Acoustic Album of the Year

Bet on the Blues, Paul Oscher

Booker's Guitar, Eric Bibb

Home Sweet Home, South Memphis String Band

Last Train to Bluesville, The Nighthawks

You Can Always Turn Around, Lucky Peterson

Acoustic Artist of the Year

Doug MacLeod

Eric Bibb

Guy Davis

John Hammond

Paul Oscher

Album of the Year

Ain't Got No Troubles, Eden Brent

Living Proof, Buddy Guy

Shake for Me, The Mannish Boys

The Devil is an Angel Too, Janiva Magness

The Well, Charlie Musselwhite

B.B King Entertainer of the Year

Buddy Guy

Janiva Magness

Joe Louis Walker

Kenny Neal

Super Chikan

Band of the Year

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 of the Year

Have Blues Will Travel, Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King

Living Proof, Buddy Guy

Name The Day! John Nemeth

Still The Rain, Karen Lovely

The Devil is an Angel Too, Janiva Magness

Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year

Candye Kane

Janiva Magness

Karen Lovely

Robin Rogers

Shemekia Copeland

Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year

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 Album of the Year

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

Instrumentalist-Drums

Cedric Burnside

Jimi Bott

Kenny 'Beedy Eyes' Smith

Robb Stupka

Tony Braunagel

Instrumentalist-Guitar

Derek Trucks

Duke Robillard

Joe Louis Walker

Kirk Fletcher

Ronnie Earl

Instrumentalist-Harmonica

Bob Corritore

Charlie Musselwhite

James Cotton

Kim Wilson

Paul Oscher

Instrumentalist-Horn

Big James Montgomery

Doug James

Eddie Shaw

Keith Crossan

Terry Hanck

Instrumentalist-Other

Gerry Hundt, Mandolin

Johnny Sansone, Accordion

Otis Taylor, Banjo

Rich Del Grosso, Mandolin

Sonny Rhodes, Lap Steel Guitar

Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female)

Eden Brent

Reba Russell

Ruthie Foster

Sue Foley

Teeny Tucker

Zora Young

Pinetop Perkins Piano Player

David Maxwell

Dr. John

Eden Brent

Henry Butler

Mitch Woods

Rock Blues Album of the Year

Bingo, Steve Miller Band

Common Ground, Walter Trout

Live In Chicago, Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band featuring Hubert Sumlin, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Bryan Lee and Buddy Flett

Privileged, Nick Moss

Roadsongs, Derek Trucks

Song of the Year

Living Proof, Tom Hambridge/Buddy Guy, Living Proof, Buddy Guy

Please Mr. President, Bruce Iglauer/Wyzard/David Kearney, Bare Knuckle, Guitar Shorty

Rained All Night, Steve Gomes, Back In Style, Tad Robinson

Sad and Beautiful World, Charlie Musselwhite, The Well, Charlie Musselwhite

Still the Rain, Dennis Walker/Alan Mirikitani, Still The Rain, Karen Lovely

Soul Blues Album of the Year

24 Hour Woman, Denise LaSalle

Back in Style, Tad Robinson

Feed My Soul, The Holmes Brothers

Live In San Antonio, Eugene 'Hideaway' Bridges

Nothing's Impossible, Solomon Burke

Stomp the Floor, Arthur Adams

Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year

Barbara Carr

Claudette King

Denise LaSalle

Irma Thomas

Sista Monica Parker

Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year

Bobby Rush

Curtis Salgado

Eugene 'Hideaway' Bridges

Solomon Burke

Tad Robinson

Traditional Blues Album of the Year

Giant, James Cotton

Joined At the Hip, Pinetop Perkins & Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith

Passport to the Blues, Duke Robillard

Shake for Me, The Mannish Boys

The Well, Charlie Musselwhite

Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year

Alabama Mike

Charlie Musselwhite

James Cotton

Magic Slim

Super Chikan

BET ON THE BLUES – PAUL OSCHER

Wouldn’t logic follow that PAUL OSCHER should be my pick here.

1) JIMMIE VAUGHAN PLAYS BLUES BALLADS & FAVORITES

2) Deep in America – The Hollywood Blue Flames

3) Shake for Me – The Mannish Boys

4) Tuxedo Blues – Roy Gaines

5) Reform School Girl – Nick Curran

JANIVA MAGNESS

JIMMIE VAUGHAN & THE TILT A WHIRL BAND

JD McPHERSON - SIGNS & SIGNIFIERS

NAME THAT DAY – JOHN NEMETH

1) JANIVA MAGNESS

2) Ruth Foster

3) Shemiekia Copeland

4) Candye Kane

5) Bettye LaVette

I don’t make a distinction between contemporary Blues and traditional Blues as it relates to these particular artists. I can try and think of who is more contemporary. I would rather go with who I think is more hip, relevant. I’ll go with the youngest guy on the list. The new Daddio!!! JOHN NEMETH

I’m not a film critic.

BOB CORRITORE & FRIENDS - HARMONICA BLUES

1) LARRY TAYLOR

2) Ronnie James Webber

3) Bill Stuve

4) Mac McMurray

5) Larry Fulcher

1) RICHARD “Big Foot” INNES

2) George “Big Head” Rains

3) Wes “Big Hair” Starr

4) Willie “Big Eyes” Smith

5) Jimi “Big Sticks” Bott

6) Tony “Big Smile” Braunagel

1) JIMMIE VAUGHAN

2) Jr. Watson

3) Duke Robillard

4) Ronnie Earl

5) Nick Curran

KIM WILSON

Sonny Rollins… just kidding. OK I’ll play nice.

DOUG JAMES who toured with both his long time running buddy Duke Robillard as well as Jimmie Vaughan this year.

This is a dumb category and I don’t have to play if I don’t want to.

RUTHIE FOSTER even though she is in the wrong category here.

1) FRED KAPLAN

2) Dr. John

3) Joey De Fransesco (sorry, that’s not fair)

4) Bruce Katz

5) Ivan Neville

PASS

FLY LIKE AN EAGLE, CRY LIKE A LONESOME DOVE

(AL BLAKE) THE HOLLYWOOD BLUE FLAMES

The Best Soul Blues record is John Nemeth’s release but I will play along on this one and go with TAD ROBINSON’S BACK IN STYLE

I however would love to see the great Arthur Adams win this award. He has never received the recognition he deserves in his long and destinguished career.

BETTYE LAVETTE…. Hello!

Where is John Nemeth? What am I missing here? OK… I’ll play along TAD ROBINSON… I have another question. If Arthur Adams is nominated for Soul – Blues album of the year would it stand to reason that he should be nominated for Soul – Blues male artist as well?

SHAKE FOR ME - THE MANNISH BOYS

AL BLAKE