Handy Ceremony Names Winners

Si è tenuta il 25 maggio scorso a Memphis la cerimonia di premiazione del 21esimo "W. C. Handy Blues Awards"; presentata dalla star cinematografica Morgan Freeman la grande festa ha visto premiare i seguenti artisti:

Blues Entertainer - B.B. King
Blues Band - Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers
Blues Album - Albert King/Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Session
Soul/Blues Female Artist - Etta James
Soul/Blues Male Artist - Wilson Pickett
Contemporary Blues - Male Artist - Keb' Mo'
Contemporary Blues - Female Artist - Susan Tedeschi
Soul/Blues Album - Wilson Pickett - It's Harder Now
Contemporary Blues Album - Albert King/Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Session
Best New Blues Artist - Big Bill Morganfield
Comeback Blues Album - Wilson Pickett - It's Harder Now
Acoustic Blues Album - Paul Rishell & Annie Raines - Moving to the Country
Acoustic Blues Artist - Keb' Mo'
Traditional Blues Album - Muddy Waters - The Lost Tapes of Muddy Waters
Traditional Blues Male Artist - R.L. Burnside
Traditional Blues Female Artist - Koko Taylor
Reissue - Hound Dog Taylor-Deluxe Addition - Alligator Records
Blues Song - "Change in My Pocket" - Sam Myers, Anson Funderburgh, Renee Funderburgh, J.P.Whitefield
Blues Instrumentalist - Other - Clarence Gatemouth Brown
Blues Instrumentalist - Drums - Chris Layton
Blues Instrumentalist - Bass - Willie Kent
Blues Instrumentalist - Keyboards - Pinetop Perkins
Blues Instrumentalist - Harmonica - Charlie Musselwhite
Blues Instrumentalist - Guitar - Duke Robillard

A fine serata si sono tenute le tradizionali jam session presso il teatro "New Daisy" con Duke Robillard, Odetta, Tab Benoit, Syl Johnson, Bob Margolin...