Grammy Award for Best Country Performance, Duo or Group - Vocal or Instrumental
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The Grammy Award
for Best Country Performance, Duo or Group — Vocal or Instrumental was awarded in 1969. The equivalent award of Best Country & Western Performance Duet, Trio or Group (Vocal or Instrumental) was presented in 1968. Since 1970 the award has been divided into instrumental and vocal awards.
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
for Best Country Performance, Duo or Group — Vocal or Instrumental was awarded in 1969. The equivalent award of Best Country & Western Performance Duet, Trio or Group (Vocal or Instrumental) was presented in 1968. Since 1970 the award has been divided into instrumental and vocal awards.
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.
- Grammy Awards of 1969Grammy Awards of 1969The 11th Grammy Awards were held on March 12, 1969. They recognized accomplishments of musicians for the year 1968.-Award winners:*Record of the Year**Paul Simon & Roy Halee & Simon & Garfunkel for "Mrs...
- Flatt & ScruggsFoggy Mountain BoysThe Foggy Mountain Boys were an influential bluegrass band founded by Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs in 1948, shortly after leaving Bill Monroe’s band. They recorded and performed together up until 1969.-Biography:...
for "Foggy Mountain BreakdownFoggy Mountain Breakdown"Foggy Mountain Breakdown" is a bluegrass music instrumental by the bluegrass artists Flatt and Scruggs. It is a standard in the bluegrass repertoire. Banjo players consider the ability to deliver a convincing rendition of this piece the mark of an intermediate-level banjo player...
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- Flatt & Scruggs
- Grammy Awards of 1968Grammy Awards of 1968The 10th Grammy Awards were held February 29, 1968. They recognized accomplishments of musicians for the year 1967.-Award winners:*Record of the Year**Johnny Rivers & Marc Gordon & The 5th Dimension for "Up, Up and Away"*Album of the Year...
- Johnny CashJohnny CashJohn R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...
& June CarterJune Carter CashValerie June Carter Cash was an American singer, dancer, songwriter, actress, comedienne and author who was a member of the Carter Family and the second wife of singer Johnny Cash...
for "Jackson"
- Johnny Cash