Here are the winners. We will tell you the rest of the story soon, but we stayed up kind of late last night. Long after the Awards were over, the lobby of both the Cook Convention Center and the Memphis Marriott Downtown looked like the party was just getting started. The buzz, the vibe the night of good feelings. Congratulations to all winners, all nominees, all the stellar performers and to Buddy and Bonnie for making it even more special!!
1. Acoustic Album - You Got to Move David Maxwell & Louisiana Red 2. Acoustic Artist - Louisiana Red 3. Album of the Year - Between a Rock and the Blues Joe Louis Walker 4. B.B. King Entertainer - Tommy Castro 5. Band of the Year - Tommy Castro Band 6. Best New Artist Debut - Tiger in Your Tank Monkey Junk 7. Contemporary Blues Album - Hard Believer Tommy Castro 8. Contemporary Blues Female Artist - Ruthie Foster 9. Contemporary Blues Male Artist - Tommy Castro 10. DVD - Delmark Records - It Ain't Over! Delmark Celebrates 55 Years of Blues, Live at Buddy Guy's Legends 11. Historical Album - Chess - Authorized Bootleg -Muddy Waters Live 12. Bass - Bob Stroger 13. Drums - Cedric Burnside 14. Guitar - Derek Trucks 15. Harmonica - Jason Ricci 16. Horn - Deanna Bogart 17. Instrumentalist-Other - Buckwheat Zydeco (accordion) 18. Pinetop Perkins Piano Player - Eden Brent 19. Rock Blues Album - Already Free Derek Trucks Band 20. Song of the Year - "Pearl River" Cyril Neville & Mike Zito 21. Soul Blues Album - Ace of Spades - Johnny Rawls 22. Soul Blues Female Artist - Irma Thomas 23. Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year - Curtis Salgado 24. Traditional Blues Album - Chikadelic Super Chikan 25. Traditional Blues Female Artist - Debbie Davies 26. Traditional Blues Male Artist - Duke Robillard