Nashville Bluegrass Band

A banda Nashville Bluegrass Band é uma banda americana de bluegrass formada em 1984.

Nashville Bluegrass Band
Informação geral
Origem	Nashville, Tennessee
País	Estados Unidos
Gênero(s)	Bluegrass
Período em atividade	1984-presente
Gravadora(s)	Rounder Records
Afiliação(ões)	Earl Scruggs Béla Fleck Ricky Skaggs Alison Krauss
Integrantes	Alan O'Bryant Pat Enright Roland White Gene Libbea Stewart Duncan Dennis Crouch

História

Os membros do grupo tocaram juntos pela primeira vez em 1984 como um entrada para a banda Vernon Oxford e Minnie Pearl; Eles assinaram com a Rounder Records e gravaram seu primeiro cd My Native Home produzido por Béla Fleck, em 1985. Incorporando elementos da música negra, gospel e espiritual, eles se tornaram sucesso, tanto na América quanto no estrangeiro. O grupo percorreu cerca de 20 países, incluindo o Brasil e foi a primeira banda de bluegrass a tocar na China.

Formação

Atuais membros

• Alan O'Bryant - Banjo de 5 cordas, vocais
• Pat Enright - vocal, Violão Folk
• Mike Compton - bandolim
• Stuart Duncan - violino
• Andy Todd - baixo

Ex-membros

• Mark Hembree - baixo
• Gene Libbea - baixo
• Roland White - bandolim
• Dennis Crouch - baixo

Discografia

Lançado	Título	Rótulo	Número	Notas
1985	My Native Home	Rounder	0212	LP
1986	Idle Time	Rounder	0232	LP
1987	To Be His Child	Rounder	0242	LP gospel, relançado em CD
1988	New Moon Rising	Sugar Hill	CD 3762	Indicado ao Grammy, com Peter Rowan
1990	The Boys Are Back in Town	Sugar Hill	CD 3778	Indicado ao Grammy
1991	The Nashville Bluegrass Band	Rounder	CD 0232	CD compilado dos LPs "My Native Home" e "Idle Time"
1991	Home of the Blues	Sugar Hill	CD 3793	Indicado ao Grammy
1993	Waitin' for the Hard Times to Go	Sugar Hill	CD 3809	Vencedor do Grammy
1995	Unleashed	Sugar Hill	CD 3843	Vencedor do Grammy. Algumas fontes listam o título de pré-lançamento como Still Unplugged
1998	American Beauty	Sugar Hill	CD 3882	Indicado ao Grammy
2004	Twenty Year Blues	Sugar Hill	CD 3959	Indicado ao Grammy
2007	Best of the Sugar Hill Years	Sugar Hill	CD 4036	compilação, 1990-2004

Prêmios

• 1988 Grammy nomination: Best Bluegrass Album / New Moon Rising with Peter Rowan
• 1990 Grammy nomination: Best Bluegrass Album / The Boys Are Back In Town
• 1990 IBMA Vocal Group of the Year
• 1990 Stuart Duncan > IBMA Fiddler of the Year
• 1991 Grammy nomination: Best Bluegrass Album / Home Of The Blues
• 1991 IBMA Vocal Group of the Year
• 1991 Stuart Duncan > IBMA Fiddler of the Year
• 1992 IBMA Vocal Group of the Year
• 1992 IBMA Entertainer of the Year
• 1992 IBMA Song of the Year / Blue Train (by Dave Allen, from Home Of The Blues)
• 1992 Stuart Duncan > IBMA Fiddler of the Year
• 1992 Alan O’Bryant > IBMA Recorded Event of the Year / Slide Rule / Jerry Douglas
• 1993 INDY AWARD: Best Bluegrass Album / Waitin’ For The Hard Times To Go
• 1993 IBMA Vocal Group of the Year
• 1993 IBMA Entertainer of the Year
• 1993 Stuart Duncan > IBMA Fiddler of the Year
• 1993 Stuart Duncan (backed by NBB) > IBMA Instrumental Album of the Year / Stuart Duncan
• 1994 Grammy Award: Best Bluegrass Album / Waitin’ For The Hard Times To Go
• 1994 Stuart Duncan > IBMA Fiddler of the Year
• 1995 Stuart Duncan > IBMA Fiddler of the Year
• 1996 Grammy Award: Best Bluegrass Album / Unleashed
• 1996 Stuart Duncan > IBMA Fiddler of the Year
• 1997 Alan O’Bryant, Pat Enright, Mike Compton, Stuart Duncan > Grammy Award: Best Bluegrass Album / True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe
• 1997 Alan O’Bryant, Pat Enright, Mike Compton, Stuart Duncan > IBMA Album of the Year / True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe
• 1997 Alan O’Bryant, Pat Enright, Mike Compton, Stuart Duncan > IBMA Recorded Event of the Year / True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe
• 1999 Alan O’Bryant > IBMA Instrumental Album of the Year / Bound to Ride / Jim Mills
• 2000 Alan O’Bryant > IBMA Album of the Year / The Grass is Blue / Dolly Parton
• 2001 Pat Enright, Mike Compton, Stuart Duncan > Grammy Award: Album of the Year / O Brother Where Art Thou? soundtrack
• 2001 Pat Enright, Mike Compton, Stuart Duncan > IBMA Album of the Year / O Brother Where Art Thou? soundtrack
• 2001 Pat Enright, Mike Compton, Stuart Duncan > Academy of Country Music Album of the Year / O Brother Where Art Thou? soundtrack
• 2001 Pat Enright (with Dan Tyminski & Harley Allen) > Grammy Award: Best Country Collaboration with Vocals / Man of Constant Sorrow
• 2001 Pat Enright (with Dan Tyminski & Harley Allen) > IBMA Song of the Year / Man of Constant Sorrow
• 2001 Pat Enright (with Dan Tyminski & Harley Allen) > CMA Song of the Year / Man of Constant Sorrow
• 2001 Pat Enright (with Dan Tyminski & Harley Allen) > MTV MOVIE AWARD nomination: Best Music Moment / Man of Constant Sorrow
• 2001 Alan O’Bryant > IBMA Instrumental Album of the Year / Knee Deep In Bluegrass: The Acutab Sessions
• 2001 Alan O’Bryant > GRAMMY AWARD: Best Bluegrass Album / The Grass is Blue / Dolly Parton
• 2002 Mike Compton, Stuart Duncan > IBMA Album of the Year / Down from the Mountain
• 2003 IBMA Recorded Event of the Year / Will The Circle Be Unbroken Vol. III / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
• 2004 IBMA Recorded Event of the Year / Livin’, Lovin’, Losin’: Songs of the Louvin Brothers
• 2004 Alan O’Bryant, producer > DOVE AWARD: Bluegrass Album of the Year / Wonderous Love / Blue Highway
• 2004 Alan O’Bryant, producer > IBMA Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year / Wonderous Love / Blue Highway
• 2005 Grammy nomination Best Bluegrass Album / Twenty Year Blues
• 2005 Stuart Duncan > IBMA Fiddler of the Year

Ligações externas

• [* http://www.nashvillebluegrassband.net/  «Sítio Oficial»] 
• [* http://www.keithcase.com/profiles/Nash/bio.html  «Biografia da Banda»]