Official 2008 Round One Results
DixieOutfitters Southern Heritage Music Awards Voting
| New Album of the Year |
|
| 1. |
|
Sikes, Glaspy & The Rhythm
Rebels - Redemption |
287 (21%) |
| 2. |
|
Jon Weaver III - Those Long Gone Dog
Gone Nashville Rags |
67 (5%) |
| 3. |
|
Ross Moore - Road to Lisdoonvarna: A
Celtic Journey |
215 (16%) |
| 4. |
|
Deborah Brinson - Erin Song |
255 (19%) |
| 5. |
|
52nd Regimental String Band - The Civil
War Grand Military Ball |
111 (8%) |
| 6. |
|
Sparky & Rhonda Rucker - The
Mountains Above and the Valleys Below |
16 (1%) |
| 7. |
|
Bobby Horton - Homespun Songs of the
Patriots in the American Revolution |
66 (5%) |
| 8. |
|
Al Perry - Warriors & Warfare |
39 (3%) |
| 9. |
|
The Ball Sisters Band - Dixie |
147 (11%) |
| 10. |
|
General Lee & the New
Confederacy - My Dixie |
144 (11%) |
|
|
Total
Votes: 1347
|
|
| Vintage Album of the Year |
|
| 1. |
|
Rick Revel, “Rick
Revel’s Songs of the South” |
52 (5%) |
| 2. |
|
Susan Jacobson,
“Somebody’s Darling” |
50 (5%) |
| 3. |
|
Gray Ghost, “Songs of the
South” |
63 (7%) |
| 4. |
|
Robert Lloyd, “The Battle Flag
Never Looked So Good” |
62 (6%) |
| 5. |
|
Bobby Horton, “Homespun Songs
of the Great Smoky Mountains” |
141 (15%) |
| 6. |
|
Carl Peterson "Songs of the South:
Bagpipes & Banjos" |
172 (18%) |
| 7. |
|
Linda Carlton, “The Sword of
Robert Lee” |
36 (4%) |
| 8. |
|
52nd Regimental String Band,
“Voices of Gettysburg” |
94 (10%) |
| 9. |
|
2nd South Carolina String Band,
“Southern Soldier” |
27 (3%) |
| 10. |
|
UnReconstructed, “A Smile and
a Tear… Guaranteed!” |
272 (28%) |
|
|
Total
Votes: 969
|
|
| Male Artist of the Year |
|
| 1. |
|
Bobby Mountain |
43 (4%) |
| 2. |
|
Bobby Horton |
111 (9%) |
| 3. |
|
Rick Revel |
86 (7%) |
| 4. |
|
Terry Warren |
203 (17%) |
| 5. |
|
Wade Harris |
21 (2%) |
| 6. |
|
Robert Lloyd |
33 (3%) |
| 7. |
|
Ross Moore |
314 (26%) |
| 8. |
|
Ronny Miller |
230 (19%) |
| 9. |
|
Stan Clardy |
24 (2%) |
| 10. |
|
“General Lee” Matous
|
124 (10%) |
|
|
Total
Votes: 1189
|
|
| Female Artist of the Year |
|
| 1. |
|
Karina Glaspy |
281 (26%) |
| 2. |
|
Deborah Brinson |
263 (24%) |
| 3. |
|
Candy Lyn Rabbitt |
42 (4%) |
| 4. |
|
April Upton |
22 (2%) |
| 5. |
|
Heather Dempsey |
120 (11%) |
| 6. |
|
Cris Ball |
140 (13%) |
| 7. |
|
Linda Carlton |
36 (3%) |
| 8. |
|
Kathleen Shipley |
87 (8%) |
| 9. |
|
Ren Rohling |
58 (5%) |
| 10. |
|
Miriam Jarrels Clark |
52 (5%) |
|
|
Total
Votes: 1101
|
|
| Best Version of Dixie |
|
| 1. |
|
Rebelaires |
40 (4%) |
| 2. |
|
UnReconstructed |
187 (17%) |
| 3. |
|
Stan Clardy |
15 (1%) |
| 4. |
|
Deborah Brinson |
211 (19%) |
