The 21st Annual Living Blues Awards
Critics’ Poll:
Blues Artist of the Year (Male):
James Cotton
Blues Artist of the Year (Female):
Irma Thomas
Most Outstanding Blues Singer:
Johnny Rawls
Most Outstanding Musician (Guitar):
Lurrie Bell
Most Outstanding Musician (Harmonica):
James Cotton
Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard):
Barrelhouse Chuck
Most Outstanding Musician (Bass):
Bob Stroger
Most Outstanding Musician (Drums):
Kenny Smith
Most Outstanding Musician (Horns):
Eddie Shaw
Most Outstanding Musician (Other):
Chuck Campbell – Pedal Steel
Best Live Performer:
Bobby Rush
Comeback Artist of the Year:
Swamp Dogg
Artist Deserving More Attention:
Birdlegg
Best Blues Albums of 2013:
Album of the Year:
James Cotton, Cotton Mouth Man (Alligator)
New Recordings/ Southern Soul:
Johnny Rawls, Remembering O.V. (Catfood)
New Recordings/ Best debut:
Leo “Bud” Welch, Sabougla Voices (Big Legal Mess)
New Recordings/ Traditional & Acoustic:
Various Artists, The Walter Davis Project (Electro-Fi)
New Recordings/Contemporary Blues:
Lurrie Bell, Blues in My Soul (Delmark)
Historical Pre-War
Sid Hemphill, The Devil’s Dream: Alan Lomax 1942 Library of Congress Recordings (Global Jukebox/Mississippi)
Historical Post-War:
Various Artists, The Sun Blues Box (Bear Family)
Blues Book of the Year:
David Whiteis, Southern Soul Blues (University of Illinois)
DVD of the Year:
Various Artists, Time Brings About a Change… A Floyd Dixon Celebration (High John)
Producer of the Year – New Recording:
Bruce Watson – Sabougla Voices – Leo “Bud” Welch – Big Legal Mess Records
Producer of the Year – Historical Recording:
David Evans and Steven Lance Ledbetter, Sorrow Come Pass Me Around: A Survey of Rural Black Religious Music (Dust to Digital)
Readers’ Poll:
Blues Artist of the Year (Male):
Buddy Guy
Blues Artist of the Year (Female):
Ruthie Foster
Best Blues Album of 2013 (New Release):
Buddy Guy, Rhythm & Blues (Silvertone)
Best Blues Album of 2013 (Historical Recording):
Michael Bloomfield, From His Head to His Heart to His Hands (Columbia/Legacy)
Best Blues DVD of 2013:
Ike and Tina Turner, On the Road 1971-72 (MVD Visual)
Best Blues Book of 2013:
Timothy J. O’Brien and David Ensminger, Mojo Hand: The Life and Music of Lightnin’ Hopkins (University of Texas)
Most Outstanding Musician (Guitar):
Buddy Guy
Most Outstanding Musician (Harmonica):
Charlie Musselwhite
Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard):
Marcia Ball
Best Live Performer:
Tab Benoit
Most Outstanding Blues Singer:
Buddy Guy
