SIX ALLIGATOR ARTISTS RECEIVE 23 BLUES MUSIC AWARD NOMINATIONS
On Wednesday, December 12, 2012 The Blues Foundation announced the nominees for the 2013 Blues Music Awards live on Sirius XM's B.B. King's Bluesville. Six Alligator recording artists received a total of 23 nominations. Vocalist/songwriter Janiva Magness received five (tied for the most artist nominations), including one for the coveted B.B. King Entertainer Of The Year Award. Soul man Curtis Salgado, blues legend Joe Louis Walker, and guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Michael "Iron Man" Burks all received four nominations. Harmonica master/songwriter/vocalist Rick Estrin and his band The Nightcats received three nods. Chicago slide guitar hero Lil' Ed Williams received two nominations, one for Traditional Male Blues Artist, and his whole group, Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials for Band Of The Year. Guitarist Kid Andersen of Rick Estrin & The Nightcats also received one nomination for the Gibson Guitar Award. In all, Alligator artists earned four of the five nominations for the B.B. King Entertainer Of The Year Award.
The Blues Music Awards are universally recognized as the highest honor given to blues artists. The 34rd Annual Blues Music Awards will be presented in Memphis on May 9, 2013 at the Cook Convention Center, and will be broadcast live in their entirety in Sirius XM's B.B. King's Bluesville.
Alligator artists and nominations are as follows:
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B.B. King Entertainer Of The Year
Album Of The Year - Stronger For It
Contemporary Blues Album Of The Year - Stronger For It
Contemporary Blues Female Artist Of The Year
Song Of The Year - I Won't Cry (by Janiva Magness & Dave Darling) from Stronger For It
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B.B. King Entertainer Of The Year
Contemporary Blues Album Of The Year - Hellfire
Contemporary Blues Male Artist Of The Year
Gibson Guitar Guitarist Of The Year
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Album Of The Year - Show Of Strength
Contemporary Blues Album Of The Year - Show Of Strength
Contemporary Blues Male Artist Of The Year
Gibson Guitar Guitarist Of The Year
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B.B. King Entertainer Of The Year
Soul Blues Album Of The Year - Soul Shot
Soul Blues Male Artist Of The Year
Song Of The Year - She Didn't Cut Me Loose (by Curtis Salgado, Marlon McClain & Dave Duncan) from Soul Shot
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B.B. King Entertainer Of The Year
Band Of The Year
Instrumentalist Of The Year - Harmonica
KID ANDERSEN (of RICK ESTRIN & THE NIGHTCATS):
Gibson Guitar Guitarist Of The Year
LIL' ED & THE BLUES IMPERIALS:
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Band Of The Year
Traditional Blues Male Artist Of The Year
