The nominees have been introduced for the Nation Music Affiliation’s CMA Touring Awards, which honor behind-the-scenes trade members inside nation music’s touring trade in classes together with crew of the 12 months, coach/truck driver of the 12 months, supervisor of the 12 months, touring musician of the 12 months, and lots of extra.
The CMA Touring Awards ceremony can be held Monday, March 3, in Nashville, with final-round voting opening Monday, Jan. 6, and shutting Thursday, Jan. 16. All balloting is tabulated by the skilled companies group Deloitte.
Keith City will return for a 3rd 12 months as host of the ceremony. Longtime nation music live performance promoter Ben Farrell can be posthumously celebrated with the CMA touring lifetime achievement award, which is given to a person who has positively impacted and contributed to the expansion of touring all through the years.
“Taking the time to honor the excellent work of our touring group is one in all our most proud nights of the 12 months,” Sarah Trahern, CMA chief government officer, stated in a press release. “Our street warriors are those who take the soul of Nashville on the street and share it with the remainder of the world in inventive and thrilling methods. Nation music’s progress merely wouldn’t be attainable with out each one in all our nominees and we’re so excited to have fun them this coming March.”
The CMA Touring Awards have been initially generally known as the SRO (Standing Room Solely) Awards and have been launched by the CMA’s board of administrators in 1990 to honor skilled achievement throughout the touring trade. The primary awards have been offered at a black-tie gala hosted by Ok.T. Oslin and Roger Miller throughout CMA’s Leisure Expo, often known as the Expertise Patrons Leisure Market. Ten awards have been offered on the first gala, and the quantity has grown through the years to its present 20 classes. The SRO Awards have been renamed the CMA Touring Awards in 2016.
See the total listing of nominees under:
Crew of the 12 months
The Fantastically Damaged Tour Crew – Jelly Roll
Nation’s Cool Once more Tour Crew – Lainey Wilson
Gravel & Gold Tour Crew – Dierks Bentley
Growin’ Up And Gettin’ Outdated Tour Crew – Luke Combs
No Dangerous Vibes Tour Crew – Outdated Dominion
One Evening At a Time Tour Crew – Morgan Wallen
Give up!! Tour Crew – Hardy
Solar Goes Down Tour Crew – Kenny Chesney
Backline technician of the 12 months
Derek Benitez – Chris Stapleton
Dalton Brown – Lainey Wilson
William Coats – Eric Church
Allen Cothran – Jason Aldean
Terry Fox – Kenny Chesney
Dave Graef – Tim McGraw
Hunter Lamb – Hardy
Brian Love – Luke Combs
Enterprise supervisor of the 12 months
Stephanie Alderman – Farris, Self & Moore, LLC
Renee Allen – Arnie Barn, Inc.
Julie Boos – Flood, Bumstead, McCready & McCarthy, Inc.
Kris Wiatr – Wiatr & Associates, LLC
Dwight Wiles – Wiles + Taylor & Co., PC
Coach/truck driver of the 12 months
Chad Allison – Hardy
Josh Easter – Morgan Wallen
Toby Eaton – Outdated Dominion
Rhett Evens – Thomas Rhett
Terry Ford – Kenny Chesney
Caleb Garrett – Luke Bryan
Wendy Holt – Lainey Wilson
Chris Sims – Jelly Roll
FOH (entrance of home) engineer of the 12 months
Ryan Dell – Lainey Wilson
Ron Gardner – Jelly Roll
Todd Lewis – Luke Combs
David Loy – Kane Brown
Evan Owen – Hardy
Jeff Parsons – Blake Shelton
Robert Scovill – Kenny Chesney
Ian Zorbaugh – Outdated Dominion
Lighting director of the 12 months
Zac Coren – Morgan Wallen
Trevor Drawdy – Hardy
Philip Ealy – Kenny Chesney
Andy Knighton – Jason Aldean
Mitch Mueller – Lainey Wilson
Kevin Northrup – Luke Combs
Chris Reade – Dierks Bentley
Alec Takahashi – Thomas Rhett
Supervisor of the 12 months
Elisabeth Ashley – Borman Leisure
Enzo DeVincenzo – 377 Administration
Martha Earls – Neon Coast
Kerri Edwards – KP Leisure
Clint Higham – Morris Higham Administration
Troy “Tracker” Johnson – Massive Loud Mountain Administration
Chris Kappy – Make Wake Artists
Monitor engineer of the 12 months
Beau Alexander – Morgan Wallen
Brad Baisley – Blake Shelton
Cory Benson – Tyler Childers
Samuel Ferry – Hardy
Logan Hanna – Brothers Osborne
Jimmy Nicholson – Thomas Rhett
Dean Studebaker – Outdated Dominion
Michael Zuehsow – Luke Combs
Manufacturing supervisor of the 12 months
Chris Alderman – Blake Shelton
Jeff Greeninger – Jon Pardi
Chad Man – Morgan Wallen
Meesha Koscioleck – Eric Church
Earl Neal – Jason Aldean
Jerry Slone – Luke Combs
Emily Waller – Lainey Wilson
Ed Wannebo – Kenny Chesney
Publicist of the 12 months
Janet Buck – Important Broadcast Media
Carla Sacks – Sacks & Co.