| 5. |
|
Bobby Horton |
164 (15%) |
| 6. |
|
Sons of Dixie |
65 (6%) |
| 7. |
|
Ren Rohling |
20 (2%) |
| 8. |
|
2nd South Carolina String Band |
18 (2%) |
| 9. |
|
Sikes, Glaspy & The Rhythm
Rebels |
287 (26%) |
| 10. |
|
52nd Regimental String Band |
104 (9%) |
|
|
Total
Votes: 1111
|
|
Southern Mainstream Artist:
(Country/Bluegrass/Christian from the Southern Movement) |
|
| 1. |
|
Bobby Mountain |
22 (2%) |
| 2. |
|
Rebel Grass Band |
66 (5%) |
| 3. |
|
Ross Moore |
215 (15%) |
| 4. |
|
Terry Warren |
209 (15%) |
| 5. |
|
Robert Lloyd |
20 (1%) |
| 6. |
|
Rick Revel |
83 (6%) |
| 7. |
|
Deborah Brinson |
239 (17%) |
| 8. |
|
Rick Sikes |
281 (20%) |
| 9. |
|
Ronny Miller |
211 (15%) |
| 10. |
|
Jon Weaver III |
70 (5%) |
|
|
Total
Votes: 1416
|
|
| Instrumentalist of the Year: |
|
| 1. |
|
Bobby Horton |
111 (9%) |
| 2. |
|
Deborah Brinson |
233 (19%) |
| 3. |
|
Jon Weaver III |
63 (5%) |
| 4. |
|
Ross Moore |
222 (18%) |
| 5. |
|
2nd South Carolina String Band |
66 (5%) |
| 6. |
|
UnReconstructed |
143 (11%) |
| 7. |
|
Rick Sikes |
286 (23%) |
| 8. |
|
Maaziah Mountain |
30 (2%) |
| 9. |
|
12th Louisiana String Band |
54 (4%) |
| 10. |
|
Southern Sons with Rick Revel |
45 (4%) |
|
|
Total
Votes: 1253
|
|
| Group of the Year: |
|
| 1. |
|
Rebelaires |
20 (2%) |
| 2. |
|
UnReconstructed |
355 (38%) |
| 3. |
|
Border Ruffians |
199 (21%) |
| 4. |
|
Sons of Dixie |
81 (9%) |
| 5. |
|
12th Louisiana String Band |
36 (4%) |
| 6. |
|
2nd South Carolina String Band |
25 (3%) |
| 7. |
|
52nd Regimental String Band |
118 (13%) |
| 8. |
|
Southern Sons with Rick Revel |
39 (4%) |
| 9. |
|
Maaziah Mountain |
37 (4%) |
| 10. |
|
Freesouth Band |
30 (3%) |
|
|
Total
Votes: 940
|
|
| Single of the Year: |
|
| 1. |
|
Jon Weaver III - The Dixie Stomp |
64 (5%) |
| 2. |
|
Bobby Mountain - Holding On |
86 (7%) |
| 3. |
|
Ross Moore - The Promise |
224 (18%) |
| 4. |
|
Deborah Brinson - Tower of Glendalough |
250 (21%) |
| 5. |
|
Ronny Miller - The Day They Took Ole
Dixie Down |
246 (20%) |
| 6. |
|
Celtic Confederate - Clan People |
68 (6%) |
| 7. |
|
Rock Shop - For General Lee |
24 (2%) |
| 8. |
|
Mark Sheppard - Rockin Dixie |
76 (6%) |
| 9. |
|
General Lee & the New
Confederacy - My Dixie |
114 (9%) |
| 10. |
|
Robert Lloyd - Remember the Thin Grey
Line |
62 (5%) |
|
|
Total
Votes: 1214
|
|
| Up & Coming Artist of the Year: |
|
| 1. |
|
Celtic Confederate |
301 (24%) |
| 2. |
|
Traven Tucker |
27 (2%) |
| 3. |
|
Rock Shop |
17 (1%) |
| 4. |
|
Ball Sisters |
126 (10%) |
| 5. |
|
Ronny Miller |
213 (17%) |
| 6. |
|
Jim Glaspy |
163 (13%) |
| 7. |
|
Karina Glaspy |
100 (8%) |
