Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Blues awards of 2005

Since my brother has created the Nork awards for Cantopop, I'm going to start my blues awards of 2005.

Hall of Fame: Johnnie Johnson, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Wilson Pickett, Little Milton

Blues Entertainers of the Year:
1. B.B. King
2. Buddy Guy
3. Koko Taylor
4. Bobby Rush
5. Pinetop Perkins

Blues Bands of the Year:
1. Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers
2. The Fabulous Thunderbirds
3. Little Charlie & The Nightcats
4. Bob Margolin's All-Star Blues Jam
5. Clarence Turner Blues Band

Blues Albums of the Year:
1. About Them Shoes - Hubert Sumlin
2. For The Chosen Who - Rod Piazza
3. Bring "Em In - Buddy Guy
4. 80 - B.B. King

Blues Guitarists of the Year:
1. Hubert Sumlin
2. Buddy Guy
3. Alex Schultz
4. Roy Gaines
5. Kirk "Eli" Fletcher

Blues Harmonica Players of the Year:
1. Rod Piazza
2. Kim Wilson
3. Carey Bell
4. James Cotton
5. Rick Estrin

Blues Pianists of the Year:
1. Jay McShann
2. Floyd Dixon
3. David Maxwell
4. Bill Heid
5. Kevin McKendree

Blues Bassists of the Year:
1. Calvin "Fuzz" Jones
2. Bill Stuve
3. Jeff Sarli
4. Mookie Brill
5. Jeff Turmes

Blues Drummers of the Year:
1. Willie "Big Eyes" Smith
2. Jimi Bott
3. Sam Lay
4. Big Joe Maher
5. Richard Innes

Blues Vocalists of the Year:
1. Buddy Guy
2. Johnny Dyer
3. Solomon Burke
4. B.B. King
5. Little Milton

// posted by Henry Chung @ 1/31/2006 03:22:00 PM
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