Eight Alligator Artists Receive 11 Blues Music Award Nominations
EIGHT ALLIGATOR ARTISTS RECEIVE
11 BLUES MUSIC AWARD NOMINATIONS!
The Blues Foundation announced the nominees for the 2008 Blues Music Awards on Friday, December 14. Eight Alligator recording artists received a total of 11 nominations. Chicago blues legend Koko Taylor (a 2008 Grammy nominee as well) received four nominations (including nods for Album Of The Year for Old School and Song Of The Year for Taylor’s original Gonna Buy Me A Mule). Lil’ Ed Williams and his band The Blues Imperials, The Holmes Brothers, Ann Rabson (of Saffire—The Uppity Blues Women), Sam Lay (of The Siegel-Schwall Band), and new Alligator signing Janiva Magness each received one nomination. Long time Alligator artists the late Carey Bell and the late Son Seals both received nominations for non-Alligator related DVD projects.
The Blues Music Awards are recognized as the highest honor given to blues artists. The Blues Music Awards ceremony and concert will be held May 8, 2008 at the Grand Casino Event Center in Tunica Resorts, Mississippi. Alligator artists and nominations are as follows:
KOKO TAYLOR
Album of the Year: Old School
Song of the Year: Gonna Buy Me A Mule, written by Koko Taylor
Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year
Traditional Blues Album of the Year: Old School
LIL’ ED AND THE BLUES IMPERIALS
Band of the Year
HOLMES BROTHERS
Soul Blues Album of the Year: State Of Grace
JANIVA MAGNESS
B.B. King Entertainer of the Year
ANN RABSON (of SAFFIRE—THE UPPITY BLUES WOMEN)
Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year
CAREY BELL
Instrumentalist – Harmonica
DVD – Carey & Lurrie Bell – Gettin‘ Up (Delmark Records)
SON SEALS
DVD – A Journey Through The Blues – The Son Seals Story
SAM LAY (THE SIEGEL-SCHWALL BLUES BAND)
Instrumentalist of the Year - Drums
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