer instead of the bass.

The after hours show at IBMA World of Bluegrass… they followed John Cowan and this was the first time I saw them (except for the 1 song at the IBMA award show) with new guitar player Andy Falco.  10-5-2007 (I think)

The Cherryholmes Band put on a spectacular show at IBMA… we were pretty worn out and almost missed this show, but we came back and caught Cherryholmes and The Grascals… lucky for us that we did!  10-5-2007

Sierra is amazing!!! I first saw her a number of years ago playing with Alison Krauss… I think it was one of the Bluegrass specials they taped at the Ryman or the Opry House.  I think she was 12 at the time.

She has only gotten better in the last 4 or 5 years, her IBMA shows were awesome!