2008 Blues Music Awards Winners

The Blues Foundation 2008 Blues Music Awards were held on May 8, 2008. Click here for more information.

Click here to see all of the Blues Foundation 2008 Awards nominees.

Here are the Blues Foundation winners for the 2008 Blues Music Awards
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DVD of the Year

Kenny Wayne Shepherd 10 Days Out: Blues From the Backroads

Acoustic Album of the Year

Bobby Rush Raw

Acoustic Artist of the Year

Bobby Rush

Album of the Year

Watermelon Slim & The Workers The Wheel Man

B.B. King Entertainer of the Year

Tommy Castro

Band of the Year

Watermelon Slim & The Workers

Best New Artist Debut

Diunna Greenleaf & Blue Mercy Cotton Field to Coffee House

Contemporary Blues Album of the Year

Tommy Castro Painkiller

Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year

Bettye LaVette

Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year

Tab Benoit

Historical Album of the Year

Epic/Legacy Breakin' It Up, Breakin' It Down Muddy Waters Johnny Winter James Cotton

Other Catagories of Interest

Instrumentalist-Bass

Bob Stroger

Instrumentalist-Drums

Sam Lay

Instrumentalist-Guitar

Bob Margolin

Instrumentalist-Harmonica

Kim Wilson

Instrumentalist-Horn

Deanna Bogart

Instrumentalist-Other

Robert Randolph - Pedal Steel

Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year

Honey Piazza

Song of the Year

'Gonna Buy Me a Mule' - Koko Taylor, Koko Taylor - Old School

Soul Blues Album of the Year

Holmes Brothers - State of Grace

Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year

Irma Thomas

Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year

Bobby Rush

Traditional Blues Album of the Year

Koko Taylor - Old School

Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year

Koko Taylor

Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year

Hubert Sumlin

All Blues Foundation 2008 Awards Nominees

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All Blues Foundation 2007 Awards Nominees and Winners

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Click here to see the 2007 winners.

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