2007 Blues Music Awards

The Blues Foundation 2007 Blues Music Awards were held May 10, 2007. Click here to see the winners.

The Blues Foundation nominees for the 2007 Blues Music Awards were as follows.

Acoustic Album of the Year

John Long Lost and Found

Bob Brozman Blues Reflex

Guy Davis Skunkmello

Rory Block The Lady and Mr. Johnson

Cephas and Wiggins Shoulder to Shoulder

Acoustic Artist of the Year

Cephas and Wiggins

David "Honeyboy" Edwards

Paul Oscher

Rory Block

Guy Davis

Album of the Year

Charlie Musselwhite Delta Hardware

Watermelon Slim and the Workers Watermelon Slim and the Workers

Irma Thomas After the Rain

Janiva Magness Do I Move You?

Nick Moss and the Flip Tops Live at Chan's

B.B. King Entertainer of the Year

Bobby Rush

Bettye LaVette

Tab Benoit

Watermelon Slim

Lil' Ed

Band of the Year

Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials

Mannish Boys

Nick Moss and the Flip Tops

Watermelon Slim and the Workers

Magic Slim and the Teardrops

Best New Artist Debut

James Hunter People Gonna Talk

The Kilborn Alley Blues Band Put it in the Alley

Eric Lindell Change in the Weather

Slick Ballinger Mississippi Soul

Dave Gross Take the Gamble

Comeback Album of the Year

Andy Fairweather Low Sweet Soulful Music

Chicago Bob Nelson Flyin' Too High

Dion Bronx in Blue

Jeremy Spencer Precious Little

Jerry Lee Lewis Last Man Standing

Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year

Marcia Ball

EG Kight

Barbara Blue

Janiva Magness

Shemekia Copeland

Contemporary Blues Album of the Year

Janiva Magness Do I Move You?

Michael Powers Prodigal Son

Guitar Shorty We the People

Fiona Boyes Lucky 13

John Mooney Big Ol' Fiya

Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year

Kim Wilson

Tab Benoit

Guitar Shorty

Ronnie Baker Brooks

Michael Powers

Historical Album of the Year

Delmark Records Live at Theresa's 1975 Junior Wells

Delta Groove Productions Larger Than Life Hollywood Fats Band

Delmark Records All Your Love I Miss Loving Otis Rush

Shout! Factory Live at the Electric Ballroom 1974 Freddie King

Hooker John Lee Hooker

Traditional Blues Album of the Year

Last Of The Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen Live in Dallas

Charlie Musselwhite Delta Hardware

Nick Moss and the Flip Tops Live at Chan's

Big George Brock Round Two

Watermelon Slim and the Workers Watermelon Slim & the Workers

Other Catagories of Interest

Song of the Year

Icicles in My Meat Loaf - Ed Williams, Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials - Rattleshake
Hard Times - Watermelon Slim and the Workers
Church is Out - Charlie Musselwhite
Baptized in Dirty Water - Chris Thomas King
Prodigal Son - Michael Murchison

Soul Blues Album of the Year

Frankie Lee - Standing at the Crossroads
Irma Thomas - After the Rain
Jackie Payne & Steve Edmonson Band - Master of the Game
Johnny Rawls - Heart & Soul
Calvin Owens Blues Orchestra- I Ain't Gonna Be Your Dog No More
James Hunter - People Gonna Talk
Trudy Lynn - I'm Still Here

Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year

Bettye LaVette
Irma Thomas
Trudy Lynn
Mavis Staples
Sugar Pie DeSanto

Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year

Bobby Rush
Frankie Lee
Mighty Sam McClain
Solomon Burke
Jackie Payne

Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year

Zora Young
Diunna Greenleaf
Etta James
Nora Jean Bruso
Ruth Brown

Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year

Charlie Musselwhite
Robert Lockwood, Jr.
Big George Brock
Hubert Sumlin
Watermelon Slim

Instrumentalist-Bass

Bob Stroger
Larry Taylor
Mookie Brill
Bill Stuve
Calvin "Fuzz" Jones

Instrumentalist-Drums

Willie "Big Eyes" Smith
Sam Carr
Sam Lay
Jimi Bott
Richard Innes

Instrumentalist-Guitar

Duke Robillard
Kid Ramos
Lurrie Bell
Nick Moss
Guitar Shorty
Hubert Sumlin

Instrumentalist-Harmonica

Charlie Musselwhite
Kim Wilson
Mark Hummel
Billy Branch
Big George Brock
James Harman
Mitch Kashmar

Instrumentalist-Horn

Deanna Bogart
Kaz Kazanoff
Calvin Owens
Eddie Shaw
Doug James
Greg Piccolo

Instrumentalist-Other

Robert Randolph - Steel Guitar
Rich Del Grosso - Mandolin
Otis Taylor - Banjo
Sonny Rhodes - Steel Guitar
Guy Davis - Banjo

Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year

Mitch Woods
Marcia Ball
Floyd Dixon
Henry Butler
Dr. John
Honey Piazza

Click here to see the winners