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The Blues Foundation Announces
2010 Blues Music Award Nominations

Online Voting and Ticket Sales Open December 10

Awards to be held in Memphis on May 6th, 2010
[For Immediate Release December 9, 2009] Memphis, TN. The Blues Foundation will present the Blues Music Awards at the Cook Convention Center in Memphis, TN on May 6, 2010.  Performers, industry representatives and fans from around the globe will have the chance to celebrate the best in Blues recording and performance from 2009.    

Among those heading the list of honorees for the 31st Blues Music Awards Joe Louis Walker who garnered five nominations, including Album of the Year, Contemporary Blues Album of the Year, and Song of the Year for "I'm Tide" from his recent release Between a Rock and the Blues. Rick Estrin, Tommy Castro, Louisiana Red and Duke Robillard, each received four nominations. (Full nominees list below)

"Many nominators noted that narrowing each category to five was an especially difficult task this year, but I think the nominees are very reflective of the past year's releases.  In this holiday season, I like to think of this as a present blues fans can open immediately," Jay Sieleman, The Blues Foundation's Executive Director said. "I would hope Blues fans will add the nominated releases and tickets to their shopping lists!"

Almost every nominee will be in attendance and perform so it's safe to say it will be one of the best shows of the year; where else do you get the chance to see a lineup including the best of the best in blues all in one evening?  The 30th Blues Music Awards were widely hailed as the best ever so order now to get the best seats for the show.  Members get seating preference and are the only fans who vote to decide which nominees will actually take home the Blues Music Award.

The Blues Music Awards are universally recognized as the highest honor given to Blues artists.  The presenting sponsor will once again be The Gibson Foundation.  2010 BMA sponsors include ArtsMemphis, BMI, Casey Family Programs, Eagle Rock Entertainment, FedEx, Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise, Memphis Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, and the Tennessee Arts Commission.
The Blues Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Charter Members' Dinner will be held the night before the Awards, May 5Honorees will be announced in mid-February.
 
The Blues Music Awards are produced by The Blues Foundation, a non-profit organization established to preserve Blues history, celebrate Blues excellence, support Blues education and ensure the future of this uniquely American art form.  The Foundation consists of a worldwide network of 185 affiliated Blues societies and has individual memberships spanning the globe. 

In addition to the Blues Music Awards, the Foundation also produces the Blues Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, the International Blues Challenge and the Keeping the Blues Alive Awards. It fosters education through its Blues in the Schools programming, supports the medical needs of Blues musicians with its HART Fund, and offers health insurance access through its Sound Healthcare program. Throughout the year, the Foundation staff serves the worldwide Blues community with answers, contact information and news.   For more information or to join The Blues Foundation, log onto www.blues.org


2010 Blues Music Awards NOMINEES

Presenting Sponsor:  The Gibson Foundation

Acoustic Album
David Maxwell & Louisiana Red           You Got to Move
Maria Muldaur & her Garden of Joy  Good Time Music for Hard Times
Saffire-the Uppity Blues Women        Havin' The Last Word
Samuel James                                            For Rosa, Maeve and Noreen
Various Artists               Things About Comin' My Way - A Tribute to the                                                                    music of the Mississippi Sheiks
Acoustic Artist
Annie Raines & Paul Rishell  
Doug MacLeod          
Guy Davis      
Louisiana Red
Samuel James 
 
Album of the Year
Duke Robillard's Jumpin' Blues Revue          Stomp! the Blues Tonight
Eddie C. Campbell                                                  Tear This World Up
Joe Louis Walker                                           Between a Rock and the Blues
Louisiana Red & Little Victor's Juke Joint    Back to the Black Bayou
Various Artists                                      Chicago Blues A Living History
 
B.B. King Entertainer
Candye Kane 
Magic Slim     
Rick Estrin     
Super Chikan 
Taj Mahal       
Tommy Castro           
 
Band of the Year
Duke Robillard's Jumpin' Blues Revue          
Nick Moss & the Flip Tops    
Rick Estrin and the Nightcats
The Mannish Boys     
Tommy Castro Band  
 
Best New Artist Debut
Greg Nagy                              Walk That Fine Thin Line
Joanne Shaw Taylor           White Sugar
Marquise Knox                     Man Child
Monkey Junk                        Tiger in your Tank
The California Honeydrops    Soul Tub!
 