Jessie Schmidt – Schmidt Relations
Jensen Sussman – Candy Speak Publicity
Wes Vause – Press On Publicity
Jennifer Vessio – 1220 Leisure Publicity
Stage supervisor of the 12 months
Sam “Sambo” Coats – Eric Church
Donnie Floyd – Morgan Wallen
Matt Hornbeck – Luke Combs
Josh “Dude” Marcus – Jason Aldean
Tom Nisun – Kenny Chesney
Allison Noah – Carly Pearce
Richard Rossey – Outdated Dominion
Fred Yanda – Dan + Shay
Help companies firm of the 12 months
Bandit Lites
Dega Catering
Grasp Tour By Eventric
Moo TV
Pioneer Coach
Richards & Southern
Rising Star Journey
Spectrum Sound
Expertise agent of the 12 months
Mike Betterton – Wasserman Music
Rod Essig – CAA
Becky Gardenhire – WME
Meredith Jones – CAA
Austin Neal – The Neal Company
Braeden Rountree – WME
Adi Sharma – The Neal Company
Elisa Vazzana – UTA
Expertise purchaser/promoter of the 12 months
Todd Boltin – Selection Sights
Brad Garrett – Police Productions
Bradley Jordan – Peachtree Leisure
Brian O’Connell – Reside Nation Nashville
Aaron Spalding – Reside Nation Nashville
Ed Heat – Joe’s Bar
Adam Weiser – AEG Presents
Tour supervisor of the 12 months
Matt Anderson – Outdated Dominion
David Farmer – Kenny Chesney
Jeff Gossett – Morgan Wallen
Jason Hecht – Chris Stapleton
Mike McGrath – Tim McGraw
Ethan Strunk – Luke Combs
Taylor Watson – Hardy
Touring musician of the 12 months
Kurt Allison (Guitar) – Jason Aldean
Nick Buda (Drums) – Kenny Chesney
Jerry Flowers (Bass Guitar) – Keith City
Aslan Freeman (Guitar) – Lainey Wilson
Kurt Ozan (Guitar) – Luke Combs
Mickey Raphael (Harmonica) – Chris Stapleton
Tyler Tomlinson (Guitar) – Morgan Wallen
Charlie Worsham (Guitar) – Dierks Bentley
Tour videographer/photographer of the 12 months
Mason Allen – Outdated Dominion
Alex Alvga – Kane Brown
Andy Barron – Chris Stapleton
Becky Fluke – Little Massive City
Tanner Gallagher – Hardy
Jeff Johnson – Carrie Underwood
David Lehr – Morgan Wallen
Jill Trunnell – Kenny Chesney
Tour video director of the 12 months
Josh Clark – Miranda Lambert
Jay Cooper – Kenny Chesney
Houston Creswell – Dierks Bentley
Ron Etters – Chris Stapleton
Tyler Hutcheson – Luke Combs
Jordan Karow – Hardy
Mike Tinsley – Tim McGraw
Jake Zobrist – Cody Johnson
Venue of the 12 months
Ascend Amphitheater – Nashville
BankNH Pavilion – Gilford, N.H.
Billy Bob’s Texas – Fort Price, Texas
Bridgestone Enviornment – Nashville
Grand Ole Opry Home – Nashville
Joe’s on Weed St. – Chicago
Ryman Auditorium – Nashville
Unsung hero of the 12 months
Holly Atherton – Chris Stapleton
Kayla Carter Greear – Luke Bryan
Mindy Grabowski – Reside Nation Leisure
Jeff “Bean” Griffin – Hardy
Lolo Kinser – Tim McGraw
Robin Majors – Kenny Chesney
Mel Murphy – Reside Nation Nashville
Katie Wilkinson – Chris Stapleton
