Blues Instrumentalist Guitar:
- Duke Robillard
- About.com Winner: Anson Funderburgh
- Dr. John
- About.com Winner: Marcia Ball
- Willie "Big Eyes" Smith
- About.com Winner: Sam Lay
- Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
- About.com Winner: Sonny Rhodes - Lap Steel
- Charlie Musselwhite
- About.com Winner: Snooky Pryor
- Willie Kent
- About.com Winner: Calvin Jones
- Roomful of Blues Horns
- About.com Winner: Gordon Beadle - Saxophone
- So Many Rivers - Marcia Ball
- About.com Winner: Kim Wilson - Lookin' for Trouble!
- Which Way Is Texas? - Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets
- About.com Winner: Kim Wilson - "Shout, Sister, Shout!" A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe - MC Records
- Let’s Roll - Etta James
- About.com Winner: Bettye Lavette - A Woman Like Me
- Blues Singer - Buddy Guy
- About.com Winner: Blues Singer - Buddy Guy!
- Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live - Muddy Waters
- About.com Winner: Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live - Muddy Waters
