| 22nd Annual W.C. Handy Blues Awards Nominations | |
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 |

