Michael Cleveland (bluegrass musician)

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Mike Cleveland is a bluegrass musician who took home his fourth Fiddle Player of the Year award and third Instrumental Album of the Year award for "Let 'Er Go, Boys!" at the 17th Annual Bluegrass Music Awards in Nashville on September 28. Tom Adams won the Best Liner Notes award for "Let 'Er Go, Boys!." The awards were given by the International Bluegrass Music Association in a star-studded ceremony at The Grand Ole Opry House.

Mike had previously won Fiddle Player of the Year in 2001, 2002 and 2004. His first solo project on Rounder Records, "Flame Keeper," won Instrumental Album of the Year in 2002, and he shared the same award with Tom Adams in 2004 for "Tom Adams and Michael Cleveland Live at the Ragged Edge."