Acoustic Album
Eric Bibb - Booker’s Guitar
Lucky Peterson - You Can Always Turn Around
Paul Oscher - Bet on the Blues
South Memphis String Band - Home Sweet Home
The Nighthawks - Last Train to Bluesville
Acoustic Artist
Doug MacLeod
Eric Bibb
Guy Davis
John Hammond
Paul Oscher
Album
Buddy Guy - Living Proof
Charlie Musselwhite - The Well
Eden Brent - Ain’t Got No Troubles
Janiva Magness - The Devil is an Angel Too
The Mannish Boys - Shake for Me
B.B. King Entertainer
Buddy Guy
Janiva Magness
Joe Louis Walker
Kenny Neal
Super Chikan
Band
Derek Trucks Band
Magic Slim & the Teardrops
Nick Moss Band
Rick Estrin & the Nightcats
The Holmes Brothers
The Kilborn Alley Blues Band
The Mannish Boys
Best New Artist Debut
Chris O’Leary Band - Mr. Used to Be
Claudette King - We’re Onto Something
Matt Hill - On the Floor
Peter Parcek 3 - The Mathematics of Love
The Vincent Hayes Project - Reclamation
Contemporary Blues Album
Buddy Guy - Living Proof
Janiva Magness - The Devil is an Angel Too
John Nemeth - Name the Day!
Karen Lovely - Still the Rain
Smokin’ Joe Kubek & Bnois King - Have Blues Will Travel
Contemporary Blues Female Artist
Candye Kane
Janiva Magness
Karen Lovely
Robin Rogers
Shemekia Copeland
Contemporary Blues Male Artist
Buddy Guy
Joe Louis Walker
John Nemeth
Kenny Neal
Nick Moss
DVD
Black Hen / Transgrease - The Mississippi Sheiks Tribute Concert - (Various Artists)
Delmark - Live at Rooster’s Place (Tail Dragger)
NorthernBlues Music - Live at Ground Zero Blues Club - (Watermelon Slim & the Workers)
Ruf - Songs from the Road (Luther Allison)
Woodward Studio - Nothing to Prove (Mac Arnold)
Historical
Black Derby - Chicago Blues Buddies - (Little Smokey Smothers & Elvin Bishop)
Delmark - Jimmy Dawkins Presents the Leric Story - (Various Artists)
Delmark - Live in Boston 1966 - (Junior Wells & the Aces)
Delta Groove - Harmonica Blues (Bob Corritore & Friends)
Ruf - Songs from the Road (Luther Allison)
Instrumentalist-Bass
Bill Stuve
Bob Stroger
Larry Taylor
Patrick Rynn
Steve Gomes
Article comments
1 - Joanie
Man oh man! I think I had more fun going over the list with you than I've had listening to many of the entries. Too bad we don't have a podcast of the convo. We could have pissed off the masses and amused a few people along the way.
Really glad to see a few names on there, but very disappointed over some of the exclusions.