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2008 Blues Critic Awards
CONTEMPORARY BLUES

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Blues Album Of The Year

ONE KIND FAVOR B.B. King
WE CAN GET TOGETHER Sean Costello
LET LIFE FLOW Kenny Neal
SKIN DEEP Buddy Guy
LOWDOWN FEELIN' The Mannish Boys
WHAT WILL LOVE DO Janiva Magness
THE OUTSIDER Walter Trout
DOIN' THE FUNKY THING Walter "Wolfman" Washington
BORN IN ARKANSAS Willie "Big Eyes" Smith
LIVE IN CHICAGO Dave Specter


Best Traditional Blues Album

NO PAID HOLIDAYS Watermelon Slim & The Workers
LET LIFE FLOW Kenny Neal
ONE KIND FAVOR B.B. King
SKIN DEEP Buddy Guy
WHAT WILL LOVE DO Janiva Magness
LOWDOWN FEELIN' The Mannish Boys
WE CAN GET TOGETHER Sean Costello
RAISING THE ROOF Tom Principato Band


Best Soul Blues Album

SOUL STATION Bobby Wayne
RED CADILLAC Johnny Rawls
THE DON OF THE BLUES Chick Willis
OVERNIGHT SENSATION Jackie Payne Steve Edmonson Band
SIMPLY GRAND Irma Thomas
CLEAN GETAWAY Curtis Salgado
DOIN' THE FUNKY THING Walter "Wolfman" Washington
I'M HERE TO STAY Sharrie Williams


Best Blues/Rock Album

THE OUTSIDER Walter Trout
FROM THE REACH Sonny Landreth
IRON MAN Michael Burks
BAD FOR YOU BABY Gary Moore
THESE ARE THE DAYS Albert Castiglia
MESS OF BLUES Jeff Healey
ERIC SARDINAS & BIG MOTOR Eric Sardinas & Big Motor
BLUES ROLLS ON Elvin Bishop Group


Best Live Or Compilation Album

LIVE IN CHICAGO Dave Specter
LIVE AT SEVENTY FIVE Big George Brock
LIVE AT THE QUINCY BLUES FEST 2007 The Beat Daddys
LIVE FROM BLUESVILLE Fiona Boyes, Mookie Brill & Rich Del Grosso
FEELS SO GOOD Albert Cummings
M FOR MISSISSIPPI Various Artists


Blues Song Of The Year

GOODBYE MR PRESIDENT (TIME FOR YOU TO GO) Mem Shannon
OBAMA Chick Willis
LET LIFE FLOW Kenny Neal
BAD YEAR BLUES Albert Castiglia
DEVIL LIVES IN MEMPHIS Big Joe Shelton
THE BLUES ROLLS ON Elvin Bishop
THEY CALLED FOR STORMY MONDAY Tom Principato Band
HOW I GOT TO MEMPHIS Dave Specter with Tad Robinson
MISSISSIPPI NUMBER ONE Eden Brent
RED CADILLAC Johnny Rawls


Blues Singer: MALE

BOBBY JONES (of The Mannish Boys)
TAD ROBINSON
JACKIE PAYNE
BB KING
CURTIS SALGADO


Blues Singer: FEMALE

SHARRIE WILLIAMS
SUSAN TEDESCHI
IRMA THOMAS
JANIVA MAGNESS
GAYE ADEGBALOLA


Blues Guitarist

MICHAEL BURKS
WALTER TROUT
KID RAMOS
SONNY LANDRETH
RONNIE EARL


Blues Harmonica

WILLIE "BIG EYES" SMITH
STEVE GUYGER
BILLY GIBSON
MARK HUMMEL
JASON RICCI


Blues Keyboards

BRUCE KATZ
HENRY BUTER
DAVID MAXWELL
CHRISTIAN DOZZLER
MARCIA BALL


Blues Instrumentalist (Other)

MOOKIE BRILL (bass)
BOB STROGER (bass
LARRY TAYLOR (bass)
KAZ KAZANOFF (horn)
DEANNA BOGART (Horn)
OTIS TAYLOR (banjo)
RICHARD INNES (drums)
CEDRIC BURNSIDE (drums)
DAN TREANOR (cane flute)