Type | Music Association |
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Genre | Bluegrass |
Founded | 1991 |
Headquarters | 311 W 2nd St, Owensboro, KY 42301 Owensboro, Kentucky , |
Website | https://www.bluegrasshall.org/ |
Induction to the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame, called the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor from its creation in 1991 through 2006, is managed by the International Bluegrass Music Association, and the Hall itself is maintained at the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum, Owensboro, Kentucky.
Inductee selection
Each year a nominating committee creates a slate of 10-15 candidates. From these names, electors cast ballots to narrow the nominees to five finalists. There are over 200 electors who, themselves, must have participated actively in bluegrass for at least 10 years, and must merit respect and recognition for their accomplishments and/or knowledge in one or more aspects of the field.
After the five finalists have been selected, the electors again vote to select the inductee(s) for that year. The name(s) of the newest Hall of Honor inductee(s) are made public immediately following the final stage of balloting and the formal induction takes place each year during the International Bluegrass Music Awards Show. The plaques are displayed at the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Owensboro, Kentucky.
Multiple inductees
To date, there have been six artists who have been inducted into the Hall of Fame more than once:
Name | First | Year | Second | Year | |
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John Duffey | The Country Gentlemen | 1996 | The Original Seldom Scene | 2014 | |
Tom Gray | |||||
Mike Auldridge | The Original Seldom Scene | 2014 | Solo career | 2019 | |
Clarence White | Solo career | 2016 | The Kentucky Colonels | 2019 | |
Roland White | Solo career | 2017 | |||
Sam Bush | New Grass Revival | 2020 | Solo career | 2023 | |
Inductees
1991
1992
1993
- Mac Wiseman
- Jim & Jesse
- Jim McReynolds
- Jesse McReynolds
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
- Lance LeRoy
- Doc Watson
2001
2002
- The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover
- Michael Burt "Bea" Lilly
- Charles E. "Everett" Lilly
- Don Stover
- David Freeman
2003
2004
2005
2006
- The Lewis Family
- James Ray "Pop" Lewis
- Blanche "Mom" Lewis
- Nannie Lewis
- James Wallace Lewis
- Talmadge Lewis
- Polly Lewis
- Roy Lewis
- Travis Lewis
- Janis Lewis Phillips
- Lewis Phillips
- Syd Nathan
2007
- Howard Watts ("Cedric Rainwater")
- Carl Story
2008
- Bill Clifton
- Charles Wolfe
2009
- Lonesome Pine Fiddlers
- Charlie Cline
- Curly Ray Cline
- Ezra Cline
- Melvin Goins
- Paul Williams
- The Dillards
- Doug Dillard
- Rodney Dillard
- Mitchell F. Jayne
- Dean Webb
2010
2011
2012
2013
- Tony Rice
- Paul Warren
2014
2015
2016
- Ken Irwin
- Marian Leighton-Levy
- Bill Nowlin
- Clarence White
2017
2018
- Vassar Clements
- Tom T. Hall & Dixie Hall
- Mike Seeger
- Allen Shelton
- Ricky Skaggs
- Jake Tullock
- Joe Val
- Paul Williams
- Terry Woodward
2019
- Mike Auldridge
- Bill Emerson
- The Kentucky Colonels
- Roger Bush
- Billy Ray Latham
- LeRoy McNess
- Clarence White
- Eric White
- Roland White
2020
- J.T. Gray
- Johnson Mountain Boys
- Tom Adams
- Dudley Connell
- Eddie D'Mmura
- Francis Davidson
- David McLaughlin
- Mark Prindle
- Gary Reid
- Larry Robbins
- Eddie Stubbs
- Richard Underwood
- Marshall Wilborn
- Hugh Yeager
- New Grass Revival
- Curtis Birch
- Sam Bush
- John Cowan
- Béla Fleck
- Pat Flynn
- Courtney Johnson
- Butch Robins
- Ebo Walker
2021
- Alison Krauss
- Lynn Morris
- The Stoneman Family
- Ernest Stoneman
- Hattie Stoneman
- Patsy Stoneman Murphy
- Scotty Stoneman
- Donna Stoneman
- Jimmy Stoneman
- Roni Stoneman
- Van Stoneman
2022
- Norman Blake
- Paul "Moon" Mullins
- Peter Rowan
2023
Announced on July 19, 2023.[1]