Ernest Tubb Record Shops

ERNEST TUBB RECORD SHOP
TO RECEIVE IBMA'S
DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

International Bluegrass Music Association is proud to announce this year’s recipients of the Distinguished Achievement Award, an honor which recognizes individuals, groups and businesses for ground-breaking work and fostering the music’s image and accessibility. The following award recipients will be honored at the Special Awards Luncheon on Thursday, October 2, 2008, at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel during IBMA’s World of Bluegrass Business Conference:

Bill Harrell
The Banjo Newsletter
The Ernest Tubb Record Shop
Art Menius
Joe Carr & Alan Munde

Ernest Tubb Record Shop has embraced bluegrass music since the genre’s beginning, opening its doors for the first time on May 3, 1947. The company’s mail order business, in particular, provided a valuable resource for early country and bluegrass fans who lived outside of the southeastern United States. Over the years The Ernest Tubb Record Shop, like bluegrass music itself, has found a loyal and growing niche of patrons. Approximately 25% of the retailer’s huge stock is devoted to bluegrass music. The Ernest Tubb Midnite Jamboree, the second longest running live radio show in the world, also features bluegrass music on a regular basis and has for 61 years. The Ernest Tubb Record Shop now has two locations in Nashville; plus additional stores in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee and Fort Worth, Texas.