2010 Living Blues Awards
Readers’ Poll:
Blues Artist of the Year (Male):
Buddy Guy
Blues Artist of the Year (Female):
Shemekia Copeland
Best Blues Album of 2009 (New Release):
Tommy Castro – Hard Believer (Alligator)
Best Blues Album of 2009 (Historical Recording):
Little Walter – The Complete Chess Masters (Hip-O Select)
Best Blues DVD of 2009:
Floyd Lee – Full Moon Lightnin’ (Willow Tree Pictures)
Most Outstanding Musician (Guitar):
B.B. King
Most Outstanding Musician (Harmonica):
Charlie Musselwhite
Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard):
Pinetop Perkins
Best Live Performer:
Buddy Guy
Most Outstanding Blues Singer:
John Nemeth
Critics’ Poll:
Blues Artist of the Year (Male):
John Primer
Blues Artist of the Year (Female):
Ruthie Foster
Most Outstanding Blues Singer:
Bobby Jones
Most Outstanding Musician (Guitar):
Joe Louis Walker
Most Outstanding Musician (Harmonica):
Billy Branch
Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard):
Henry Gray
Most Outstanding Musician (Bass):
Bob Stroger
Most Outstanding Musician (Drums):
Kenny Smith
Most Outstanding Musician (Horns):
Big James Montgomery
Most Outstanding Musician (Other):
Sonny Rhodes – Lap steel
Best Live Performer:
Chick Willis
Comeback Artist of the Year:
Eddie C. Campbell
Artist Deserving More Attention:
Johnnie Bassett
Best Blues Albums of 2009:
Album of the Year:
Various Artists – Chicago Blues: A Living History
New Recordings/ Southern Soul:
Johnny Rawls – Ace Of Spades (Catfood Records)
New Recordings/ Best Debut:
Marquise Knox – Man Child (APO)
New Recordings/ Traditional & Acoustic:
Jimmy “Duck” Holmes – Ain’t It Lonesome (Broke & Hungry)
Historical Reissue/ Pre-war:
Various Artists – Take Me To The Water (Dust-To-Digital)
Historical Reissue/ Post-war
Barbara Lynn – The Jamie Singles (Jamie)
DVD of the Year:
Tail Dragger – Live At Rooster’s Lounge (Delmark)
