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28th Annual Blues Music Awards
The ceremony honoring the winners of the 28th annual Blues Music Awards, formerly known as the W.C. Handy Awards was held on May 10, 2007 at the Cook Convention Center in Memphis, Tennessee. Charlie Musselwhite was the big winner, taking home four awards for Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Traditional Blues Album of the Year, and Harmonica Player of the Year. To be eligible, recordings must have been released between November 1, 2005 and October 31, 2006. What follows is the complete list of nominations, with the winners highlighted in bold: Category 1 - Acoustic Album of the YearLost & Found Bob Brozman The Lady and Mr. Johnson Shoulder to Shoulder Category 2 - Acoustic Artist of the YearCephas & Wiggins David "Honeyboy" Edwards Paul Oscher Rory Block Category 3 - Album of the YearDelta Hardware Watermelon Slim & the Workers After the Rain Do I Move You? Live at Chan's Category 4 - B.B. King Entertainer of the YearBobby Rush Bettye LaVette Tab Benoit Lil' Ed Category 5 - Band of the YearLil' Ed & the Blues Imperials Mannish Boys Nick Moss & the Flip Tops Magic Slim & the Teardrops Category 6 - Best New Artist DebutPeople Gonna Talk Put It in the Alley Change the Weather Mississippi Soul Take the Gamble Category 7 - Comeback Album of the YearSweet Soulful Music Flyin' Too High Precious Little Last Man Standing Category 8 - Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the YearBarbara Blue Janiva Magness Shemekia Copeland Category 9 - Contemporary Blues Album of the YearDo I Move You? We the People Lucky 13 Big Ol' Fiya Category 10 - Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the YearTab Benoit Guitar Shorty Ronnie Baker Brooks Category 11 - Historical Album of the YearLive at Theresa's 1975 Larger Than Life All Your Love I Miss Loving (Live at the Wise Fools Pub) Live at the Electric Ballroom 1974 Hooker Category 12 - Instrumentalist - BassBob Stroger Larry Taylor Mookie Brill Bill Stuve Calvin "Fuzz" Jones Category 13 - Instrumentalist - DrumsWillie "Big Eyes" Smith Sam Carr Sam Lay Jimi Bott Richard Innes Category 14 - Instrumentalist - GuitarDuke Robillard Kid Ramos Lurrie Bell Nick Moss Guitar Shorty Hubert Sumlin Category 15 - Instrumentalist - HarmonicaMark Hummel Billy Branch Big George Brock James Harman Mitch Kashmar Category 16 - Instrumentalist - HornDeanna Bogart Kaz Kazanoff Calvin Owens Eddie Shaw Doug James Greg Piccolo Category 17 - Instrumentalist - OtherRobert Randolph Rich Del Grosso Otis Taylor Sonny Rhodes Guy Davis Category 18 - Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the YearMitch Woods Floyd Dixon Henry Butler Honey Piazza Category 19 - Song of the YearIcicles in My Meat Loaf Hard Times Church Is Out Baptized in Dirty Water Prodigal Son Category 20 - Soul Blues Album of the YearStanding at the Crossroads After the Rain Master of the Game Heart & Soul I Ain't Gonna Be Your Dog No More People Gonna Talk I'm Still Here Category 21 - Soul Blues Female Artist of the YearBettye LaVette Irma Thomas Trudy Lynn Sugar Pie DeSanto Category 22 - Soul Blues Male Artist of the YearBobby Rush Frankie Lee Mighty Sam McClain Jackie Payne Category 23 - Traditional Blues Album of the YearLive in Dallas Delta Hardware Live at Chan's Round Two Watermelon Slim & the Workers Category 24 - Traditional Blues Female Artist of the YearZora Young Diunna Greenleaf Etta James Nora Jean Bruso Ruth Brown Category 25 - Traditional Blues Male Artist of the YearRobert Lockwood, Jr. Big George Brock Hubert Sumlin
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