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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
also is an accomplished instrumentalist on mandolin and fiddle winning 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 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
September 17, 2009.
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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