The URL for this story is way long, so I will just give the results of the award winners. These were formerly called the "WC Handy Awards", so are the blues genres' highest honors.
2008 Blues Music Award winners:
1)-DVD of the Year-Kenny Wayne Shepherd-Ten Days Out: Blues from the Backroads
2)-Album of the Year-Watermelon Slim and the Workers-The Wheel Man
3)-Band of the Year-Watermelon Slim and the Workers
4)-B.B.King Entertainer of the Year-Tommy Castro
5)-Traditional Blues Male Artist-Hubert Smith
6)-Traditional Blues Female Artist-Koko Taylor
7)-Traditional Blues Album-Koko Taylor-‘Old School’
8)-Song of the Year-‘Gonna Buy Me a Mule’-Koko Taylor
9)-Historical Album-Epic/Legacy-‘Breakin’ it Up, Breakin’ it Down’
10)-Soul Blues Male Artist-Bobby Rush
11)-Soul Blues Female Artist-Irma Thomas
12)-Soul Blues Album-The Holmes Brothers-‘State of Grace’
13)-Contemporary Blues Male Artist-Tab Benoit
14)-Contemporary Blues Female Artist-Bettye LaVette
15)-Contemporary Blues Album-Tommy Castro-‘Painkiller’
16)-Acoustic Artist-Bobby Rush
17)-Acoustic Album-Bobby Rush-‘Raw’
18)-Best New Artist Debut-Diunna Greenleaf & Blue Mercy-‘Cotton Field to Coffee House’
19)-Pinetop Perkins Piano Player-Honey Piazza
20)-Instrumentalist-Guitar-Bob Margolin
21)-Instrumentalist-Harmonica-Kim Wilson
22)-Instrumentalist-Bass-Bob Stroger
23)-Instrumentalist-Drums-Sam Lay
24)-Instrumentalist-Horn-Deanna Bogart
25)-Instrumentalist-Pedal Steel-Robert Randolph.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
2008 Blues Awards