Contemporary Blues Album
Candye Kane                                      Superhero
Joe Louis Walker                             Between a Rock and the Blues
Rick Estrin and the Nightcats            Twisted
Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters      Living in the Light
Tommy Castro                                    Hard Believer
 
Contemporary Blues Female Artist
Bettye LaVette          
Candye Kane 
Janiva Magness          
Ruthie Foster 
Shemekia Copeland   
 
Contemporary Blues Male Artist
Derek Trucks  
Joe Louis Walker       
John Nemeth  
Michael Burks
Tommy Castro           
 
DVD
Delmark Records        
It Ain't Over! Delmark Celebrates 55 Years of                                           Blues, Live at Buddy Guy's Legends

Eagle Eye Media                      
Live at Montreux 1993
(B.B. King)

Jo Films& Roadside Productions      
Hot Flash - The Documentary  
(Saffire-the  Uppity Blues Women)

Mojo Rodeo Records                        
A Night in Woodstock (Paul Rishell & Annie Raines)

Vincent Productions                          
Down to the Crossroads Vol. 1
(George Thorogood & the Destroyers w/ Eddie Shaw)

 
Historical
Bear Family Records          
Taking Care of Business
(1956-1973) (Freddie King)

Chess                                        
Authorized Bootleg
(Muddy Waters)

Eagle Records                      
 Essential Montreux (Gary Moore)

Hip-O Select                          
The Complete Chess Masters (1950-1967) (Little Walter)

Landslide Records                 
Sean's Blues
(Sean Costello)

 
Instrumentalist-Bass
Bill Stuve       
Bob Stroger    
Larry Taylor   
Mookie Brill   
Patrick Rynn  
 
Instrumentalist-Drums
Cedric Burnside         
Jimi Bott        
Kenny Smith  
Sam Carr        
Tony Braunagel          
 
Instrumentalist-Guitar
Derek Trucks  
Duke Robillard          
Joe Louis Walker       
Lurrie Bell      
Ronnie Earl    
 
Instrumentalist-Harmonica
Billy Branch   
Jason Ricci     
Kim Wilson    
Mark Hummel
Rick Estrin     
 
Instrumentalist-Horn
Al Basile        
Big James Montgomery         
Deanna Bogart           
Eddie Shaw   
Keith Crossan
 
Instrumentalist-Other
Buckwheat Zydeco (accordion)        
Gerry Hundt (mandolin)        
Johnny Sansone (accordion)  
Otis Taylor (banjo)     
Rich Del Grosso (mandolin)  
 
Pinetop Perkins Piano Player
Bruce Katz     
David Maxwell          
Eden Brent     
Henry Butler  
Henry Gray    
 
Rock Blues Album
Derek Trucks Band                 Already Free
Jason Ricci & New Blood      Done with the Devil
Jim Suhler & Monkey Beat  Tijuana Bible
Mike Zito                                    Pearl River
Tinsley Ellis                              Speak No Evil
 
Song
Cyril Neville & Mike Zito                  
"Pearl River" (Pearl River--Mike Zito)

James "Super Chikan" Johnson    
"Fred's Dollar Store" (Chikadelic--Super Chikan)

Joe Louis Walker                               
 "I'm Tide" (Between a Rock and the Blues--Joe Louis Walker)

John Hahn & Oliver Wood              
"Never Going Back to Memphis" 
(Never Going Back--Shemekia Copeland)

Vyasa Dodson                                       
"At Least I'm Not With You"
(At Least I'm Not With You--The Insomniacs)

 
Soul Blues Album
Charles Wilson                        Troubled Child
Darrell Nulisch                        Just for You
Johnny Rawls                          Ace of Spades
Latimore                                  All About the Rhythm and the Blues
Mighty Sam McClain            Betcha Didn't Know 
 
Soul Blues Female Artist
Barbara Carr   
Denise LaSalle           
Irma Thomas  
Shirley Brown
Sista Monica Parker   
 
Soul Blues Male Artist
Curtis Salgado           
Darrell Nulisch           
Jackie Payne   
Johnny Rawls 
Latimore         
 
Traditional Blues Album
John Primer                                                   All Original
Johnnie Bassett                                               The Gentleman is Back
Louisiana Red & Little Victor's Juke Joint     Back to the Black Bayou
Super Chikan                                                  Chikadelic
Various Artists                                                Chicago Blues A Living History
 
Traditional Blues Female Artist
Ann Rabson   
Debbie Davies
Fiona Boyes   
Shirley Johnson          
Zora Young    
 
Traditional Blues Male Artist
Duke Robillard          
John Primer    
Johnnie Bassett          
Louisiana Red
Super Chikan 
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2009 Blues Music Award Show
by Gordon Bulcock, editor of Blues Festival E-Guide


I was fortunate enough to attend last weeks Blue Music Awards ceremony in Memphis and I have to tell you, it was a great show. The Blues Foundation out-did themselves this year with a consant barrage of legendary talent taking the stage as well as great performances by the best of the best in todays blues world. The show was streamed live on SIRIUS/XM RADIO so the whole world could listen in and enjoy the show.

Below are just a few of my favorite pictures from the night.  


And for a little bit of the unseen Memphis, check out this video of Watermelon Slim & Deak Harp as they jammed under the streetlights in downtown Memphis at 3:00 in the morning. You just can't buy a ticket to see stuff like this, and I consider myself damn lucky to have been there.

To see the clip: CLICK HERE 

    

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