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"Blue Highway harvests seven nominations including Vocal Group, Instrumental Group, and an Album of the Year and Recorded Event nod for their participation on Larry Sparks' 40 .  Band members Rob Ickes (Dobro) and Tim Stafford (Guitar) are nominated in their respective Instrumental Award categories and Tim's album Endless Line is a finalist for Instrumental Album."

• Emerging Artist of the Year, 1996.
• Album of the Year (It's a Long, Long Road), 1996.
• Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year ("God Moves in a Windstorm"), 1997.
• Recorded Project Graphic Design (Midnight Storm, Blue Highway, Craig Henson (designer), Rebel Records),1998.
• Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year (Wondrous Love), 2004.

Tim

• Entertainer of the Year, (with Alison Krauss and Union Station), 1991.
• Instrumental Album of the Year (Producer, Knee Deep in Bluegrass), 2001.
  

Rob

• Dobro Player of the Year, 1996-2000, 2003-04.
• Recorded Event of the Year, (The Great Dobro Sessions), 1995.
• Instrumental Album of the Year (The Great Dobro Sessions), 1995.
• Instrumental Album of the Year (Knee Deep in Bluegrass), 2001.

Grammy Awards

• Tim, Alison Krauss and Union Station (Every Time You Say Goodbye), Bluegrass recording of the year, 1993.
• Nomination, Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel, 2004.
• Rob, (The Great Dobro Sessions), Bluegrass recording of the year, 1995.

Dove Awards

• Best Bluegrass Gospel Recording, (Wondrous Love ), 2004.

SPBGMA Awards

• Instrumental Group of the Year, 2002.
• Gospel Group of the Year, Overall, 2005.

Tim

• Guitar Performer of the Year, 2001.
  

Wayne Taylor

• Bass Performer of the Year, 2001.

Rob Ickes

• Dobro Performer of the Year, 2002, 2003.
• Bluegrass Now Awards.
• Emerging Artist of the Year, 1998.