Cash explains her childhood as the daughter of the Man in Black in such a way that it's a wonder she even considered pursuing her own career as a musician.
The '80s were a transitional decade for country music: a time when artists could try out different styles and approaches -- and, by extension, adopt new traditions that would come to reverberate in the '90s and beyond.
The trophy was given in recognition of the band's "creative growth, development and promotion of the country music industry outside the United States."