2007
Blues Music Awards
May 10, 2007
Cook Convention Center, downtown Memphis
Nominees, Tickets and Voting
Online Voting Open Through Wed Feb 28 for Blues Foundation Members.
Tickets on Sale Now; will be mailed in April.
In a year that has already witnessed the passing of past Blues
Music Awards recipients Ruth Brown, Jessie Mae Hemphill, Robert
Lockwood, Jr., Sam Myers and Snooky Pryor, the nominee list for
The Blues Foundation’s 2007 Blues Music Awards offers a
mix of the genre’s pillars and prospects, and just about
everything in between.
The
2007 Blues Music Awards ballot features timeless nominees like
harpist Charlie Musselwhite, who garnered five nominations on
the strength of his Delta Hardware release; drum legends and perennial
fan favorites, Sam Carr, Sam Lay and Willie “Big Eyes”
Smith; and "old school" names Big George Brock and Guitar
Shorty, who have experienced a rejuvenation in recent years.
The
ballot features triple nominees Lil’ Ed & the Blues
Imperials, Janiva Magness and Michael Powers, as well as Nick
Moss and his band the Flip Tops, with four nominations. Other
artists with three nods represent a range of Blues stylings: from
the Piedmont style of Cephas & Wiggins’ Shoulder to
Shoulder to the Delta shadings of Guy Davis’ Skunkmello
to the soul of Irma Thomas’ post-Katrina After the Rain.
But
the most amazing story of 2007 is the six nominations racked up
by Watermelon Slim as an individual and with his band the Workers.
It is almost impossible to amass more than six nominations in
a single year, but their NorthernBlues Records’ self-titled
release struck a chord with the nominators as this former truck
driver with a Masters degree in history, and his band, picked
up song, album, band and entertainer nods, among the 25 album,
artist and instrumentalist categories.
And
if you are not already a member, that is easily remedied online.
The winners will be announced at The Blues Music Awards on May
10, 2007, at the Cook Convention Center in downtown Memphis.
Link
to article with full list of nominees on Blues Foundaton's news
page:
http://www.blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=394
Link
to info on Blues Music Awards:
http://www.blues.org/bluesmusicawards/index.php4
About
the Blues Music Awards:
The 2007 show will likely follow the format of the sold-out and
critically acclaimed shows of recent years which featured appearances
and performances by more than 40 nominees in a dinner table setting
in the Convention Center's new ballroom. Attendees are treated
to a sit down dinner seated with the nominees!
The
event brings together Blues performers, industry representatives
and fans from all over the world to celebrate the best in Blues
recordings and performances from the previous year. Each year,
the Foundation presents The Blues Music Awards to the artists
selected by its members. They are universally recognized as the
highest honor given to Blues artists. As always, a pre-party will
immediately precede the Awards and feature the 2007 IBC winners.
The
Blues Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Charter Members' Dinner
will be held the night before on Wednesday, May 9. Contact The
Blues Foundation about becoming a Charter Member in order to attend
this star-studded event.
www.blues.org.
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