The Larry Wallace Band Accomplishments 

Named MSBA's 2009 and 2010 Bluegrass Band Of The Year  / Magnolia State Bluegrass Association

Larry Wallace named MSBA's 2009 and 2010 Banjo Player Of The Year / Magnolia State Bluegrass Association

Larry Wallace awarded 2010 Mississippi State Banjo Champion / New Albany, Mississippi 

Doug Anderson awarded 2009 and 2010 Mississippi State Mandolin Champion / New Albany, Mississippi

The band's recording The Larry Wallace Band with Jim Brock was voted "Top 10" in the International Bluegrass Music Association's 2008 "Recorded Event Of The Year" category.

Performed at The Country Music Hall of Fame / Nashville, Tennessee

Performed at The Louvin Brothers Museum / Nashville, Tennessee

Performed at Vice-President Dick Cheney Visit To Mississippi / Columbus, Mississippi

Appeared on The Cumberland Highlanders Show - RFD-TV

  Performed on Thacker Mountain Radio - Mississippi Public Broadcasting - Oxford, Mississippi  

Appeared on The CBS Evening News with Bob Schieffer - CBS Television

Appeared on CBS News "Eye On America" - American Airlines In-Flight News

Appeared on That's What I Like About The South - WXXV-FOX25 - FOX affiliate - Gulfport, Mississippi

Appeared on The Mornin' Show - WTVA-9 - NBC affiliate - Tupelo, Mississippi

 Performed on Country Music Flashback - Alabama Public Radio - University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Performed on Sucarnochee Revue - Alabama Public Radio - University of West Alabama - Livingston, Alabama

Received endorsement from Blue Chip Picks

 

Larry Wallace Accomplishments

 

Special Performances   

Grand Ole Opry / Nashville, Tennessee

Ryman Auditorium - The Songs of Bill Monroe Return To The Ryman / Nashville, Tennessee

Ryman Auditorium - Martha White Bluegrass Night / Nashville, Tennessee

The Country Music Hall of Fame / Nashville, Tennessee

Country Music Fan Fair / Nashville, Tennessee

Ernest Tubb Midnight Jamboree / Nashville, Tennessee

IBMA - International Bluegrass Music Association Awards Show / Owensboro, Kentucky

Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America - National Convention / Nashville, Tennessee

Governor's Awards for Excellence in the Arts / Performer / Old Capitol - Jackson, Mississippi

Vice-President Dick Cheney Visit To Mississippi / Columbus, Mississippi

Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Opening Ceremony with John Hartford / Columbus, Mississippi 

Bluegrass Cruise to the Bahamas / Performer

Silver Dollar City / Branson, Missouri

Old Town School of Folk Music / Chicago, Illinois

Wrangler Country Showdown / Birmingham, Alabama

Organized Mississippi's Largest Bluegrass Band for Jerry Clower Tribute at Mississippi State University

Tupelo's Elvis Festival / Tupelo, Mississippi

Museum of Art / Jackson, Mississippi

Jubilee Jam / Jackson, Mississippi

 

Special Accomplishments

President of The Magnolia State Bluegrass Association

Musical work documented in The Mississippi Folklife and Folk Artist Directory - Mississippi Arts Commission

Awarded Folk Arts Apprenticeship as Master Traditional Artist by the Mississippi Arts Commission

Panelist for the Mississippi Arts Commission Art WORKS Conference / Jackson, Mississippi

Board member for Mississippi's BEST Grassroots Entertainment / Mississippi State University

Planning committee member for Johnny Cash Flower Pickin' Festival / Starkville, Mississippi

Endorser of Stelling Banjos, Huber Tone Rings, Snuffy Smith Bridges, Blue Chip Picks, and GHS Strings

Stelling endorsement picture appeared in Bluegrass Unlimited, Acoustic Musician, and Banjo Newsletter

Recording of "Lost Wild Indian" transcribed to music tablature in Banjo Newsletter - June 1998

 

Awards

2009 and 2010 Bluegrass Band Of The Year - The Larry Wallace Band / Magnolia State Bluegrass Association

2009 and 2010 Banjo Player Of The Year - Larry Wallace / Magnolia State Bluegrass Association

2011 Banjo Player Of The Year Nomination - Larry Wallace / Magnolia State Bluegrass Association

Mississippi State Banjo Champion / 2010

Mississippi State Banjo Champion / 1978-1984

Alabama State Banjo Champion / 1984

 

 

 

  

Radio Appearances

Grand Ole Opry - 650 WSM Radio - Nashville, Tennessee

Ernest Tubb Midnight Jamboree - 650 WSM Radio - Nashville, Tennessee

A Bluegrass Afternoon - simulcast on Mississippi ETV and Public Radio in Mississippi

Thacker Mountain Radio - Mississippi Public Broadcasting - Oxford, Mississippi

American University Radio with Ray Davis - WAMU 88.5 FM - Washington, DC 

Country Music Flashback - Alabama Public Radio - University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Sucarnochee Revue - Alabama Public Radio - University of West Alabama - Livingston, Alabama 

 

 Television Appearances

TNN Country News - The Nashville Network - TNN 

 KingBilly - Great American Country - GAC

The Cumberland Highlanders Show - RFD-TV

Reno's Old-Time Music Festival - Superpicker Segment - Americana Network and RFD-TV

The Legend Lives On: A Tribute to Bill Monroe at the Ryman - Nashville, TN - ETV

A Bluegrass Afternoon - simulcast on Mississippi ETV and Public Radio in Mississippi

Mississippi Roads - Mississippi Public Broadcasting  

CBS Evening News with Bob Schieffer - CBS Television

CBS News "Eye On America" - American Airlines In-Flight News

That's What I Like About The South - WXXV-FOX25 - FOX affiliate - Gulfport, Mississippi

The Mornin' Show - WTVA-9 - NBC affiliate - Tupelo, Mississippi

The Southern Sportsman - WTVA-9 Sports -Soundtrack - NBC affiliate - Tupelo, Mississippi

 The Noon Show - WCBI-4 - CBS affiliate - Columbus, Mississippi

Coffee With Judy - WLBT-3 - NBC affiliate - Jackson, Mississippi

Louisiana Public Broadcasting - ETV

Kentucky Educational Television - KET 

 

Video Appearances

King of Bluegrass: The Life and Times of Jimmy Martin - DVD and VHS

The Legend Lives On: A Tribute to Bill Monroe at the Ryman - Nashville, Tennessee - DVD and VHS

Jimmy Martin IBMA Hall of Fame Induction - Owensboro, Kentucky - VHS

JImmy Martin and The Sunny Mountain Boy's 30-Year Reunion - Bean Blossom, Indiana - VHS  

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