Thursday, October 1, 2009

Dailey and Vincent Top Charts


"DAILEY & VINCENT TOP BLUEGRASS UNLIMITED ALBUM AND SONG CHARTS
Brothers From Different Mothers #1 Album, “Head Hung Down” #1 Song

NASHVILLE, TENN. - As they head into the International Bluegrass Music Association’s World of Bluegrass week with seven IBMA award nominations, Rounder Records duo Dailey & Vincent also top the Bluegrass Unlimited National Bluegrass Survey album and song charts for October.

Brothers From Different Mothers, released in March, is at the #1 position on the Top 15 Bluegrass Albums chart, while “Head Hung Down,” featuring a guest appearance by Statler Brother Harold Reid in his comedy alter ego of Lester “Roadhog” Moran, sits at the top of the song chart.

At the same time, Brothers From Different Mothers is #1 on Bluegrass Music Profiles’ CD chart for September, with “Head Hung Down” at #2 on the Hot 30 Singles chart.

Brothers From Different Mothers debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top Bluegrass Albums chart and has been in the top 5 for 12 weeks. It is nominated for IBMA’s Album of the Year. The group’s other nominations are for Entertainer of the Year, Vocal Group of the Year, Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year for “On the Other Side,” Male Vocalist of the Year (Dailey), Bass Player of the Year (Vincent), and Recorded Event of the Year, for “After the Fire is Gone,” which Vincent recorded with his sister, Rhonda, and Bobby Osborne. Dailey & Vincent took home an unprecedented seven IBMA Awards last year, becoming the first act to be named Entertainer of the Year and Emerging Artist in the same year."

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