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Individual Award Winners

Acoustic Blues - Artist of the Year
Bobby Rush

Blues Band of the Year
Watermelon Slim & the Workers

Contemporary Blues - Female Artist of the Year
Bettye LaVette

Contemporary Blues - Male Artist of the Year
Tab Benoit

Soul Blues - Male Artist of the Year
Bobby Rush

Soul Blues - Female Artist of the Year
Irma Thomas

Traditional Blues - Female Artist of the Year
Koko Taylor

Traditional Blues - Male Artist of the Year
Hubert Sumlin
Blues Instrumentalists

Best Instrumentalist - Bass
Bob Stroger

Best Instrumentalist - Drums
Sam Lay

Best Instrumentalist - Guitar
Bob Margolin

Best Instrumentalist - Harmonica
Kim Wilson

Best Instrumentalist - Horn
Deanna Bogart

Best Instrumentalist - Pedal Steel
Robert Randolph
Award-Winning Recordings

Acoustic Blues Album of the Year
Bobby Rush - Raw (Deep Rush Records)

Best New Artist Debut of the Year
Diunna Greenleaf & Blue Mercy - Cotton Field to Coffee House

Blues Song of the Year
Koko Taylor - "Gonna Buy Me A Mule"

Blues Album of the Year
Watermelon Slim & the Workers - The Wheel Man (Northern Blues)

Blues DVD of the Year
Kenny Wayne Shepherd - 10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads (Reprise Records)

Contemporary Blues Album of the Year
Tommy Castro - Painkiller (Blind Pig Records)

Historical Album of the Year
Muddy Waters, Johnny Winter, & James Cotton - Breakin’ It UP, Breakin’ it DOWN (Epic/Legacy Recordings)

Soul Blues Album of the Year
The Holmes Brothers - State of Grace (Alligator Records)

Traditional Blues Album of the Year
Koko Taylor - Old School (Alligator Records)
Special Awards

Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year Award
Honey Piazza

B.B. King Entertainer of the Year Award
Tommy Castro
The Blues Foundation






Blues Grammy Nominations Announced
The 51st Grammys have been announced.  They are: Best Traditional Blues Album
The Blues Rolls On - Elvin Bishop [Delta Groove Music]
Skin Deep - Buddy Guy [Silvertone Records]
All Odds Against Me - John Lee Hooker, Jr.[Steppin' Stone Records/CC Entertainment]
One Kind Favor - B.B. King [Geffen Records]
Pinetop Perkins & Friends - Pinetop Perkins & Friends [Stoneagle Music/Telarc]
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Peace, Love & BBQ - Marcia Ball [Alligator Records]
Like A Fire - Solomon Burke [Shout! Factory]
City That Care Forgot - Dr. John And The Lower 911 [429 Records]
Maestro - Taj Mahal [Heads Up International]
Simply Grand - Irma Thomas [Rounder Records]

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