Blues Music Awards Nominees
2011 - 32nd Blues Music Awards-2011
Acoustic Album of the Year Bet on the Blues, Paul OscherBooker's Guitar, Eric BibbHome Sweet Home, South Memphis String BandLast Train to Bluesville, The NighthawksYou Can Always Turn Around, Lucky Peterson
Acoustic Artist of the Year Doug MacLeodEric BibbGuy DavisJohn HammondPaul Oscher
Album of the Year Ain't Got No Troubles, Eden BrentLiving Proof, Buddy GuyShake for Me, The Mannish BoysThe Devil is an Angel Too, Janiva MagnessThe Well, Charlie Musselwhite B.B King
Entertainer of the Year Buddy GuyJaniva MagnessJoe Louis WalkerKenny NealSuper Chikan
Band of the Year Derek Trucks BandMagic Slim & the TeardropsNick Moss BandRick Estrin & the NightcatsThe Holmes BrothersThe Kilborn Alley Blues BandThe Mannish Boys
Best New Artist Debut Chris O'Leary Band, Mr. Used to BeClaudette King, We're Onto SomethingMatt Hill, On the FloorPeter Parcek 3, The Mathematics of LoveThe Vincent Hayes Project, Reclamation
Contemporary Blues Album of the Year Have Blues Will Travel, Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois KingLiving Proof, Buddy GuyName The Day!, John NemethStill The Rain, Karen LovelyThe Devil is an Angel Too, Janiva Magness
Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year Candye KaneJaniva MagnessKaren LovelyRobin RogersShemekia Copeland
Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year Buddy GuyJoe Louis WalkerJohn NemethKenny NealNick Moss
DVDBlack Hen/Transgrease, The Mississippi Sheiks Tribute Concert, Various ArtistsDelmark, Live at Rooster's Place, Tail DraggerNorthernBlues Music, Live at Ground Zero Blues Club, Watermelon Slim & the WorkersRuf, Songs From The Road, Luther AllisonWoodward Studio, Nothing to Prove, Mac Arnold
Historical Album of the Year Black Derby, Chicago Blues Buddies, Little Smokey Smothers & Elvin BishopDelmark, Jimmy Dawkins Presents the Leric Story, Various ArtistsDelmark, Live in Boston 1966, Junior Wells & the AcesDelta Groove, Harmonica Blues, Bob Corritore & FriendsRuf, Songs from the Road, Luther Allison
Instrumentalist-Bass Bill StuveBob StrogerLarry TaylorPatrick RynnSteve Gomes
Instrumentalist-Drums Cedric BurnsideJimi BottKenny 'Beedy Eyes' SmithRobb StupkaTony Braunagel
Instrumentalist- Guitar Derek TrucksDuke RobillardJoe Louis WalkerKirk FletcherRonnie Earl
Instrumentalist-Harmonica Bob CorritoreCharlie MusselwhiteJames CottonKim WilsonPaul Oscher
Instrumentalist-Horn Big James MontgomeryDoug JamesEddie ShawKeith CrossanTerry Hanck
Instrumentalist-Other Gerry Hundt, MandolinJohnny Sansone, AccordionOtis Taylor, BanjoRich Del Grosso, MandolinSonny Rhodes, Lap Steel Guitar
Koko Taylor
Award (Traditional Blues Female) Eden BrentReba RussellRuthie FosterSue FoleyTeeny TuckerZora Young
Pinetop Perkins Piano PlayerDavid MaxwellDr. JohnEden BrentHenry ButlerMitch Woods
Rock Blues Album of the Year Bingo, Steve Miller BandCommon Ground, Walter TroutLive In Chicago, Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band featuring Hubert Sumlin, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Bryan Lee and Buddy Flett Privileged, Nick MossRoadsongs, Derek Trucks
Song of the Year Living Proof, Tom Hambridge/Buddy Guy, Living Proof, Buddy GuyPlease Mr. President, Bruce Iglauer/Wyzard/David Kearney, Bare Knuckle, Guitar ShortyRained All Night, Steve Gomes, Back In Style, Tad RobinsonSad and Beautiful World, Charlie Musselwhite, The Well, Charlie MusselwhiteStill the Rain, Dennis Walker/Alan Mirikitani, Still The Rain, Karen Lovely
Soul Blues Album of the Year 24 Hour Woman, Denise LaSalleBack in Style, Tad RobinsonFeed My Soul, The Holmes BrothersLive In San Antonio, Eugene 'Hideaway' BridgesNothing's Impossible, Solomon BurkeStomp the Floor, Arthur Adams
Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year Barbara CarrClaudette KingDenise LaSalleIrma ThomasSista Monica Parker
Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year Bobby RushCurtis SalgadoEugene 'Hideaway' BridgesSolomon BurkeTad Robinson
Traditional Blues Album of the Year Giant, James CottonJoined At the Hip, Pinetop Perkins & Willie 'Big Eyes' SmithPassport to the Blues, Duke RobillardShake for Me, The Mannish BoysThe Well, Charlie Musselwhite
Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year Alabama MikeCharlie MusselwhiteJames CottonMagic SlimSuper Chikan