| 8. |
|
“General Lee” Matous
|
92 (7%) |
| 9. |
|
Mark Sheppard |
121 (10%) |
| 10. |
|
Shaina Upton |
74 (6%) |
|
|
Total
Votes: 1234
|
|
| Song Writer of the Year: |
|
| 1. |
|
Ronny Miller |
237 (20%) |
| 2. |
|
Deborah Brinson |
256 (22%) |
| 3. |
|
Ross Moore |
225 (19%) |
| 4. |
|
Robert Lloyd |
34 (3%) |
| 5. |
|
Celtic Confederate |
65 (5%) |
| 6. |
|
“General Lee” Matous
|
93 (8%) |
| 7. |
|
Bobby Mountain |
83 (7%) |
| 8. |
|
Mark Sheppard |
72 (6%) |
| 9. |
|
Bobby Horton |
45 (4%) |
| 10. |
|
Rick Revel |
79 (7%) |
|
|
Total
Votes: 1189
|
|
| DixieBroadcasting Program of the Year: |
|
| 1. |
|
All Things Southern |
273 (35%) |
| 2. |
|
DixieBroadcasting Daily News |
76 (10%) |
| 3. |
|
The Information Corner |
29 (4%) |
| 4. |
|
The Cason Clan Family Broadcast |
39 (5%) |
| 5. |
|
Straight Talk with Ron Wilson |
108 (14%) |
| 6. |
|
Radio Free Dixie |
102 (13%) |
| 7. |
|
Pelican Pages |
23 (3%) |
| 8. |
|
Preaching Freedom |
105 (13%) |
| 9. |
|
The Dixie Dynamite Program |
32 (4%) |
|
|
Total
Votes: 787
|
|
| Female
Artist of the Year |
|
| 1. |
|
Linda
Carlton |
51 (6%) |
| 2. |
|
Susan
Jacobson |
41 (4%) |
| 3. |
|
Kathleen
Shipley |
38 (4%) |
| 4. |
|
Judy
Rogers |
33 (4%) |
| 5. |
|
Deborah
Brinson |
360 (39%) |
| 6. |
|
Rhonda
Smith |
22 (2%) |
| 7. |
|
Ren
Rohling |
46 (5%) |
| 8. |
|
Candy
Lyn Rabbitt |
70 (8%) |
| 9. |
|
April
Upton |
34 (4%) |
| 10. |
|
Heather
Dempsey |
228 (25%) |
|
|
Total Votes: 923
|
|
| Best
Version of Dixie |
|
| 1. |
|
Rebelaires |
84 (9%) |
| 2. |
|
Sons
of Dixie |
61 (6%) |
| 3. |
|
UnReconstructed |
283 (29%) |
| 4. |
|
Rick
Revel |
21 (2%) |
| 5. |
|
Ren
Rohling |
12 (1%) |
| 6. |
|
Stan
Clardy |
40 (4%) |
| 7. |
|
Freesouth
Band |
49 (5%) |
| 8. |
|
Bobby
Horton |
142 (15%) |
| 9. |
|
Linda
Carlton |
15 (2%) |
| 10. |
|
Deborah
Brinson |
270 (28%) |
|
|
Total Votes: 977
|
|
Southern
Mainstream Artist:
(Country/Bluegrass/Christian from the Southern Movement) |
|
| 1. |
|
Bobby
Mountain |
33 (4%) |
| 2. |
|
Jule
Medders |
20 (2%) |
| 3. |
|
Traven
Tucker |
123 (14%) |
| 4. |
|
Rebel
Grass Band |
103 (12%) |
| 5. |
|
Susan
Jacobson |
39 (5%) |
| 6. |
|
Ross
Moore |
196 (23%) |
| 7. |
|
Terry
Warren |
202 (23%) |
| 8. |
|
Robert
Lloyd |
93 (11%) |
| 9. |
|
Rick
Revel |
31 (4%) |
| 10. |
|
Ren
Rohling |
20 (2%) |
|
|
Total Votes: 860
|
|
| Instrumentalist
of the Year: |
|
| 1. |
|
Bobby
Horton |
171 (17%) |
| 2. |
|
Deborah
Brinson |
332 (32%) |
| 3. |
|
Derwin
Hinson |
12 (1%) |
| 4. |
|
Maaziah
Mountain |
41 (4%) |
| 5. |
|
John
Mason |
8 (1%) |
| 6. |
|
8th
Ga Regimental |
42 (4%) |
| 7. |
|
12th
Louisiana String Band |
