TOMMMY CASTRO BIG WINNER AT BLUES MUSIC AWARDS

TOMMMY CASTRO BIG WINNER AT 
BLUES MUSIC AWARDS

BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO ALSO SCORES

On Thursday, May 7 the Blues Foundation awarded Alligator recording artist Tommy Castro four 2010 Blues Music Awards, including the coveted B.B. King Entertainer Of The Year Award. With his four wins, guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Castro took home more awards than any other artist at the 31st Annual Blues Music Awards ceremony held in Memphis at The Cook Convention Center. He also won the award for Band Of The Year, Contemporary Blues Album Of The Year (for his Alligator debut CD, Hard Believer), and for Contemporary Blues Male Artist Of The Year.

Labelmate Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural, Jr. (of Buckwheat Zydeco) won the award for Best Instrumentalist - Accordion. The band recently won the Grammy Award in the Zydeco category for its Alligator debut, Lay Your Burden Down.

The Blues Music Awards are recognized as the highest honor given to blues artists.

TOMMY CASTRO
http://mailman.305spin.com/users/alligator/images/4931_175px.jpgB.B. King Entertainer Of The Year
Band of the Year
Contemporary Blues Album Of The Year:  Hard Believer
Contemporary Blues Male Artist Of The Year

 

 

 

 

BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO
http://mailman.305spin.com/users/alligator/images/4929_175px.jpgInstrumentalist Of The Year - Other (Accordion)




 

 

 

 

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