Nothin' Fancy - Awards, Distinctions, and Honors

Awards, Distinctions, and Honors

• Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America (SPBGMA) Awards:
  • "Entertaining Group Of The Year" at the 36th Annual National SPBGMA Awards February 2010.
  • "Entertaining Group Of The Year" at the 35th Annual National SPBGMA Awards February 2009.
  • "Entertaining Group Of The Year" at the 34th Annual National SPBGMA Awards February 2008.
• September 25, 2010 was named "Nothin' Fancy Day" by order of the mayor of Buena Vista, Virginia.
• Named as "Honorary Mountaineers" by order of Governor Joe Manchin III of West Virginia while playing a benefit concert in 2007 in Weston, W. Va., for the Lewis County Blue Brass Band to raise funds for student instruments. The governor commended them for “demonstrating an expression of good will and respect for the people of the Mountain State.”
• Once Upon A Road earned them a showcase at the IBMA (International Bluegrass Music Association) Convention October 2002 and a nomination for the 14th annual IBMA Emerging Artist of the Year Award (2003).
• Winner at the 1998 Maury River Fiddler's Convention.
• Winner at the 1986 Virginia Folk Music Society State Bluegrass Band Championship (as East Coast Bluegrass Band).
• Winner at the 1985 East Coast Bluegrass championship (as East Coast Bluegrass Band).