XM SATELLITE RADIO TO BROADCAST BLUES MUSIC AWARDS
(Memphis)--XM Satellite Radio will broadcast the 2007 Blues Music Awards live from Memphis’ Cook Convention Center on Thursday, May 10. Presented by The Blues Foundation, the BMAs are the premier award presented for blues artists and blues recordings worldwide. The show will be aired on XM’s Bluesville channel. Broadcast will begin at approximately 7:00p.m. CST and conclude around 1:00a.m. This is the first-ever national radio broadcast of the Blues Music Awards.
The broadcast will feature at least 25 live performances by dozens of BMA nominees, including Alligator recording artists Guitar Shorty, Marcia Ball, Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials and Eric Lindell. Other performing artists will include Otis Taylor’s banjo quartet, a soul blues revue featuring a five-nominee ensemble backed by the Steve Edmonson band, a once-in-a-lifetime harp blowout led by Mark Hummel and the full Bobby Rush Show.
Award presenters include British blues legend John Mayall, former Major League Baseball player and manager Dusty Baker and his long-time friend, bluesman Elvin Bishop.
Other nominees planning to attend (some of whom will also perform) include Barbara Blue, Big George Brock, Bill Stuve, Bob Stroger, Bobby Rush, Calvin "Fuzz" Jones, Calvin Owens, Charlie Musselwhite, Chicago Bob Nelson, Chris Thomas King, Dave Gross, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Deanna Bogart, Dion, Diunna Greenleaf, Doug James, Dr. John, Duke Robillard, Eddie Shaw, EG Kight, Fiona Boyes, Frankie Lee, Guy Davis, Irma Thomas, Jackie Payne & Steve Edmonson, Janiva Magness, Jimi Bott, John Long, John Mooney, Johnny Rawls, Kid Ramos, Kim Wilson, Larry Taylor, Magic Slim & the Teardrops, Mannish Boys, Michael Powers, Mitch Kashmar, Mitch Woods, Mookie Brill, Nick Moss & The Flip Tops, Nora Jean Bruso, Paul Oscher, Rich Del Grosso, Richard Innes, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Rory Block, Sam Carr, Slick Ballinger, Sugar Pie DeSanto, Tab Benoit, The Kilborn Alley Blues Band, Trudy Lynn, Watermelon Slim & the Workers, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Zora Young, as well as the widow of Robert Lockwood Jr. and the late Henry Townsend’s son.
Tables and tickets can still be purchased at https://www.blues.org/tickets/bma.php
or by calling 901.527.2583.
The presenting sponsor of the Blues Music Awards is The Gibson Foundation. Significant sponsorship is also provided by the BMI, Casey Family Programs on behalf of National Foster Care Month, FedEx, Greater Memphis Arts Council, Memphis Convention and Visitors Bureau and Sierra Nevada Brewing Company.
ALLIGATOR ARTIST NOMINATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
LIL’ ED AND THE BLUES IMPERIALS
B.B. King Entertainer of the Year (Lil’ Ed Williams)
Band of the Year (Lil’ Ed and The Blues Imperials)
Song of the year - Icicles In My Meatloaf, from Rattleshake
GUITAR SHORTY
Contemporary Blues Album of the Year:
We The People
Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year
Instrumentalist of the Year – Guitar
MARCIA BALL
Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year
Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year
CEPHAS & WIGGINS
Acoustic Album of the Year:
Shoulder To Shoulder
Acoustic Artist of the Year
SHEMEKIA COPELAND
Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year
ERIC LINDELL
Best New Artist Debut:
Change In The Weather
SAM LAY (THE SIEGEL-SCHWALL BLUES BAND)
Instrumentalist of the Year – Drums
