The 11th annual ACM Honors will celebrate the best in the recording business.
Recording artists, musicians, singer-songwriters, and country music fans from all over will crowd the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville for the 11th annual ACM Honors awards on August 23.
The ACM Honors, an awards show dedicated to celebrating off-camera winners from the Academy of Country Music Awards, will be produced by Dick Clark Productions and broadcast on CBS.
To find out who’s up for honors, check this roster of nominees.
BASS PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Mike Brignardello
Mark Hill
Tony Lucido
Jimmie Lee Sloas
Glenn Worf
DRUMMER OF THE YEAR
Chad Cromwell
Fred Eltringham
Miles McPherson
Greg Morrow
Nir “Z” Zidkyahu
GUITAR PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Tom Bukovac
Kenny Greenberg
Rob McNelly
Danny Rader
Ilya Toshinskiy
PIANO/KEYBOARDS PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Dave Cohen
Tony Harrell
Charlie Judge
Gordon Mote
Michael Rojas
SPECIALTY INSTRUMENT(S) PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Dan Dugmore
Stuart Duncan
Carl Miner
Bryan Sutton
Ilya Toshinskiy
STEEL GUITAR PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Dan Dugmore
Steve Hinson
Mike Johnson
Russ Pahl
Justin Schipper
AUDIO ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
Chuck Ainlay
Jeff Balding
Joe Baldridge
Steve Marcantonio
Reid Shippen
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Ross Copperman
Byron Gallimore
Scott Hendricks
Dann Huff
Jay Joyce
For more information, visit their website.