(MEMPHIS, TN Press Release) - The countdown is officially on to February as nominees are announced today for the 2018 Ameripolitan Awards! The fifth annual event honoring rockabilly, honky-tonk, western swing and outlaw music will take place in Memphis for the first time at the Guest House at Graceland February 10-13. Honky Tonk Male Luke Bell Tilford Sellers Zephaniah Ohora Casey James Prestwood Charley Crockett Honky Tonk Female Brennen Leigh Kristina Murray Tommy Ash Whitney Rose Emily Nenni Honky Tonk Group The Country Side of Harmonica Sam The Rhyolite Sound The Lawrence Peters Outfit Green Line Travelers The Reeves Brothers Outlaw Male
James Carothers Scott H. Biram Prag Padilla Steve Griggs Cody Jinks Outlaw Female Summer Dean Andrea Colburn Rebecca Jed Nikki Lane Sarah Gayle Meech Outlaw Group Bucksnort Beauties Whitey Morgan and the 78s Barnyard Stompers Ryan Chrys & The Rough Cuts Jenny Don’t & The Spurs Rockabilly Male Levi Dexter Bloodshot Bill Josh Sorheim Al Dual Art Adams Rockabilly Female Rockin’ Bonnie Bailey Dee Lindsay Beaver Anita O’Night Lily Locksmith Rockabilly Group The Go Getters Matt & The Peabody Ducks The Kokomo Kings Don Diego Trio The Twilight Drifters Western Swing Male Jason Roberts Billy Mata Kyle Eldridge Keenan Wade Bobby Flores Western Swing Female Sophia Johnson Wendy Newcomer Carolyn Sills Grace Adele Stacey Lee Guse Western Swing Group Mike Penny & His Moonshiners The Farmer and Adele The Carolyn Sills Combo The Western Toneflyers The Railhouse band Venue Don the Beachcomber, Huntington Beach CA American Legion Hall Post 82, Nashville TN Southgate House Revival, Newport KY Lee’s Liquor Lounge, Minneapolis MN The Nashville Palace, Nashville TN Skinny Dennis, Brooklyn, NY Knuckleheads, Kansas City MO The White Water Tavern, Little Rock AR 4 Corners Music Hall, Untermeitingen Germany Sportsmen’s Tavern, Buffalo NY D.J. Colonel Paco Chaos, 88.1fm WRFL W.B. Walker, Old Soul Radio Show Podcast Bailey George, 105.7fm WBCM Woody Adkins, 89.5fm KOPN Jimi Palacios, 102.3fm WHIV Festival Screamin’ Festival, Calella, Spain The Rockabilly Rave, England UK Summer Jamboree, Senigallia Italy New England Shake Up, Sturbridge MA Rockin’ Race Jamboree, Torremolinos-MálagSpain Musician Chris Scruggs Mike Bernal Peter Andersson Rose Sinclair Katie Shore New this year to Ameripolitan's special awards categories is the Legend Award, added in honor of the move to Memphis and being posthumously awarded to rock'n'roll pioneer Sam Phillips. Rounding out the special awards slate will be Brian Setzer (Master Award), Lloyd Green (Founder of the Sound) and Jim Heath (Keeper of the Key). "I'm excited about this year's nominees and as I'm sure you will find as well, there are some folks I've heard of and some folks I haven't," says Ameripolitan founder Dale Watson. "I'm very glad it's the fans' job to decide the winners, as this is an amazing list of nominees. They should all be considered winners to be nominated with such worthy, talented peers." The Ameripolitan Awards show, the culminating night of four full days of festivities celebrating rockabilly, western swing, outlaw and honky-tonk music, will be hosted by Watson alongside Danielle Colby, an Ameripolitan music fan and television personality from History Channel’s American Pickers. Tickets for the Ameripolitan Awards are available now.
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