# Nashville Bluegrass Band

A banda Nashville Bluegrass Band é uma banda americana de bluegrass formada em 1984.

## História

Os membros do grupo tocaram juntos pela primeira vez em 1984 como um entrada para a banda Vernon Oxford e Minnie Pearl; Eles assinaram com a Rounder Records e gravaram seu primeiro cd My Native Home produzido por Béla Fleck, em 1985. Incorporando elementos da música negra, gospel e espiritual, eles se tornaram sucesso, tanto na América quanto no estrangeiro. O grupo percorreu cerca de 20 países, incluindo o Brasil e foi a primeira banda de bluegrass a tocar na China.

## Formação
### Atuais membros

* Alan O'Bryant - Banjo de 5 cordas, vocais
* Pat Enright - vocal, Violão Folk
* Mike Compton - bandolim
* Stuart Duncan - violino
* Andy Todd - baixo

### Ex-membros

* Mark Hembree - baixo
* Gene Libbea - baixo
* Roland White - bandolim
* Dennis Crouch - baixo

## Discografia

| Lançado | Título | Rótulo | Número | Notas |
| 1985 | My Native Home | Rounder | 0212 | LP |
| 1986 | Idle Time | Rounder | 0232 | LP |
| 1987 | To Be His Child | Rounder | 0242 | LP gospel, relançado em CD |
| 1988 | New Moon Rising | Sugar Hill | CD 3762 | Indicado ao Grammy, com Peter Rowan |
| 1990 | The Boys Are Back in Town | Sugar Hill | CD 3778 | Indicado ao Grammy |
| 1991 | The Nashville Bluegrass Band | Rounder | CD 0232 | CD compilado dos LPs "My Native Home" e "Idle Time" |
| 1991 | Home of the Blues | Sugar Hill | CD 3793 | Indicado ao Grammy |
| 1993 | Waitin' for the Hard Times to Go | Sugar Hill | CD 3809 | Vencedor do Grammy |
| 1995 | Unleashed | Sugar Hill | CD 3843 | Vencedor do Grammy. Algumas fontes listam o título de pré-lançamento como Still Unplugged |
| 1998 | American Beauty | Sugar Hill | CD 3882 | Indicado ao Grammy |
| 2004 | Twenty Year Blues | Sugar Hill | CD 3959 | Indicado ao Grammy |
| 2007 | Best of the Sugar Hill Years | Sugar Hill | CD 4036 | compilação, 1990-2004 |

## Prêmios

* 1988 Grammy nomination: Best Bluegrass Album / New Moon Rising with Peter Rowan
* 1990 Grammy nomination: Best Bluegrass Album / The Boys Are Back In Town
* 1990 IBMA Vocal Group of the Year
* 1990 Stuart Duncan > IBMA Fiddler of the Year
* 1991 Grammy nomination: Best Bluegrass Album / Home Of The Blues
* 1991 IBMA Vocal Group of the Year
* 1991 Stuart Duncan > IBMA Fiddler of the Year
* 1992 IBMA Vocal Group of the Year
* 1992 IBMA Entertainer of the Year
* 1992 IBMA Song of the Year / Blue Train (by Dave Allen, from Home Of The Blues)
* 1992 Stuart Duncan > IBMA Fiddler of the Year
* 1992 Alan O’Bryant > IBMA Recorded Event of the Year / Slide Rule / Jerry Douglas
* 1993 INDY AWARD: Best Bluegrass Album / Waitin’ For The Hard Times To Go
* 1993 IBMA Vocal Group of the Year
* 1993 IBMA Entertainer of the Year
* 1993 Stuart Duncan > IBMA Fiddler of the Year
* 1993 Stuart Duncan (backed by NBB) > IBMA Instrumental Album of the Year / Stuart Duncan
* 1994 Grammy Award: Best Bluegrass Album / Waitin’ For The Hard Times To Go
* 1994 Stuart Duncan > IBMA Fiddler of the Year
* 1995 Stuart Duncan > IBMA Fiddler of the Year
* 1996 Grammy Award: Best Bluegrass Album / Unleashed
* 1996 Stuart Duncan > IBMA Fiddler of the Year
* 1997 Alan O’Bryant, Pat Enright, Mike Compton, Stuart Duncan > Grammy Award: Best Bluegrass Album / True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe
* 1997 Alan O’Bryant, Pat Enright, Mike Compton, Stuart Duncan > IBMA Album of the Year / True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe
* 1997 Alan O’Bryant, Pat Enright, Mike Compton, Stuart Duncan > IBMA Recorded Event of the Year / True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe
* 1999 Alan O’Bryant > IBMA Instrumental Album of the Year / Bound to Ride / Jim Mills
* 2000 Alan O’Bryant > IBMA Album of the Year / The Grass is Blue / Dolly Parton
* 2001 Pat Enright, Mike Compton, Stuart Duncan > Grammy Award: Album of the Year / O Brother Where Art Thou? soundtrack
* 2001 Pat Enright, Mike Compton, Stuart Duncan > IBMA Album of the Year / O Brother Where Art Thou? soundtrack
* 2001 Pat Enright, Mike Compton, Stuart Duncan > Academy of Country Music Album of the Year / O Brother Where Art Thou? soundtrack
* 2001 Pat Enright (with Dan Tyminski & Harley Allen) > Grammy Award: Best Country Collaboration with Vocals / Man of Constant Sorrow
* 2001 Pat Enright (with Dan Tyminski & Harley Allen) > IBMA Song of the Year / Man of Constant Sorrow
* 2001 Pat Enright (with Dan Tyminski & Harley Allen) > CMA Song of the Year / Man of Constant Sorrow
* 2001 Pat Enright (with Dan Tyminski & Harley Allen) > MTV MOVIE AWARD nomination: Best Music Moment / Man of Constant Sorrow
* 2001 Alan O’Bryant > IBMA Instrumental Album of the Year / Knee Deep In Bluegrass: The Acutab Sessions
* 2001 Alan O’Bryant > GRAMMY AWARD: Best Bluegrass Album / The Grass is Blue / Dolly Parton
* 2002 Mike Compton, Stuart Duncan > IBMA Album of the Year / Down from the Mountain
* 2003 IBMA Recorded Event of the Year / Will The Circle Be Unbroken Vol. III / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
* 2004 IBMA Recorded Event of the Year / Livin’, Lovin’, Losin’: Songs of the Louvin Brothers
* 2004 Alan O’Bryant, producer > DOVE AWARD: Bluegrass Album of the Year / Wonderous Love / Blue Highway
* 2004 Alan O’Bryant, producer > IBMA Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year / Wonderous Love / Blue Highway
* 2005 Grammy nomination Best Bluegrass Album / Twenty Year Blues
* 2005 Stuart Duncan > IBMA Fiddler of the Year