Awards & Winners

Bryan Sutton

Date of Birth 1973
Place of Birth Asheville
(Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States of America)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Sutton, Bryan
Profession Musician, Guitarist
Bryan Sutton is an American musician. Primarily known as a flatpicked acoustic guitar player, Sutton also plays many other instruments including mandolin, banjo, and electric guitar. Sutton first came to prominence as part of Ricky Skaggs' bluegrass band Kentucky Thunder. Sutton eventually left the band to focus on session work. In addition to Skaggs, Sutton has toured with the Dixie Chicks, Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, Béla Fleck, Hot Rize, Chris Thile, Tony Rice and others. Bryan was asked to join the seminal bluegrass quartet Hot Rize in 2002. He has toured with them ever since and has only missed one show since they reformed. Bryan won a Grammy Award in 2007 for his guitar duet with Doc Watson on the bluegrass classic "Whiskey Before Breakfast". The song was recorded using 3 vintage Neumann microphones and a laptop in a Colorado hotel room by Engineer Phil Harris. In 2007-08, Sutton toured with Chris Thile & The How to Grow a Band In 2011 Sutton began teaching guitar online at the School of Guitar, as part of the Academy of Bluegrass. Bryan is one of the most in-demand session players in Nashville, and recently produced a record for Della Mae and the Cash Cabin.

Awards by Bryan Sutton

Check all the awards nominated and won by Bryan Sutton.

2013


Nominations 2013 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy of Country Music Award for Specialty Instrument(s) of the Year

2012


Nominations 2012 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy of Country Music Specialty Instrument(s) of the Year

2010


Academy of Country Music Specialty Instrument(s) Player of the Year

Nominations 2010 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy of Country Music Specialty Instrument(s) Player of the Year

2009


Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy of Country Music Guitarist of the Year
Academy of Country Music Specialty Instrument(s) Player of the Year
Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album Almost Live

2008


Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy of Country Music Guitarist of the Year

2007


Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy of Country Music Guitarist of the Year

2006


Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance
Honored for : Whiskey Before Breakfast
(Artist)

Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance Whiskey Before Breakfast

2005


Academy of Country Music Specialty Instrument(s) Player of the Year

Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy of Country Music Specialty Instrument(s) Player of the Year

2004


Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy of Country Music Guitarist of the Year
Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance Bowtie

2003


Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy of Country Music Guitarist of the Year