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Blues Entertainer of the Year
Luther Allison, Charles Brown, Buddy
Guy, B.B. King,
Charlie Musselwhite
Blues Band of the Year
Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets w/Sam Myers,Charlie
Musselwhite Band, Rod
Piazza & The Mighty Flyers, Roomful of Blues, Smokin' Joe Kubek Band
featuring Bnois King
Contemporary Blues -- Male Artist of the Year
Luther Allison, Charlie Musselwhite, Kenny Neal,Otis
Rush, Joe Louis
Walker
Contemporary Blues -- Female Artist of the Year
Marcia Ball, Debbie Davies, Etta
James, Koko
Taylor, Michelle Wilson
Soul/Blues -- Male Artist of the Year
Johnny Adams, Bobby Bland, Solomon Burke, Mighty Sam McClain, Little
Milton
Soul/Blues -- Female Artist of the Year
Shirley Brown, Carol Fran, Denise LaSalle, Irma
Thomas, Lavelle
White
Traditional Blues -- Male Artist of the Year
Charles Brown, R.L. Burnside, Robert Jr. Lockwood, Taj Mahal, Pinetop
Perkins
Traditional Blues -- Female Artist of the Year
Rory Block, Ruth Brown, Jeannie Cheatham, Saffire,Katie
Webster
Country/Acoustic Blues -- Artist of the Year
CeDell Davis, Cephas & Wiggins, Honeyboy Edwards, John
Hammond
Male Vocalist of the Year
Johnny Adams, Bobby Bland, Charles
Brown,Solomon Burke, Mighty Sam McClain, Little Milton
Female Vocalist of the Year
Marcia Ball, Carol Fran, Etta James, Denise LaSalle,Koko
Taylor, Irma
Thomas, Lavelle White
Blues Instrumentalist -- Guitar
Luther Allison, Jimmy Dawkins, Ronnie Earl, Buddy
Guy, Otis
Rush
Blues Instrumentalist -- Harmonica
Carey Bell, Sugar Blue, Charlie
Musselwhite Band,, Rod
Piazza, Kim Wilson
Blues Instrumentalist -- Piano
Marcia Ball, Charles Brown, Dr. John, Johnnie Johnson, Pinetop
Perkins, Sunnyland
Slim
Blues Instrumentalist -- Other
Gatemouth Brown (fiddle),
Sam Lay (drums), Lonnie Pitchford (one string), Sonny Rhodes (lap
steel), Roomful of Blues (horns)
Contemporary Blues Album of the Year
Ain't Enough Comin' In --
Otis Rush, Mercury
Blues And Pain --
Jimmy Dawkins, Ichiban
In My Time -- Charlie
Musselwhite, Alligator
Slippin' In --
Buddy Guy, Silvertone
Soul Fixin' Man --
Luther Allison, Alligator
Soul/Blues Album of the Year
Father, Father -- Pop
Staples, Pointblank
I'm A Gambler --
Little Milton, Malaco
Live At The House Of Blues --
Solomon Burke, Black Top
Miss Lavelle --
Lavelle White, Antone's
Z. Zelebration: A Tribute To Z.Z.
Hill --
Various Artists, Malaco
Traditional Album of the Year
Bluebird -- Jimmy Rogers,
Acoustic Sounds
Down To Earth --
Willie Cobbs, Rooster Blues
Ice Cream Man --
John
Brim, Tone Cool
In The Mess Up To My Chest --
Snooky Pryor, Antone's
Too Bad Jim -- R.L.
Burnside, Fat Possum
Country/Acoustic Album of the Year
All Around Man --
Lonnie Pitchford, Rooster Blues
Goin Back In The Times --
Homesick James, Earwig
Keb Mo -- Keb Mo, Okeh/Epic
Sad Days Lonely Nights --
Junior Kimbrough, Fat Possum
Two Heads Are Better --
Harmonica Fats/Bernie Pearl, Bee Bump
Reissue Album of the Year
Ain't Gonna Be Your Dog --
Howlin' Wolf, MCA/Chess
Big, Bad & Blue -- Joe
Turner, Rhino
Black Magic -- Magic
Sam, Delmark
One More Mile -- Muddy Waters,
MCA/Chess
Otis Spann's Chicago Blues --
Otis Spann, Hightone/Testament
Blues Song of the Year
Ain't Enough Comin' In -- Otis Rush
(Otis Rush, Ain't Enough Comin' In)
Fool in Heah -- Jimmy
Dawkins (Jimmy Dawkins, Blues
And Pain)
St. Gabriel -- Marcia
Ball - (Marcia Ball, Blues
House)
Six Strings Down --
Aaron Neville, Charles Neville, Jimmie Vaughan (Jimmie Vaughan, Strange
Pleasure)
That's When I Know --
Eddie Campbell (Eddie Campbell, That's
When I Know)
Crossover Artist of the Year
Eric Clapton, J.
Geils and Magic Dick, Maria Muldaur, Bonnie Raitt, Dann Penn