WC Handy Awards May 5 in Memphis. Piedmont Artists Garner 21 nominations. See you there!
Thursday, April 28, 2005
See you all in Memphis on May 5 for the W.C. Handy Awards!
Hats off to our roster for an unprecedented 21 W.C. Handy Award nominations! Even upstages our 18 nominations last year! Here they are: Acoustic Blues Album Of The Year- Carey & Lurrie Bell - "Second Nature" Blues Album of the Year- Guitar Shorty - "Watch Your Back", W.C. Clark - "Deep In The Heart" Blues Band of the Year- Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets, Little Charlie & The Nightcats, Smokin' Joe Kubek Band Blues Entertainer of the Year- Bobby Rush Contemporary Blues Album of the Year- Guitar Shorty - "Watch Your Back", Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters - "Now My Soul" Contemporary Blues-Female Artist of the Year- Deborah Coleman Instrumentalist-Guitar- Ronnie Earl, Roy Rogers Soul/Blues Album of the Year- Bobby Rush - "Folk Funk", W.C. Clark - "Deep In The Heart" Soul/Blues-Male Artist of the Year- Bobby Rush, W.C. Clark Traditional Blues Album of the Year- Jody Williams - "You Left Me In The Dark", Sam Myers - "Coming From The Old School" Traditional Blues-Male Artist of the Year- Jody Williams, Sam Myers Historical Blues Album Of The Year- Johnny Winter- Second Winter
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