Joe Louis Walker tops the list of nominees for the Blues Foundation’s 31st Blues Music Awards garnering 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.
The Blues Foundation will present the Blues Music Awards at the Cook Convention Center in Memphis, Tennessee on May 6, 2010. Performers, industry representatives and fans from around the globe traditionally attend to celebrate the best in Blues recording and performance.
The 2009 Awards ceremony was lauded by this publication and many others as one of the best Blues shows of the year. Blues Foundation members get seating preference and are the only fans who vote to decide which nominees will actually take home the Blues Music Award.
"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!"
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 5. Honorees 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. For more information or to join The Blues Foundation, log onto www.blues.org
2010 Blues Music Awards NOMINEES
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
C ONTEMPORARY 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)
I NSTRUMENTAL – BASS
Bill Stuve
Bob Stroger
Larry Taylor
Mookie Brill
Patrick Rynn
INSTRUMENTAL – DRUMS
Cedric Burnside
Jimi Bott
Kenny Smith
Sam Carr
Tony Braunagel
INSTRUMENTAL – GUITAR
Derek Trucks
Duke Robillard
Joe Louis Walker
Lurrie Bell
Ronnie Earl
INSTRUMENTAL – HARMONICA
Billy Branch
Jason Ricci
Kim Wilson
Mark Hummel
Rick Estrin
INSTRUMENTAL – HORN Al Basile
Big James Montgomery
Deanna Bogart
Eddie Shaw
Keith Crossan
INSTRUMENTAL – OTHER
Buckwheat Zydeco (accordion)
Gerry Hundt (mandolin)
Johnny Sansone (accordion)
Otis Taylor (banjo)
Rich Del Grosso (mandolin)
PINETOP PLERKINS 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 MALES 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 ChikanChikadelic
Various Artists – Chicago Blues A Living History
TRADITIONAL BLUES FEAMLE 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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