73 (7%) |
| 8. |
|
52nd
Regimental String Band |
33 (3%) |
| 9. |
|
2nd
South Carolina String Band |
133 (13%) |
| 10. |
|
Ross
Moore |
180 (18%) |
|
|
Total Votes: 1025
|
|
| Group
of the Year: |
|
| 1. |
|
Rebelaires |
72 (9%) |
| 2. |
|
UnReconstructed |
259 (32%) |
| 3. |
|
Freesouth
Band |
34 (4%) |
| 4. |
|
Maaziah
Mountain |
38 (5%) |
| 5. |
|
Sons
of Dixie |
59 (7%) |
| 6. |
|
Dixie
Gray |
27 (3%) |
| 7. |
|
12th
Louisiana String Band |
70 (9%) |
| 8. |
|
52nd
Regimental String Band |
37 (5%) |
| 9. |
|
Border
Ruffians |
168 (21%) |
| 10. |
|
McGowan
Band |
41 (5%) |
|
|
Total Votes: 805
|
|
| Single
of the Year: |
|
| 1. |
|
Freesouth
Band, “Johnny Reb” |
40 (4%) |
| 2. |
|
Deborah
Brinson, “Let Dixie Remember” |
327 (30%) |
| 3. |
|
Jed
Marum, “Cross Over the River” |
44 (4%) |
| 4. |
|
Traven
Tucker, “’Til the Day I Die” |
117 (11%) |
| 5. |
|
Gary
Coleman, “Scuttle Her Down” |
33 (3%) |
| 6. |
|
Terry
Warren, “Ride with Quantrill 1863” |
174 (16%) |
| 7. |
|
Jack
Dempsey, “Confederate Angel” |
32 (3%) |
| 8. |
|
Celtic
Confederate, “St. Andrew’s Flag” |
203 (19%) |
| 9. |
|
Rick
Revel, “Stand for our Fathers” |
43 (4%) |
| 10. |
|
Robert
Lloyd, “Tall, Dark and Ugly” |
68 (6%) |
|
|
Total Votes: 1081
|
|
| Up
& Coming Artist of the Year: |
|
| 1. |
|
Traven
Tucker |
129 (12%) |
| 2. |
|
Shaina
Upton |
21 (2%) |
| 3. |
|
Jack
Steven Dempsey |
39 (4%) |
| 4. |
|
Chris
Edwards |
20 (2%) |
| 5. |
|
Dylan
McKay |
10 (1%) |
| 6. |
|
Clint
Lacy |
104 (10%) |
| 7. |
|
Celtic
Confederate |
266 (26%) |
| 8. |
|
Deborah
Brinson |
357 (35%) |
| 9. |
|
Allie
Billings |
40 (4%) |
| 10. |
|
Gary
Coleman |
47 (5%) |
|
|
Total Votes: 1033
|
|
| Song
Writer of the Year: |
|
| 1. |
|
Terry
Warren |
190 (18%) |
| 2. |
|
Robert
Lloyd |
64 (6%) |
| 3. |
|
Rick
Revel |
49 (5%) |
| 4. |
|
Gary
Coleman |
46 (4%) |
| 5. |
|
Jed
Marum |
40 (4%) |
| 6. |
|
Jack
Steven Dempsey |
19 (2%) |
| 7. |
|
Deborah
Brinson |
281 (27%) |
| 8. |
|
Craig
Hendrix |
8 (1%) |
| 9. |
|
Traven
Tucker |
109 (10%) |
| 10. |
|
Celtic
Confederate |
234 (23%) |
|
|
Total Votes: 1040
|
|
| DixieBroadcasting
Program of the Year: |
|
| 1. |
|
All
Things Southern |
149 (24%) |
| 2. |
|
DixieBroadcasting
Daily News |
60 (10%) |
| 3. |
|
The
Information Corner |
19 (3%) |
| 4. |
|
Straight
Talk with Ron Wilson |
59 (10%) |
| 5. |
|
King
Pup |
12 (2%) |
| 6. |
|
Dixie
Dynamite |
50 (8%) |
| 7. |
|
Late
Night Live |
37 (6%) |
| 8. |
|
Radio
Free Dixie |
144 (23%) |
| 9. |
|
Old
Time Radio |
68 (11%) |
| 10. |
|
Pelican
Pages |
23 (4%) |
|
|
Total Votes: 621
|
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