The Academy of Country Music Announces The 6th Annual ACM Honors Winners

The Academy of Country Music

The ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC announced today the winners of the off-camera awards for the 47th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS held at the MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA in LAS VEGAS on APRIL 1st at 8:00p (ET) on the CBS TELEVISION NETWORK. The 6th ANNUAL ACM HONORS event will be held on SEPTEMBER 24th 2012 in NASHVILLE, and will honor the winners for “Special,” “Industry,” “MBI” (Musician, Bandleader, and Instrumentalist) and “Songwriter of the Year” awards.

The winners are:

SPECIAL AWARDS

“CLIFFIE STONE Pioneer” Award
EMMYLOU HARRIS, BILLY SHERRILL, RICKY SKAGGS, and DWIGHT YOAKAM.

“Crystal Milestone” Award
KENNY CHESNEY

“Career Achievement” Award
VINCE GILL

“JIM REEVES International” Award
ALAN JACKSON

“MAE BOREN AXTON” Award
GAYLE HOLCOMB

“Poet’s Award”
BOBBY BRADDOCK and ROGER MILLER

SONGWRITER

“Songwriter of the Year”
DALLAS DAVIDSON

INDUSTRY AWARDS

“Casino of the Year”
MANDALAY BAY HOTEL & CASINO- LAS VEGAS, NV

“DON ROMEO Talent Buyer of the Year”
JIMMY RAY- JAYSON PRODUCTIONS, INC.

“Nightclub of the YEAR”
BILLY BOB’S TEXAS- FT. WORTH, TX

“Promoter of the Year”
BRIAN O’CONNELL- LIVE NATION
“Venue of the Year”
BRIDGESTONE ARENA- NASHVILLE, TN

MBI (MUSICIANS, BAND, INSTRUMENTAL) AWARDS

“Producer of the Year”
FRANK LIDDELL

“Audio Engineer of the Year”
JUSTIN NIEBANK

“Bass Player of the Year”
MICHAEL RHODES

“Percussion/ Drummer of the Year”
SHANNON FORREST

“Guitarist of the Year”
KENNY GREENBERG

“Fiddle Player of the Year”
STUART DUNCAN

“Piano/ Keyboard Player of the Year”
JOHN HOBBS

“Specialty Instrument(s) Player of the Year”
AUBREY HAYNIE

“Steel Guitar Player of the Year”
PAUL FRANKLIN

For more on the awards visit www.acmcountry.com.

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