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23rd Annual W.C. Handy Blues Awards Nominees
This year's awards will be presented on Thursday, May 23, 2002 at the Orpheum Theatre in Memphis, Tennessee.
Blues Instrumentalist-Harmonica:
Kim Wilson
Charlie Musselwhite
James Cotton
Rod Piazza
Snooky Pryor

Blues Instrumentalists-Keyboards:
Dr. John
Henry Butler
Honey Piazza
Marcia Ball
Henry Gray
Pinetop Perkins

Blues Instrumentalists-Bass:
Bill Stuve Calvin "Fuzz" Jones
Michael "Mudcat" Ward
Nick Holt
Willie Kent

Blues Instrumentalists-Drums:
Jimi Bott
George Rains
Sam Carr
Sam Lay
Willie "Big Eyes" Smith

Blues Instrumentalists-Horns:
Eddie Shaw
Kaz Kazanoff
Memphis Horns
Roomful Of Blues Horns
Sax Gordon Beadle

Blues Instrumentalists-Other:
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - fiddle
Boozoo Chavis - accordion
Buckwheat Zydeco - accordion
C.J. Chenier - accordion
Sonny Rhodes - lap steel

Comeback Blues Album:
Dick Heckstall Smith - Blues and Beyond
Henry Gray - Plays Chicago Blues
Little Arthur Duncan
Ike Turner - Here and Now
James Montgomery Blues Band - Bring It On Home

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