THE BLUEGRASS ALBUM BAND

• A recording band featuring Tony Rice, guitar; J.D. Crowe, banjo; Doyle Lawson, mandolin; Bobby Hicks, fiddle; Todd Phillips, bass; Jerry Douglas, Dobro™ (third album on); Vassar Clements, fiddle (fifth album on).
• 1981, recorded first of six albums for Rounder Records, The Bluegrass Album.
• 1982, released The Bluegrass Album, Volume 2.
• 1983, released The Bluegrass Album, Volume 3: California Connection.
• 1985, released The Bluegrass Album, Volume 4.
• 1990, released The Bluegrass Album, Volume 5.
• 1990, won IBMA award for Instrumental Group of the Year.
• 1996, released The Bluegrass Album, Volume 6: Bluegrass Instrumentals.
• 1997, won IBMA award for Instrumental Album of the Year (for The Bluegrass Album, Volume 6: Bluegrass Instrumentals)
• 2003, re-united for J.D. Crowe’s induction into the IBMA’s Hall of Honor and performed several reunion concerts with Josh Williams or Ricky Wasson on lead vocals.