1988 Academy of Country Music Awards

Awards
- 1988 Music Awards
-- Academy of Country Music Awards

--- 1988 Academy of Country Music Awards

Details & Performances

  • Host: Reba McEntire, Hank Williams, Jr
  • Venue: Knott's Berry Farm
  • City: Buena Park, California
  • Date: April 22, 1988

Awards

Album of the Year

  • K.T. Oslin - This Woman
  • Dwight Yoakam - Buenos Noches from a Lonely Room
  • George Straight - If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin'
  • Ricky Van Shelton - Loving Proof
  • Vern Gosdin - Chiseled in Stone

Band of the Year - Non-Touring

  • Nashville Now Band
  • Western Union
  • Bull Durham Band

Band of the Year - Touring

Best Bass

  • Curtis Stone
  • Mike Leech
  • Bill Bryson
  • David Hungate
  • Bob Wray

Best Drums

  • Steve Duncan
  • Eddie Bayers
  • Archie Francis

Best Fiddle

  • Mark O'Connor
  • Doug Atwell
  • Johnny Gimble
  • Byron Berline

Best Piano / Keyboard

  • John Hobbs
  • Skip Edwards
  • Matt Rollings
  • Earl Ball

Best Steel Guitar

  • Jay Dee Maness
  • Norm Hamlet
  • Bruce Bouton
  • Paul Franklin
  • Sonny Garrish
  • Red Rhodes
  • Gary Carter

Entertainer of the Year

Female Vocalist of the Year

Guitar

  • Al Bruno
  • John Jorgenson
  • Jack Daniels

Male Vocalist of the Year

New Female Vocalist of the Year

New Male Vocalist of the Year

Pioneer Award

Single Record of the Year

Song of the Year

  • Paul Nelson, Gene Nelson - Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses
  • Beth Neilson-Chapman - Strong Enough to Bend
  • Bob McDill - Don't Close Your Eyes
  • Rick Bowles, Will Robinson - I Know How He Feels
  • Vern Gosdin, Hank Cochran, Dean Dillon, Buddy Cannon - Set 'Em Up Joe

Specialty Instrument

  • Charlie McCoy
  • Jerry McKinney
  • Ricky Skaggs Lyrics
  • Terry McMillan
  • Flaco Jimenez
  • Jerry Douglas
  • Bela Fleck
  • Herb Pedersen
  • Jo-El Sonnier
  • Archie Francis

Video of the Year

Vocal Duet of the Year

Vocal Group of the Year

Top Winning Artist

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