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\n\tRonnie Bowman<\/a>, the bluegrass vocalist, musician, and songwriter of hits by Chris Stapleton and Kenny Chesney, died Sunday. He was 64. <\/p>\n \n\tBowman was involved in a motorcycle accident on Saturday and was hospitalized in Nashville. <\/strong>The International Bluegrass Music Association confirmed his death in a social media post<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to fully capture the depth of this loss. Ronnie wasn\u2019t just a remarkable musician and songwriter, he was a remarkable person,\u201d the IBMA said. \u201cHe lifted those around him and left them better than he found them. Ronnie was a treasured part of our community, and his absence is deeply felt.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tBowman\u2019s career was one steeped in accolades. As a bluegrass artist, he was regularly celebrated by the International Bluegrass Music Association, who named him their IBMA Male Vocalist of the Year three times. He also won Songwriter of the Year in 2022 and twice took home IBMA Song of the Year honors. In mainstream country music, Bowman won the ACM Award for Song of the Year in 2015 for co-writing Chris Stapleton\u2019s \u201cNobody to Blame\u201d<\/a> with Stapleton and Barry Bales.<\/p>\n \n\tA native of North Carolina, Bowman began playing music when he was three years old, singing in church and in a band made up of family members. He gravitated toward bluegrass music as an adult and, in 1990, joined Dan Tyminski in the Lonesome River Band as its bass player and lead vocalist. Together they released four albums, with Bowman issuing solo LPs while in the band. His 1995 effort, Cold Virginia Night<\/em>, was named the IBMA\u2019s Album of the Year.<\/p>\n