THREE ALLIGATOR ARTISTS WIN FIVE BLUES MUSIC AWARDS
ALLIGATOR RECORDS PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – MAY 9, 2008
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FIVE BLUES MUSIC AWARDS!
On Thursday, May 8, The Blues Foundation announced the winners of the 2008 Blues Music Awards (formerly known as the W.C. Handy Awards). Three Alligator recording artists received a total of five awards.
Chicago blues legend Koko Taylor (a 2008 Grammy nominee as well) received three awards, including nods for Traditional Blues Album Of The Year for Old School, Song Of The Year for Taylor’s original Gonna Buy Me A Mule and Traditional Female Artist Of The Year. The Holmes Brothers and Sam Lay (of The Siegel-Schwall Blues Band), each received one award.
The Blues Music Awards are recognized as the highest honor given to blues artists. The Blues Music Awards ceremony and concert was held May 8, 2008 at the Grand Casino Event Center in Tunica Resorts, Mississippi. Alligator artists and awards are as follows:
KOKO TAYLOR
Traditional Blues 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
THE HOLMES BROTHERS
Soul Blues Album of the Year: State Of Grace
SAM LAY (THE SIEGEL-SCHWALL BLUES BAND)
Instrumentalist of the Year - Drums
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