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22nd Annual W.C. Handy Blues Awards Nominations
The Best of the Blues

This year's W.C. Handy Nominees for the Blues Are...

Acoustic Blues Album of the Year:
Corey Harris/Henry Butler - VuDu Menz
Eric Bibb - Home to Me
Guy Davis - Butt Naked Free
Jerry Ricks - Many Miles Of Blues
Robert Lockwood, Jr. - Delta Crossroads

Contemporary Blues
Album of the Year:

B.B. King/Eric Clapton - Riding with the King
Eddy Clearwater - Reservation Blues
Kid Ramos - West Coast house Party
R.L. Burnside - Wish I Was In Heaven
Shemekia Copeland - Wicked

Soul/Blues Album of the Year:
Bobby Rush - Hoochie Man
Darrell Nulisch - I Like It This Way
E. C. Scott - Masterpiece
Irma Thomas - My Heart Is In Memphis
Mighty Sam McClain - Blues For the Soul

Traditional Blues Album Of the Year:
Big Jack Johnson - Roots Stew
Magic Slim - Snakebite
Snooky Pryor/Mel Brown - Double Shot
Son Seals - Letting Go
Willie Cobb - Jukin'

Blues Album Of The Year:
Big Jack Johnson - Roots Stew
Corey Harris/Henry Butler - Vu Du Menz
Eddy Clearwater - Reservation Blues
Shemekia Copeland - Wicked
Son Seals - Lettin Go

Historical Album Of The Year:
James Harman - Mo' Na'kins, Please
William Clarke - Tip Of The Top
Otis Spann - Last Call
Various Artists - And This Is Maxwell Street
Robert Nighthawk - Live On Maxwell Street

Blues Song of the Year:
G. Davis - Waiting on the Cards to Fall, Guy Davis, Butt Naked Free
J. Johnson - So Long Frank Frost, Big Jack Johnson, Roots Stew
K. Leipziger, R. Fleming - Winds of Change, Eddy Clearwater, Reservation Blues
B. Bromberg/J. Armstrong/O. Heaney - Pennies and Picks, James Armstrong, Got It Goin' On
R. Vito - It's 2AM", Shemekia Copeland, Wicked

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