2013 BLUES BLAST MUSIC AWARD WINNER – “Soul Shot” – Soul Blues Album of the Year
November 4, 2013
THE 2013 BLUES BLAST MUSIC AWARDS WINNERS WERE ANNOUNCED AT THE GALA AWARDS CEREMONIES AT BUDDY GUY’S LEGENDS IN CHICAGO ON OCTOBER 31ST , 2013. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE NOMINEES AND THE WINNERS.
2013 Blues Blast Award Winners
Winners in bold and marked with “*”
Contemporary Blues Album
4 Jacks – Deal With It
Ian Siegal & The Mississippi Mudbloods – Candy Store Kid
Michael Burks – Show Of Strength
*Shaun Murphy – Ask For The Moon
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats – One Wrong Turn
Robert Cray – Nothin’ But Love
Traditional Blues Album
Eddie Shaw & The 757 Allstars – Still Riding High
*The Cash Box Kings – Black Toppin’
The Kid Ramos & Bob Corritore – The Phoenix Sessions
Mannish Boys – Double Dynamite
Doug MacLeod – There’s A Time
Little Joe McLerran – Facebook Blues
Blues Rock Album
*Albert Castiglia – Living The Dream
Tinsley Ellis – Get It!
Walter Trout – Blues For Modern Daze
Royal Southern Brotherhood – Royal Southern Brotherhood
Jason Elmore And Hoodoo Witch – Tell You What
Simon McBride – Crossing The Line
Soul Blues Album
Barbara Carr – Keep The Fire Burning
*Curtis Salgado – Soul Shot
John Németh – Soul Live
Johnny Rawls – Soul Survivor
Mighty Sam McClain – Too Much Jesus (Not Enough Whiskey)
Theodis Ealey – You And I Together
Song Of The Year
“Dreamin’ or Dyin’” written by Sena Ehrhardt and Ed Ehrhardt – All In (Sena Ehrhardt)
“A Woman or The Blues” written by Curtis Salgado and Dave Duncan – Soul Shot (Curtis Salgado)
* “I Got a Right to Sing the Blues” written by Cee Cee James and Rob “Slideboy” Andrews – Blood Red Blues (Cee Cee James)
“Black Nights” written by Doug MacLeod – There’s A Time (Doug MacLeod)
“Analyze’N Blues” written by Peter Karp and Sue Foley – Beyond The Crosssroads (Peter Karp, Sue Foley)
“Too Much Jesus (Not Enough Whiskey” written by Sam McClain & Pat Herlehy – Too Much Jesus (Not Enough Whiskey) (Mighty Sam McClain)
New Artist Debut Release
*Southern Hospitality – Easy Livin’
Andy T & Nick Nixon Band – Drink Drank Drunk
Paula Harris – Turning On The Naughty
Frank Bey with the Anthony Paule Band – You Don’t Know Nothing
James ‘Buddy’ Rogers – My Guitar Is My Only Friend
Mike Wheeler – Self Made Man
Alabama Shakes – Boys & Girls
Male Blues Artist
Female Blues Artist