In mentioning the Blues Blast online mag poll in my previous post, I forget to also mention another ongoing poll in Living Blues magazine, one of the premier blues print publications. The magazine doesn't make its contents available online, but you can visit its web site and click the link at the top of the home page to vote. I like them because I think they stick closer to blues artists. You can vote through July 5.
Here are the nominees, in case you're interested (yes, I copied the whole thing, including the voting buttons -- that's why they don't work here!):
| Blues Artist of the Year
(Male) |
|
Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater |
|
Lil' Ed Williams |
|
Buddy Guy |
|
Taj Mahal |
|
Willie Clayton |
|
|
| Blues Artist of the Year
(Female) |
|
Marcia Ball |
|
Irma Thomas |
|
Eden Brent |
|
Barbara Carr |
|
Wanda Johnson |
|
|
| Most Outstanding Blues
Singer |
|
Solomon Burke |
|
Bettye LaVette |
|
John Nemeth |
|
Jackie Payne |
|
Irma Thomas |
|
|
| Most Outstanding Musician
(Guitar) |
|
B.B. King |
|
Michael Burkes |
|
Ronnie Earl |
|
Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater |
|
Buddy Guy |
|
|
| Most Outstanding Musician
(Harmonica) |
|
Billy Boy Arnold |
|
Willie "Big Eyes" Smith |
|
Billy Branch |
|
Jerry McCain |
|
Charlie Musselwhite |
|
|
| Most Outstanding Musician
(Keyboard) |
|
Marcia Ball |
|
Erwin Helfer |
|
Pinetop Perkins |
|
Henry Gray |
|
Henry Butler |
|
|
| Best Live
Performer |
|
Bettye LaVette |
|
Bobby Rush |
|
Carolina Chocolate Drops |
|
Buckwheat Zydeco |
|
Buddy Guy |
|
|
| Best Blues Album of 2008 (New
Recordings) |
|
Elmore James, Jr. - Daddy Gave Me The Blues - JSP
Records |
|
Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater - West Side Strut -
Alligator |
|
Manish Boys - Lowdown Feelin' - Delta
Groove |
|
Buddy Guy - Skin Deep - Silvertone |
|
Lil' Ed And The Blues Imperials - Full Tilt -
Alligator |
|
Taj Mahal - Maestro - Heads Up Int'l |
|
Elvin Bishop - The Blues Rolls On - Delta
Groove |
|
Magic Slim And The Teardrops - Midnight Blues -
Blind Pig |
|
Johnny Rawls - Red Cadillac - Catfood
Records |
|
Joe Louis Walker - Witness To The Blues - Stony
Plain Records |
|
|
| Best Blues Album of 2008 (Historical
Recordings) |
|
Various Artists - Boogie Woogie And Blues Piano -
Mosaic Select |
|
Various Artists - People Take Warning: Murder Ballads And
Disaster Songs - Tompkins Square |
|
Geater Davis - I'll Play The Blues For You-The Legendary House
Of Orange Sessions - Soulscape |
|
Jimmy Highes - The Best Of Jimmy Hughes -
FAME |
|
Various Artists - Eccentric Soul: The Tragar & Note Labels
- Numero |
|
|
| Best Blues DVD of
2008 |
|
Various Artists - M For Mississippi - M For
Mississippi |
|
Daddy Mack Orr - Plain Man Blues - Inside
Sounds |
|
Various Artists - And This Is Free: The Life And Times Of
Chicago's Legendary Maxwell Street - Shanachie |
|
John Jackson - The Video Collection 1970 - 1999 -
Vestapol |
|
Rev. Gary Davis - The Video Collection - Vestapol |
|
Posted
Jul 01 2009, 09:46 PM
by
Jim White