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wrangler - Posted - 11/14/2009: 08:18:21
In looking through the past IBMA banjo players of the year, I don't see where Earl has ever been the banjo player of the year. Is that correct?
Mike
To peace, happiness, banjos that stay in tune and people likewise
EggerRidgeBoy - Posted - 11/14/2009: 08:37:05
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Originally posted by wrangler
In looking through the past IBMA banjo players of the year, I don't see where Earl has ever been the banjo player of the year. Is that correct?
Mike
To peace, happiness, banjos that stay in tune and people likewise
That is correct. I does seem wrong in a way, but it is understandable. The IBMA awards didn't begin until 1990, well after Earl's most productive periods and a time when he wasn't too active (Bela Fleck won that year). Earl, along with Bill Monroe and Lester Flatt, was inducted into the inaugural class of the Bluegrass Hall of Fame in 1991, which was in a sense the equivalent of being named "Banjo Player of the Year" many, many times in the 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s, which he surely would have been if such an award had existed in those days. I still kind of wish his name were on the list of yearly winners, though. Sonny Osborne never won the award, either, but like Earl he is in the Bluegrass Hall of Fame. The same with Ralph Stanley.
Edited by - EggerRidgeBoy on 11/14/2009 12:24:50
JAVink - Posted - 11/14/2009: 08:37:30
Nope, Earl has never been given the award.
I might be chased from the site for this, but I don't think there's anything wrong with that.
If the award had been given out twenty, thirty, forty years ago, I think Earl would have won countless years in a row. The fact is that now he really doesn't record or put out any new music. To give him the award for past achievements would really lessen the importance of the award and cheat those who are making new and innovative music today. If he were to put out an album of new material and his playing was up to that which is being put out today, I'd think he'd win it. Until then, I think they've got it right.
~Jacob
Edited by - JAVink on 11/14/2009 08:50:53
Oalbrets - Posted - 11/14/2009: 09:27:43
They should give him an award for Banjoman of the century.
Poverty Ridge Bluegrass
wrangler - Posted - 11/14/2009: 09:32:36
This is the only thing Earl and I have in common: neither of us has been named Banjo Player of the Year.
Mike
To peace, happiness, banjos that stay in tune and people likewise
derekanjo - Posted - 11/14/2009: 10:00:58
As I understand the ballot, there is a cut off period of eligibility (much like the grammys) from the previous year based on album releases and active touring schedules, neither of which earl has had on a regular basis since the 80s.
Derek
gottasmilealot - Posted - 11/14/2009: 11:14:58
A lifetime achievement award would be the way to go if they do such a thing.
Keith
Oalbrets - Posted - 11/14/2009: 11:33:34
I agree Keith. He may have already have gotten one or two or three or four.
Poverty Ridge Bluegrass
SandyR - Posted - 11/15/2009: 17:36:49
There are so many bluegrass greats, from the underheralded to the well-known, who aren't acknowledged properly by IBMA. History isn't doomed to repeat itself—it's in danger of being forgotten.
SJL - Posted - 11/15/2009: 17:50:15
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Originally posted by wrangler
This is the only thing Earl and I have in common: neither of us has been named Banjo Player of the Year.
Mike
To peace, happiness, banjos that stay in tune and people likewise
 "If the woman is alive at the end of the song, it ain't Bluegrass". 2007 Hatfield Walnut Custom 1976 (?) Aria Pro Tree of Life
TopCat - Posted - 11/16/2009: 05:05:58
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Originally posted by gottasmilealot
A lifetime achievement award would be the way to go if they do such a thing.
Surely Egger Ridge Boy has covered that in post #2 above? Earl, along with Bill Monroe and Lester Flatt, was inducted into the inaugural class of the Bluegrass Hall of Fame in 1991, which was in a sense the equivalent of being named "Banjo Player of the Year" many, many times in the 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s
flake - Posted - 11/16/2009: 15:18:51
Earl is more like the bestower of the award. Everyone basically owes it to him, and it's up to them to keep it in good standing as it's caretaker from year to year.
mike
You can't ride home on a bowl of goat. I've always said that.
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