Accolades
GRAMMY Nominations:
- 1965 “Best New Artist” The Byrds
- 1987 “Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal” The Desert Rose Band (album)
- 1989 “Best Country Vocal Collaboration” Chris Hillman & Roger McGuinn “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere” (single)
- 1989 “Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal” The Desert Rose Band “She Don’t Love Nobody” (single)
National Academy of Recording arts and Sciences Hall of Fame:
- “Mr. Tambourine Man” The Byrds (1965)
- “Turn, Turn Turn (To Everything There is a Season) (1965)
- “Eight Miles High” (1966)
- “Sweetheart of the Rodeo” (1968)
Academy of Country Music Association Awards:
- Band of the Year/Touring – The Desert Rose Band – 1988, 1989, 1990
Country Music Association Nominations:
- 1989 “Horizon Award ” The Desert Rose Band
- 1989 “Vocal Group of the Year ” The Desert Rose Band
- 1989 “Musician & Vocalist-Album of the Year” “Will the Circle Be Unbroken Vol. 2
- 1990 “Vocal Group of the Year” The Desert Rose Band
San Diego Music Awards
- 2004 Lifetime Achievement Award – The Scottsville Squirrle Barkers
Colorado Music Hall of Fame Inductee – Manassas
Americana Music Association
- 2004 Lifetime Achievement Award Chris Hillman
Mojo Roots Award
- 2005 Chris Hillman
Broadcast Music Inc. – One Million Broadcast Radio Performances
- “One Step Forward”
- “Love Reunited”
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- 1991 Inductee The Byrds