The Dalton Mountain Gang of Fresno was named Best Bluegrass Band at the Northern California Bluegrass Awards in Redwood City on Saturday, March 13, 2010. The band’s lead singer and guitarist, Yoseff Tucker, was named Best Guitar Player and tied for Best Male Vocalist with Billy Pitrone, also of Santa Cruz. Newcomer A. J. Lee of Tracy was named Best Female Vocalist.

Ed Neff of Petaluma was named Best Mandolin Player by the voters, while Larry Cohea of Oakland repeated as Best Banjo Player. Santa Cruz’ Annie Staninec continued her reign as Best Fiddle Player. Kathy Barwick of Sacramento won the title of Best Dobro Player, while the voters named Paul Knight of Point Reyes Station the 2010 Best Bass Player.

Early leaders of the Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society, Dick and Joyce Clark of Mountain Ranch and Dick and Judy Dowell of Davis, were honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards at the third annual awards ceremony presented by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.

The Northern California Bluegrass Awards are part of the Northern California Bluegrass Society’s four-day Bluegrass On Broadway Festival.

Posted Mar 13th, 2010 by Michael Hall in Bluegrass on Broadway, NCB Awards |