James Cotton And Tommy Castro & The Painkillers Win Blues Blast Music Awards

Harmonica giant James Cotton and blues rockers Tommy Castro And The Painkillers each received a 2014 Blues Blast Music Award, presented by Blues Blast magazine. Cotton won for Traditional Blues Album Of The Year for his Grammy-nominated CD, Cotton Mouth Man. Castro won for Rock Blues Album Of The Year for his 2014 release The Devil You Know.

Winners were announced on October 23, 2014 at the awards ceremony held at The Fluid Events Center in Champaign, Illinois.