Blue Highway - 2008 IBMA Vocal Group of the Year Nominee
Category: IBMA Nominees
By Dan Tackett
August 19, 2008
The members of award winning bluegrass band Blue Highway in studio and talking about their album “Through The Window of a Train.” by String Theory Media
Together for 14 years and with eight albums to their credit, Blue Highway is on a roll — no a ride, a train ride to be exact, as in the title of the band’s latest CD, the critically acclaimed “Through the Window of a Train.”
The band is up for IBMA’s Vocal Group of the Year award this year, on the heels of their very successful, self-produced CD, which is also up for Album of the Year and Song of the Year for the title track penned by band member Tim Stafford and Grasstowne’s Steve Gulley. The band is also a finalist for the Instrumental Group of the Year award.
Stafford handles guitar work for the group, which also includes Jason Burleson on banjo, guitar and mandolin; Rob Ickes on dobro; Shawn Lane on mandolin and fiddles; and Wayne Taylor on bass. The entire group handles song-writing chores on the new CD and many of the cuts are winning rave reviews for the depth of their lyrics. Winning awards is nothing new to this group, which has compiled a basket full of IBMA honors, two Grammy nominations and a Dove award.
In its July 2008 issue, Bluegrass Unlimited said of the new CD: “… Blue Highway possesses an enviable maturity and remarkable stability. Thus the band both needed and recognized the need for a change of pace with their latest project. Rather than recording in Nashville, Blue Highway headed into Southwestern Virginia to use Alan Maggard’s studio in Big Stone Gap and assumed, for the first time, the producer’s role for themselves. In this way, Blue Highway has achieved a deceptively understated masterpiece with “Through the Window of a Train.”
Web Site: http://bluehighwayband.com/
Blue Highway Discography:
| Year | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Through the Window of a Train | Rounder |
| 2005 | Marbletown | Rounder |
| 2003 | Wondrous Love | Rounder |
| 2001 | Still Climbing Mountains | Rounder |
| 1999 | Blue Highway | Ceili Music |
| 1998 | Midnight Storm | Rebel Records |
| 1996 | Wind to the West | Rebel Records |
Awards & Honors:
IBMA Awards
- Gospel Recording of the Year (2004-Wondrous Love; 1997-God Moves in a Windstorm)
- Emerging Artist of the Year (1996)
- IBMA Album of the Year Award (1996-It’s a Long, Long Road; 2006, Celebration of Life: Musicians Against Childhood Cancer)
- Dobro Player of the Year (Rob Ickes) (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007)
Dove Awards
- Best Bluegrass Album (2004-Wondrous Love)
Grammy® Nominations
- Best Bluegrass Album (2005-Marbletown)
- Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album (2004-Wondrous Love)
SPBGMA Awards
- Gospel Group of the Year (Overall) (2005)
- Instrumental Group of the Year (2003)
- Dobro Performer of the Year (Rob Ickes) (2003)
- Bass Performer of the Year (Wayne Taylor) (2001)
- Guitar Performer of the Year (Tim Stafford) (2001)
Other Media:
Blue Highway singing Tears Fell On Missouri at the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival.
Blue Highway - Still Climbin Mountains at the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival.
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