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| 2006 Blues Awards Nominees Announced by Cindy McLeod The 2006 Blues Music Awards honour Blues performers and the best in Blues recordings and performances. Formerly known as the W.C. Handy Awards, the honour is considered the highest recognition bestowed upon those of the Blues music industry. The awards will be handed out at the annual event held in Memphis, Tennessee, on Thursday, May 11, 2006. Nominees for the 2006 Awards: Acoustic Album of the Year A Ship Called Love - Eric Bibb Down In The Delta - Paul Oscher Birthright - James Blood Ulmer In Your Arms Again - John Hammond Sweet Lovin' Ol' Soul - Maria Muldaur Acoustic Artist of the Year Rory Block Doug MacLeod Paul Oscher Eric Bibb Corey Harris Album of the Year Think of Me - Little Milton Sadie Mae - Nick Moss & the Flip-Tops About Them Shoes - Hubert Sumlin Anything Can Happen - Magic Slim & the Teardrops That Represent Man - The Mannish Boys B.B. King Entertainer of the Year Magic Slim Buddy Guy Marcia Ball Little Milton Bobby Rush Band of the Year Magic Slim and the Teardrops Fabulous Thunderbirds Holmes Brothers Rod Piazza & the Mighty Flyers Little Charlie & the Nightcats Best New Artist Debut Mitch Kashmar - Nickels and Dimes Billy Gibson - The Billy Gibson Band Duwayne Burnside - Under Pressure Zac Harmon - The Blues According to Zacariah Eddie Turner - Rise Comeback Album of the Year Better To Have It - Bobby Purify Black Coffee - Al Kooper Club Caravan - Big George Brock Flash Forward - The Siegel-Schwall Band Soul Sanctuary - Hollywood Blue Flames Contemporary Blues Album of the Year Gettin' My Groove Back - Elvin Bishop Fever For The Bayou - Tab Benoit Live! Down The Road - Marcia Ball Soul Shaker - Tommy Castro The Soul Truth - Shemekia Copeland Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year Janiva Magness Marcia Ball Shemekia Copeland Debbie Davies Susan Tedeschi Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year Kim Wilson Tommy Castro Alvin Youngblood Hart Sonny Landreth Tab Benoit Historical Album of the Year Stompin' At Mother Blues - J.B. Hutto The Great Johnny Adams Blues Album - Johnny Adams Hoochie Coochie Man: Complete Chess Recordings, Volume 2, 1952-1958 - Muddy Waters Strictly Live in '85...Plus! - James Harman, The Essential Taj Mahal - Taj Mahal Instrumentalist-Bass Bob Stroger Bill Stuve Larry Taylor Mookie Brill Michael "Mudcat" Ward Instrumentalist-Drums Willie "Big Eyes" Smith Jimi Bott Sam Carr Sam Lay Popsy Dixon Instrumentalist-Guitar Ronnie Earl Hubert Sumlin Kirk Fletcher Bob Margolin Charlie (Little Charlie) Baty Sonny Landreth Instrumentalist-Harmonica Charlie Musselwhite Kim Wilson James Cotton Rick Estrin Carey Bell Instrumentalist-Horn Mark Kazanoff Eddie Shaw Calvin Owens Sax Gordon Big James Montgomery Greg Piccolo Instrumentalist-Other Rich DelGrosso - Mandolin Otis Taylor - Banjo Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - Fiddle Sonny Rhodes - Lap Steel Robert Randolph - Pedal steel Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year Marcia Ball Honey Piazza Dr. John Henry Butler Jon Cleary Song of the Year "Think Of Me", written by Jon Tiven, Milton Campbell, Pete Shoulder, performed by Little Milton, Think Of Me "Who Stole My Radio?", written by John Hahn & Joe Hudson, performed by Shemekia Copeland, The Soul Truth "What the Hell is Going On", written by Elvin Bishop, performed by Elvin Bishop, Gettin' My Groove Back "Twenty", written by Robert Cray, performed by Robert Cray, Twenty "Dubb's Talkin' Politician Blues", written by Doug MacLeod, performed by Doug MacLeod, Dubb Soul Blues Album of the Year I'm From Phunkville - Mem Shannon Night Fishin' - Bobby Rush Respect Yourself - Otis Clay Make Do With What You Got - Solomon Burke I've Got My Own Hell to Raise - Betty LaVette Think of Me - Little Milton Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year Irma Thomas Mavis Staples Bettye LaVette Denise LaSalle Sista Monica Parker Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year Mem Shannon Mighty Sam McClain Solomon Burke Little Milton Bobby Rush Traditional Album of the Year That Represent Man - The Mannish Boys Jukin' at Bettie's - Willie King About Them Shoes - Hubert Sumlin Anything Can Happen - Magic Slim and the Teardrops Sadie Mae - Nick Moss & the Flip Tops Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year Maria Muldaur Etta James Ann Rabson Ruth Brown Koko Taylor Nora Jean Bruso Precious Bryant Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year Hubert Sumlin Magic Slim Robert Lockwood Jr. Willie King B.B. King write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |