Lifetime Members

The IBMA is proud to devote this page to recognizing members who have made a special commitment to our music!

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LIFETIME MEMBERS

Tom Adams – Hall of Fame Inductee 2020
Eddie Adcock – Hall of Fame Inductee 1996
Michael Allen – Lifetime Member since 2022
Clint Alphin – Lifetime Member since 2012
Claire Armbruster – Lifetime Member since 2022
Jay Armsworthy – Lifetime Member since 2001
Athens State University – Lifetime Member since 2022
Mike Auldridge – Hall of Fame Inductee 2019
Thomas Barefoot – Lifetime Member since 2024
Nick Barr – Lifetime Member since 2006
Fred Bartenstein- Lifetime Member since 2011
Danny Bermel – Lifetime Member since 2010
Lee Bidgood – Lifetime Member since 2019
Norman Blake – Hall of Fame Inductee 2022
Sam Blumenthal – Lifetime Member since 2015
Guido Bos – Lifetime Members since 2008
Larry Bomar – Lifetime Member since 2013
Dustin Boyd – Lifetime Member since 2019
Danny Bradley – Lifetime Member since 2023
Doris Bradley – Lifetime Member since 2014
Dolly Mae Bradshaw – Lifetime Member since 2005
Jesse Brock – Lifetime Member since 2019
Jim Browder – Lifetime Member since 2013
Alison Brown – Lifetime Member since 2011
Dr. Richard S. Brown – Lifetime Member since 2020
William Brown – Lifetime Member since 2021
Michael Bub – Lifetime Member since 2018
John Buchanan – Lifetime Member since 2016
Dean Bunce – Lifetime Member since 2023
Curtis Burch – Hall of Fame Inductee 2020
Sam Bush – Hall of Fame Inductee 2020, 2023
Casey Campbell – Lifetime Member since 2021
Johnny Campbell – Lifetime Member since 2022
Bruce Carpenter – Lifetime Member since 2017
TJ Casey – Lifetime Member since 2014
Roland Clark – Lifetime Member since 1994
Vassar Clements – Hall of Fame Inductee 2018
Albon Clevenger – Lifetime Member since 2014
Bill Clifton – Hall of Fame Inductee 2008
Dudley Connell – Hall of Fame Inductee 2020
Cara Cooke – Lifetime Member since 2013
Wilma Lee Cooper – Hall of Fame Inductee 2023
Virginia Correll – Lifetime Member since 1994
John Cowan – Hall of Fame Inductee 2020
Angel Cross – Lifetime Member since 2023
J.D. Crowe – Hall of Fame Inductee 2003
Katy Daley – Lifetime Member since 2021
Martha Stracener Dantzic – Lifetime Member since 2015
Darwin Davidson – Lifetime Member since 2011
Janet Davis – Lifetime Member since 2014
Henri Deschamps – The Mast Farm Inn – Lifetime Member since 2009
Kevin Dew – Lifetime Member since 1979
Rodney Dillard – Hall of Fame Inductee 2009
Dan Domont – Lifetime Member since 1993
Marc Driskill, ASCAP – Lifetime Member since 2011
Mike Drudge – Lifetime Member since 2003
Susan Huston Drudge – Lifetime Member since 2003
Brian M. Duffy – Lifetime Member since 2022
Kimberley Dumouchel-Cody – Lifetime Member since 2013
Ben Eldridge – Lifetime Member since 2014
Chris Eldridge – Lifetime Member since 2023
Bill Emerson – Hall of Fame Inductee 2019
James T. Engle Jr. – Lifetime Member since 2002
Aaron Farris – Lifetime Member since 2023
Silvio Ferretti – Lifetime Member since 2009
Benji Flaming – Lifetime Member since 2007
Bela Fleck – Hall of Fame Inductee 2020
Pat Flynn – Hall of Fame Inductee 2020
Dave Freeman – Hall of Fame Inductee 2002
Erich-Dieter Friedli – Lifetime Member since 2011
Hiroshi Fukuhara – Lifetime Member since 1996
Debbie Garrett – Lifetime Member since 2012
Richard Gelardin – Lifetime Member since 1996
Alice Gerrard – Hall of Fame Inductee 2017
Mark Geslison – Brigham Young University of Folk Music Ensemble – Lifetime Member since 2001
John Glassman – Lifetime Member since 2022
Melvin Goins – Hall of Fame Inductee 2009
