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GRAMMY award-winning Sam Bush is an American mandolinist who is considered an originator of progressive bluegrass music. In 2020, he was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame as a member of New Grass Revival.
As well as being an accomplished bluegrass vocalist, Sam Bush is also an accomplished instrumentalist on mandolin and fiddle, winning the title of National Fiddle Champion at fifteen years of age. He was a founding member of the New Grass Revival and has been called a modern-day Bill Monroe, or as Sam would say, “. . if Bill was the father of bluegrass, then I could be the mother because Monroe would say: ‘here comes that mother now!'”
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Sam, affectionately “Sammy”, or “Mr. Entertainment”, also recalls meeting Mr. Monroe as a young teen. After demonstrating his mandolin technique, Monroe offered the advice: “stick to the fiddle”.
Sam Bush hosted the 22nd annual International Bluegrass Music Association Awards on September 29, 2011, held at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium. He also hosted the 2007 IBMA Awards, held at the Grand Ole Opry House.
The Americana Music Association (AMA) presented Sam Bush with the Lifetime Achievement for Instrumentalist Award at the 8th Annual Americana Honors & Awards ceremony, presented by the Gibson Foundation at Ryman Auditorium on September 17, 2009.
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The International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) has named Sam Bush Mandolin Player of the Year four times, in 1990, 1991, 1992, and 2007.
He was nominated in 2006 for the Grammy for Best Country Instrumental Performance with Jerry Douglas and Béla Fleck for “Who’s Your Uncle”.
In March 2010, legislation passed in Kentucky that officially named Bowling Green the “Birthplace of Newgrass” and Sam Bush the “Father of Newgrass.” The resolution, sponsored by Representative Jim DeCesare, passed the Kentucky Senate 37-0 on March 25. It passed the House on March 3, 99–0.
Sam Bush was the subject of the 2015 documentary Revival: The Sam Bush Story, which features commentary from Alison Krauss, Emmylou Harris, Béla Fleck, David Grisman, Ricky Skaggs, and The Avett Brothers, among others. Directed by Wayne Franklin and Kris Wheeler, the film was shown at various independent film festivals throughout 2015.
Sam Bush has been awarded a Grammy for …
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal with Emmylou Harris & Nash Ramblers in 1992.
Best Pop Instrumental Performance with Béla Fleck & The Flecktones on The Sinister Minister in 1996.
Album of the Year with various artists, such as Alison Krauss & Union Station, Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch, Ralph Stanley, and Tim Blake Nelson for O Brother, Where Art Thou in 2001
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