2011 Blues Music Awards

Presenting Sponsor: The Gibson Foundation

Winners

Best New Artist Debut THE WINNER IS:  MATT HILL ON THE FLOOR!
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

Instrumentalist-Guitar  THE WINNER IS:  DEREK TRUCKS!
Derek Trucks
Duke Robillard
Joe Louis Walker
Kirk Fletcher
Ronnie Earl

Band  THE WINNER IS:  DEREK TRUCKS 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

Rock Blues Album THE WINNER IS:  KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD LIVE IN CHICAGO!
Derek Trucks Roadsongs
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Live In Chicago
Nick Moss Privileged
Steve Miller Band Bingo
Walter Trout Common Ground

Acoustic Album THE WINNER IS:  THE NIGHTHAWKS LAST TRAIN TO BLUESVILLE!
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

Koko Taylor Award-Traditional Blues Female  THE WINNER IS:  RUTHIE FOSTER!
Eden Brent
Reba Russell
Ruthie Foster
Sue Foley
Teeny Tucker
Zora Young

Pinetop Perkins Piano Player  THE WINNER IS:  DR. JOHN!
David Maxwell
Dr. John
Eden Brent
Henry Butler
Mitch Woods

B.B. King Entertainer  THE WINNER IS:  BUDDY GUY!
Buddy Guy
Janiva Magness
Joe Louis Walker
Kenny Neal
Super Chikan

Contemporary Blues Album  THE WINNER IS:  BUDDY GUY LIVING PROOF!
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

Song  THE WINNER IS:  Tom Hambridge/Buddy Guy “Living Proof” (Buddy Guy – Living Proof)!

Tom Hambridge/Buddy Guy “Living Proof” (Buddy Guy – Living Proof)
Charlie Musselwhite “Sad and Beautiful World”
(Charlie Musselwhite – The Well)
Bruce Iglauer/Wyzard/David Kearney “Please Mr. President”
(Guitar Shorty – Bare Knuckle)
Dennis Walker/Alan Mirikitani “Still the Rain”
(Karen Lovely – Still the Rain)
Steve Gomes “Rained All Night”
(Tad Robinson – Back in Style)

Acoustic Artist  THE WINNER IS:  JOHN HAMMOND!
Doug MacLeod
Eric Bibb
Guy Davis
John Hammond
Paul Oscher

Contemporary Blues Female Artist  THE WINNER IS:  ROBIN ROGERS!
Candye Kane
Janiva Magness
Karen Lovely
Robin Rogers
Shemekia Copeland

Traditional Blues Male Artist  THE WINNER IS:  CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE!
Alabama Mike
Charlie Musselwhite
James Cotton
Magic Slim
Super Chikan

Instrumentalist-Horn  THE WINNER IS:  EDDIE SHAW!
Big James Montgomery
Doug James
Eddie Shaw
Keith Crossan
Terry Hanck

Instrumentalist-Bass  THE WINNER IS:  BOB STROGER!
Bill Stuve
Bob Stroger
Larry Taylor
Patrick Rynn
Steve Gomes

Soul Blues Album  THE WINNER IS:  SOLOMON BURKE NOTHING’S IMPOSSIBLE!
Arthur Adams Stomp the Floor
Denise LaSalle 24 Hour Woman
Eugene “Hideaway” Bridges Live In San Antonio
Solomon Burke Nothing’s Impossible
Tad Robinson Back in Style
The Holmes Brothers Feed My Soul

Soul Blues Female Artist  THE WINNER IS:  IRMA THOMAS!
Barbara Carr
Claudette King
Denise LaSalle
Irma Thomas
Sista Monica Parker

Soul Blues Male Artist  THE WINNER IS SOLOMON BURKE!
Bobby Rush
Curtis Salgado
Eugene “Hideaway” Bridges
Solomon Burke
Tad Robinson

Album THE WINNER IS:  BUDDY GUY LIVING PROOF!

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

Contemporary Blues Male Artist THE WINNER IS:  BUDDY GUY!

Buddy Guy
Joe Louis Walker
John Nemeth
Kenny Neal
Nick Moss

DVD THE WINNER IS:  RUF SONGS FROM THE ROAD (LUTHER ALLISON)!

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)

Instrumentalist-Drums THE WINNER IS:  CEDRIC BURNSIDE!

Cedric Burnside
Jimi Bott
Kenny Smith
Robb Stupka
Tony Braunagel

Instrumentalist-Harmonica THE WINNER IS:  CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE!

Bob Corritore
Charlie Musselwhite
James Cotton
Kim Wilson
Paul Oscher

Instrumentalist-Other THE WINNER IS:  SONNY RHODES (LAP STEEL GUITAR)!

Gerry Hundt (mandolin)
Johnny Sansone (accordion)
Otis Taylor (banjo)
Rich Del Grosso (mandolin)
Sonny Rhodes (lap steel guitar)

Traditional Blues Album THE WINNER IS:  PINETOP PERKINS & WILLIE “BIG EYES” SMITH JOINED AT THE HIP!

Charlie Musselwhite The Well
Duke Robillard Passport to the Blues
James Cotton Giant
Pinetop Perkins & Willie “Big Eyes” Smith Joined at the Hip
The Mannish Boys Shake for Me

Historical THE WINNER IS:  DELTA GROOVE HARMONICA BLUES (Bob Corritore & Friends)!

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)