2013 Blues Music Awards Winners Announced

 

34th Annual Blues Music Award Winners

Last Night the 34th annual Blues Music Award winners were announced at a ceremony at  Cook Convention Center in Memphis, Tennessee. We have the nominees and winners listed below.

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Acoustic Album

• **Not Alone – Ann Rabson w/ Bob Margolin** -** winners listed first**
• Billy Boy Arnold Sings Big Bill Broonzy – Billy Boy Arnold
• Blues on Solid Ground – John Primer
• Deeper In The Well – Eric Bibb
• Talking Guitar – Paul Rishell

Acoustic Artist

• **Eric Bibb**
• Carolina Chocolate Drops
• Doug MacLeod
• Harrison Kennedy
• Paul Rishell

Album of the Year

• **Show of Strength – Michael Burks**
• And Still I Rise – Heritage Blues Orchestra
• Double Dynamite – The Mannish Boys
• Son of the Seventh Son – Mud Morganfield
• Stronger For It – Janiva Magness

B.B. King Entertainer

• **Curtis Salgado**
• Janiva Magness
• Joe Louis Walker
• John Nemeth
• Rick Estrin

Band

• **Tedeschi Trucks Band**
• Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials
• Phantom Blues Band
• Rick Estrin & the Nightcats
• The Mannish Boys

Best New Artist Debut

• **They Call Me Big Llou – Big LLou Johnson**
• 24 Hour Blues – Charles “CD” Davis
• Turning On the Naughty – Paula Harris
• Uphill From Anywhere – Brad Hatfield
• Wanna Feel Somethin’ – Mary Bridget Davies

Contemporary Blues Album

• **Show of Strength – Michael Burks**
• Blak & Blu – Gary Clark, Jr.
• Blues Live – John Nemeth
• Candy Store Kid – Ian Siegal & The Mississippi Mudbloods
• Hellfire – Joe Louis Walker
• Stronger For It – Janiva Magness

Contemporary Blues Female Artist

• **Janiva Magness**
• Bettye LaVette
• Shakura S’Aida
• Shemekia Copeland
• Susan Tedeschi

Contemporary Blues Male Artist

• **Tab Benoit**
• Gary Clark, Jr.
• Joe Louis Walker
• Michael Burks
• Robert Cray

DVD

• **Eagle Rock Entertainment – Muddy Waters & Rolling Stones, Live at Checkerboard Lounge**
• Blackbird Music/55 Arts Club – The Lucky Peterson Band feat.Tamara Peterson Live at the 55 Arts Club Berlin
• Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art/Broke & Hungry Records – We Juke Up in Here: Mississippi’s Juke Joint Culture at the Crossroads
• Delta Groove Records – That’s My Thing: Elvin Bishop Live In Concert
• J & R Adventures – Beacon Theatre – Joe Bonamassa Live From New York

Gibson Guitar Award

• **Derek Trucks**
• Joe Bonamassa
• Joe Louis Walker
• Kid Andersen
• Michael Burks

Instrumentalist-Bass

• **Bob Stroger**
• Bill Stuve
• Patrick Rynn
• Richard Cousins
• Scot Sutherland
• Willie J. Campbell

Instrumentalist-Drums

• **Cedric Burnside**
• Cody Dickinson
• Jimi Bott
• Kenny Smith
• Tony Braunagel

Instrumentalist-Harmonica

• **Rick Estrin**
• Billy Boy Arnold
• Bob Corritore
• John Nemeth
• Kim Wilson
• Mark Hummel

Instrumentalist-Horn

• **Eddie Shaw**
• Al Basile
• Big James Montgomery
• Sax Gordon
• Terry Hanck

Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female)

• **Ruthie Foster**
• Diunna Greenleaf
• Jewel Brown
• Maria Muldaur
• Tracy Nelson

Pinetop Perkins Piano Player

• **Victor Wainwright**
• Barrelhouse Chuck
• Chuck Leavell
• David Maxwell
• Deanna Bogart
• Mike Finnigan

Rock Blues Album

• **Everybody’s Talkin’ – Tedeschi Trucks Band**
• Blues For The Modern Daze – Walter Trout
• Driving Towards The Daylight – Joe Bonamassa
• Here I Am – Nick Moss
• Royal Southern Brotherhood – Royal Southern Brotherhood

Song

• **“I Wont Cry” written by Janiva Magness & Dave Darling – Stronger For It (Janiva Magness)**
• “Lemon Pie” written by John Hahn & Oliver Wood – 33 1/3 (Shemekia Copeland)
• “She Didn’t Cut Me Loose” written by Curtis Salgado, Marlon McClain & Dave Duncan – Soul Shot (Curtis Salgado)
• “The Devil Ain’t Got No Music” written by Matthew Skoller – The Devil Ain’t Got No Music (Lurrie Bell)
• “Too Much Jesus (Not Enough Whiskey)” written by Sam McClain & Pat Herlehy – Too Much Jesus (Not Enough Whiskey) (Mighty Sam McClain)

Soul Blues Album

• **Soul Shot – Curtis Salgado**
• Blues Heart – Dorothy Moore
• Soul Live – John Nemeth
• Soul Survivor – Johnny Rawls
• Too Much Jesus (Not Enough Whiskey) – Mighty Sam McClain

Soul Blues Female Artist

• **Irma Thomas**
• Barbara Carr
• Denise LaSalle
• Dorothy Moore
• Sista’ Monica

Soul Blues Male Artist

• **Curtis Salgado**
• Bobby Rush
• John Nemeth
• Johnny Rawls
• Mighty Sam McClain

Traditional Blues Album

• **Double Dynamite – The Mannish Boys**
• And Still I Rise – Heritage Blues Orchestra
• Milton Hopkins with Jewel Brown – Milton Hopkins with Jewel Brown
• Son of the Seventh Son – Mud Morganfield
• Spider Eating Preacher – Eddie C. Campbell

Traditional Blues Male Artist

• **Magic Slim**
• Bob Margolin
• John Primer
• Lil’ Ed
• Mud Morganfield