Cathy Goode – Lifetime Member since 2004
Doris Gray – Lifetime Member since 2017
J.T. Gray – Hall of Fame Inductee 2020
Tom Gray – Hall of Fame Inductee 1996
Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center – Lifetime Member since 2023
Laurie Greenberg – Lifetime Member since 2018
Greensky Bluegrass – Lifetime Members since 2022
John Grimaldi – Lifetime Member since 2010
David Grisman – Hall of Fame Inductee 2023
Brittany Haas – Lifetime Member since 2021
Tom T. and Dixie Hall – Hall of Fame Inductee 2018
Milton Harkey – Lifetime Member since 2006
Emmylou Harris – Lifetime Member since 1993
Sterling Harrison – Lifetime Member since 2016
Betsy Harvin – Lifetime Member since 2015
Ellen Haygood – Lifetime Member since 2022
Dan Hays – Lifetime Member since 2011
Reggie Helm – Lifetime Member since 1996
Casey Henry – Lifetime Member since 2007
Christopher Henry – Lifetime Member since 2007
Murphy Henry – Lifetime Member since 2007
Bobby Hicks – Hall of Fame Inductee 2017
John Hopkins – Lifetime Member since 2012
Carolyn Hotte – Northern Bluegrass Circle Music Society – Lifetime Member since 2006
Lisa Husted – Lifetime Member since 2018
Sid Huston – Lifetime Member since 2005
Rienk Janssen – Lifetime Member since 2011
JustStrings.com – Lifetime Member since 2023
Mark Justice – Lifetime Member since 2018
Si Kahn – Lifetime Member since 2004
Michael Kaiz – Lifetime Member since 2022
Richard Kalikow – Lifetime Member since 2019
John Kaparakis – Lifetime Member since 2007
Louis Kaplan – Lifetime Member since 2004
Dan Keen – Lifetime Member since 2011
Bill Keith – Lifetime Member since 2012
Mark Kennedy – Lifetime Member since 2018
Kentucky Center For Traditional Music – Lifetime Member since 2014
The Kentucky Colonels – Hall of Fame Inductees 2019
Suzanne Klimek – Lifetime Member since 2016
Bill Knowlton – Lifetime Member since 2009
Brad Kolodner – Lifetime Member since 2021
Alison Krauss – Hall of Fame Inductee 2021
David Kuncicky – Lifetime Member since 2019
Peter Kuykendall – Hall of Fame Inductee 1996
Kitsy Kuykendall – Lifetime Member since 1994
Barbara Laing – Lifetime Member since 2007
J. Thomas Laing – Lifetime Member since 2000
Tyson Laney – Lifetime Member since 2019
Doyle Lawson – Hall of Fame Inductee 2012
Lance LeRoy – Hall of Fame Inductee 2000
Jacklyn Lester – Lifetime Member since 2016
Marian Leighton Levy – Hall of Fame Inductee 2016
C.J. Lewandowski – Lifetime Member since 2019
Travis Lewis – Hall of Fame Inductee 2006
Roy M. Lewis – Hall of Fame Inductee 2006
Miggie Lewis – Hall of Fame Inductee 2006
Polly Lewis Copsey – Hall of Fame Inductee 2006
Janice Lewis Phillips – Hall of Fame Inductee 2006
Stephen Lindeberg – Lifetime Member since 2021
Joseph Linn – Lifetime Member since 2020
Nathan Livers – Lifetime Member since 2022
David Mannheimer – Lifetime Member since 2011
Lindsay Mar – Lifetime Member since 2008
Todd Mayo – Lifetime Member since 2011
Patrick McAvinue – Lifetime Member since 2023
George McCeney – Lifetime Member since 2011
Del McCoury – Hall of Fame Inductee 2011
Judith McCulloh – Lifetime Member since 2005
Luke McKnight – Lifetime Member since 2020
Miss Megan McKnight, Ed.D – Lifetime Member since 2020
David McLaughlin – Hall of Fame Inductee 2020
Jesse McReynolds – Hall of Fame Inductee 1993
Roy Moore – Lifetime Member since 2017
David Morris – Lifetime Member since 2013
Lynn Morris – Hall of Fame Inductee 2021
Joe Mullins – Lifetime Member since 2017
Paul “Moon” Mullins – Hall of Fame Inductee 2022
Mark Nash – Lifetime Member since 2020
Dave “Hagar” Nelson – Lifetime Member since 2010
Bill Nowlin – Hall of Fame Inductee 2016
Sonny Osborne – Hall of Fame Inductee 1994
