Past Winners
Red Foley Memorial Music Award Winners
Award founded in 1970
1971-72 – Neil A. Colmer and Patricia Hendricks- 1972-73 – Fuzz Street Knucklebusters (Douglas Michael Hutchens, Glenn Ray Lawson, and Jonathan Ray Neff)
- 1973-74 – David Dennon Crandall and Larry Ervin
- 1974-75 – The Blackhawk Bluegrass Band (Craig Bannerman, Anthony Estes, and Glenn Ray Lawson)
- 1975-76 – Alice McLain of the McLain Family Band
- 1976-77 – William “Bill” Lowder
- 1977-78 – Cora Lee Crandall
- 1978-79 – Robert Derrick Teague and Edith Weatherford
- 1979-80 – David H. Quinley and Kelva Thomas
- 1980-81 – James Richard Brooks and Daisy Mae Luttrell
- 1981-82 – New Life (Becky Davis, Chris Davis, Debbie Greider, Beth Wright Musser, Harvey A. Musser, Jr., Scott A. Musser); Mark Bradshaw
- 1982-83 – William H. Hartsock
- 1983-84 – Kenneth James VanEtten II
- 1984-85 – Kelli Cummins and Gary Eldridge
- 1985-86 – Timothy John Marema
- 1986-87 – Darlene Lattimore and Nathan B. Wilson
- 1987-88 – Donald Lee Faulkner
- 1988-89 – Joseph P. Bagnoli
- 1989-90 – Gregg Collins and Phillip Allen McClure
- 1990-91 – Penny Loafers (Nathan Platt, Kevin Slemp, Michael Hunt, and Alan Pike)
- 1991-92 – Shane Ingram
- 1992-93 – Blake Jones
- 1993-94 – Tim Lawson
- 1994-95 – KaDe Moore and Marvin Radford
- 1995-96 – Kimberly Treece
- 1996-97 – Josh Eller
- 1997-98 – William Arthur Cohenour and Linda Jane Fogarty
- 1998-99 – Fritz Allen Schindler
- 1999-00 – No award given
- 2000-01 – Katie Morgan
- 2001-02 – Jeffery Quinton Hodge
- 2002-03 – Jonas Friddle
- 2003-04 – Ryan Craig Blevins
- 2004-05 – Amber Bridget Field and Amy Joye Frothingham
- 2005-06 – Jake Krack
- 2006-07 – Demetrius Andre Russell, Jessica Ren
ee Slaton, Megan E. Vaught - 2007-08 – Erinn Monique Horton and Ashley Nicole Long
- 2008-09 – William Haizlett and Jesse Wilhite
- 2009-10 – Darrin Hacquard and John Bradley
- 2010-11 – Hannah Johnson
- 2012-13 - Myra Morrison






