Austins Bridge is an American Country

Country music

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 band originally formed in Austin, Texas

Austin, Texas

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. The band consists of Justin Rivers and Jason Baird.

Band history

The band was formed around 2007 by Rivers and Baird, along with Mike Kofahl. After signing a record contract with Daywind Records, their eponymous debut album

Austins Bridge (album)

Austins Bridge is the debut album from the band of the same name, which was released on February 27, 2007.-Track listing:# "He Will Carry You"# "Dry Bones"# "His Burden's Light"# "He's in Control"# "I Am Free"# "This Is Love"# "I See Daylight"...

 was released in 2007, produced by Bubba Smith

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. The album received critical praise and the band received several Dove Award nominations during the 39th GMA Dove Awards, winning "Best Bluegrass Recorded Song".

In 2008, the band participated at the Franklin Graham Crusade

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, and they've appeared at Winterfest

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 for the past three years. After the departure of Kofahl, the band continued playing and recorded a segment for the Live at Oak Tree

Live at Oak Tree (Austins Bridge album)

Live at Oak Tree is a live album from the Christian country band Austins Bridge, and part of the Live at Oak Tree series from Daywind Records. The album features a behind-the-scenes look at the presentation of the band to record live at the Oak Tree studio in Tennessee...

 series, which was released on CD/DVD in 2009. The album received four Dove Award nominations at the 41st GMA Dove Awards

41st GMA Dove Awards

The 41st Annual GMA Dove Awards were held on April 21, 2010 recognizing accomplishments of musicians for the year 2009. The show was held at the The Opry Entertainment Complex in Nashville, Tennessee, and was hosted by Bart Millard....

, including "Country Album of the Year" and "Long Form Video of the Year".

In November 2009, the band performed at the opening of Mercy Ministries

Mercy Ministries

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' new locations in Sacramento, California

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. In February 2010 they also joined other artists in recording "Come Together Now", a single in support of victims from the 2010 Haiti earthquake

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.

Their second studio album, Times Like These, was released in May 2010.

Discography

• Austins Bridge
  Austins Bridge (album)
  Austins Bridge is the debut album from the band of the same name, which was released on February 27, 2007.-Track listing:# "He Will Carry You"# "Dry Bones"# "His Burden's Light"# "He's in Control"# "I Am Free"# "This Is Love"# "I See Daylight"...
  
   (2007)
• Live at Oak Tree
  Live at Oak Tree (Austins Bridge album)
  Live at Oak Tree is a live album from the Christian country band Austins Bridge, and part of the Live at Oak Tree series from Daywind Records. The album features a behind-the-scenes look at the presentation of the band to record live at the Oak Tree studio in Tennessee...
  
   (2009)
• Times Like These (2010)

Awards and nominations

Austins Bridge has received several Dove Award nominations in their career. In 2008, they were nominated for Bluegrass Recorded Song of the Year at the 39th GMA Dove Awards. In 2010, they received Dove Award nominations for Country Album of the Year and Long Form Music Video for Live at Oak Tree

Live at Oak Tree (Austins Bridge album)

Live at Oak Tree is a live album from the Christian country band Austins Bridge, and part of the Live at Oak Tree series from Daywind Records. The album features a behind-the-scenes look at the presentation of the band to record live at the Oak Tree studio in Tennessee...

. The songs "Dry Bones" and "Hold on To Jesus" also received nominations for Country Recorded Song of the Year and Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year respectively.

Year	Presenter	Nominated Work	Award	Result
2008	GMA Dove Awards	Themselves	New Artist of the Year
		"He's In Control"	Bluegrass Recorded Song of the Year
2010	GMA Dove Awards 41st GMA Dove Awards The 41st Annual GMA Dove Awards were held on April 21, 2010 recognizing accomplishments of musicians for the year 2009. The show was held at the The Opry Entertainment Complex in Nashville, Tennessee, and was hosted by Bart Millard....	Live at Oak Tree Live at Oak Tree (Austins Bridge album) Live at Oak Tree is a live album from the Christian country band Austins Bridge, and part of the Live at Oak Tree series from Daywind Records. The album features a behind-the-scenes look at the presentation of the band to record live at the Oak Tree studio in Tennessee...	Country Album of the Year
			Long Form Video of the Year
		"Hold on to Jesus"	Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year
		"Dry Bones"	Country Recorded Song of the Year
2011	GMA Dove Awards 42nd GMA Dove Awards The 42nd Annual GMA Dove Awards were held on April 20, 2011 at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. The show will be broadcast on gmc on April 24, 2011. It will be hosted by Sherri Shepherd from The Newlywed Game....	Times Like These	Country Album of the Year
	Grammy Awards 53rd Grammy Awards The 53rd annual Grammy Awards were held on February 13, 2011, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. They were broadcast on CBS with a rating of 26.6 million viewers. Barbra Streisand was honored as the MusiCares Person of the Year two nights prior to the telecast on February 11. Nominations were...	Times Like These	Best Southern, Country, Or Bluegrass Gospel Album