Bobby Osborne – Hall of Fame Inductee 1994
Lewis Phillips – Hall of Fame Inductee 2006
Dick Pierle – Lifetime Member since 2018
Kathy Pyrtle – Lifetime Member since 2014
Curtis Raye – Lifetime Member since 2020
James Reams – Lifetime Member since 2001
William Ressler – Lifetime Member since 2022
Tony Rice – Hall of Fame Inductee 2013
Larry Robbins – Hall of Fame Inductee 2020
Gary Robertson – Lifetime Member since 2007
John Robertson – Lifetime Member since 2021
Tony Robertson – Lifetime Member since 2018
Neil Rosenberg – Lifetime Member since 2011
Joseph Ross – Lifetime Member since 2022
John D. Rossbach – Lifetime Member since 2008
Peter Rowan – Hall of Fame Inductee 2022
Camille Magritte Russell – Lifetime Member since 2014
Melinda Russell – Lifetime Member since 2015
Chris Ruud – Lifetime Member since 2009
Austin Scelzo – Lifetime Member since 2022
Rod Schenk – Schenk Guitars – Lifetime Member since 2011
Paul Schiminger – Lifetime Member since 2019
Thierry Schoysman – Lifetime Member since 2008
Mark Schultz – Lifetime Member since 2018
Tristan Scroggins – Lifetime Member since 2021
Curly Seckler – Hall of Fame Inductee 2004
Marianne See – Lifetime Member since 2013
Mike Seeger – Hall of Fame Inductee 2018
Michael Sheeler – Lifetime Member since 2019
Christopher Segal – Lifetime Member since 2023
Allen Shelton – Hall of Fame Inductee 2018
Felix Sherron, III – Lifetime Member since 2016
John Simmons – Lifetime Member since 2023
Mike Simpson – Lifetime Member since 2015
Matt Simontacchi – Lifetime Member since 2023
Ricky Skaggs – Hall of Fame Inductee 2018
Fred Smoral – Lifetime Member since 2024
Larry Sparks – Lifetime Member since 2014
Richard Spratt – Lifetime Member since 2008
Ralph Stanley – Hall of Fame Inductee 1992
John Starling – Lifetime Member since 2016
Denise Stiff – Lifetime Member since 2023
Norwood Stone – Lifetime Member since 2013
Stoneman Family – Hall of Fame Inductees 2021
Donna Stoneman – Hall of Fame Inductee 2021
Roni Stoneman – Hall of Fame Inductee 2021
Chris Stuart – Lifetime Member since 2013
Eddie Stubbs – Hall of Fame Inductee 2020
Alan Tompkins – Lifetime Member since 2010
Angelika Torrie – Lifetime Member since 2024
John Treacy – Lifetime Member since 2021
Trisha Tubbs – Lifetime Member since 2005
Jake Tullock – Hall of Fame Inductee 2018
Mack Turner – Lifetime Member (date unknown)
Richard Underwood – Hall of Fame Inductee 2020
Joe Val – Hall of Fame Inductee 2018
John Vickery – Lifetime Member since 2013
Michelle Vickery – Lifetime Member since 2013
Urs-Rainer Von Arx – Lifetime Member since 2020
Cory Walker – Lifetime Member since 2023
Ebo Walker – Hall of Fame Inductee 2020
Jarrod Walker – Lifetime Member since 2020
Miles Ward – Lifetime Member since 1996
Dean Webb – Hall of Fame Inductee 2009
Stefan Weber – Lifetime Member since 2020
Jon Weisberger – Lifetime Member since 2011
Roland White – Lifetime Member since 2014, Hall of Fame Inductee since 2017
Whippoorwill Arts – Lifetime Member since 2018
Marshall Wilborn – Hall of Fame Inductee 2020
Gail Wiegner – Boston Bluegrass Union- Lifetime Member since 2011
Bonnie Williams – Lifetime Member since 2012
Paul Williams – Hall of Fame Inductee 2018
Shannon Williams – Lifetime Member since 2019
Werter Willis – Lifetime Member since 2019
Mac Wiseman – Hall of Fame Inductee 1993
Terry Wittenberg – Lifetime Member since 2017
Terry Woodward – Hall of Fame Inductee 2018
Dwight Worden – Lifetime Member since 2012
Ben Wright – Lifetime Member since 2022
Earl Yager – Hall of Fame Inductee 2020
Adrienne Young – Lifetime Member since 2003
Stan Zdonik – Lifetime Member since 2011