Friday 25 December 2009
Monday 21 December 2009
Blues Grammy Award Nominees Announced
Blues Grammy Award Nominees Announced
The nominees for the 52nd Grammy Awards have been announced, and they include husband and wife Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi going head-to-head. The nominees are:Best Contemporary Blues Album:
* The Robert Cray Band- This Time
* Ruthie Foster- The Truth According to Ruthie Foster
* Mavis Staples- Live: Hope at the Hideout
* Susan Tedeschi- Back to the River
* The Derek Trucks Band- Already Free
Best Traditional Blues Album:
* Ramblin' Jack Elliott- A Stranger Here
* The Mick Fleetwood Blues Band Featuring Rick Vito- Blue Again
* John Hammond- Rough and Tough
* Duke Robillard- Stomp! The Blues Tonight
* Various Artists- Chicago Blues: A Living History
The Soundtrack for Cadillac Records, Buckwheat Zydeco's Lay Your Burden Down, and Little Walter: The Chess Masters 1950-1967 received nominations in other categories.
The Grammy Awards will be handed out January 31st, 2010, in Los Angeles. The above nominees are all available in our Amazon Blues Music Store.
Complete 2010 Blues Music Award Nominees
The BMAs will take place May 6, 2010 at the Cook Convention Center in Memphis, Tennessee. Also garnering multiple nominations are Tommy Castro, Rick Estrin, and Duke Robillard.Acoustic Album
David Maxwell & Louisiana Red You Got to Move
Maria Muldaur & her Garden of Joy Good Time Music for Hard Times
Saffire-the Uppity Blues Women Havin' The Last Word
Samuel James For Rosa, Maeve and Noreen
Various Artists Things About Comin' My Way - A Tribute to the music of the Mississippi Sheiks
Acoustic Artist
Annie Raines & Paul Rishell
Doug MacLeod
Guy Davis
Louisiana Red
Samuel James
Album
Duke Robillard's Jumpin’ Blues Revue Stomp! the Blues Tonight
Eddie C. Campbell Tear This World Up
Joe Louis Walker Between a Rock and the Blues
Louisiana Red & Little Victor's Juke Joint Back to the Black Bayou
Various Artists Chicago Blues A Living History
B.B. King Entertainer of the Year
Candye Kane
Magic Slim
Rick Estrin
Super Chikan
Taj Mahal
Tommy Castro
Band
Duke Robillard's Jumpin' Blues Revue
Nick Moss & the Flip Tops
Rick Estrin and the Nightcats
The Mannish Boys
Tommy Castro Band
Best New Artist Debut
Greg Nagy Walk That Fine Thin Line
Joanne Shaw Taylor White Sugar
Marquise Knox Man Child
Monkey Junk Tiger in your Tank
The California Honeydrops Soul Tub!
Contemporary Blues Album
Candye Kane Superhero
Joe Louis Walker Between a Rock and the Blues
Rick Estrin and the Nightcats Twisted
Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters Living in the Light
Tommy Castro Hard Believer
Contemporary Blues Female Artist
Bettye LaVette
Candye Kane
Janiva Magness
Ruthie Foster
Shemekia Copeland
Contemporary Blues Male Artist
Derek Trucks
Joe Louis Walker
John Nemeth
Michael Burks
Tommy Castro
DVD
Delmark Records It Ain't Over! Delmark Celebrates 55 Years of Blues, Live at Buddy Guy's Legends
Eagle Eye Media Live at Montreux 1993 (B.B. King)
Jo Films& Roadside Productions Hot Flash - The Documentary (Saffire-the Uppity Blues Women)
Mojo Rodeo Records A Night in Woodstock (Paul Rishell & Annie Raines)
Vincent Productions Down to the Crossroads Vol. 1 (George Thorogood & the Destroyers w/ Eddie Shaw)
Historical
Bear Family Records Taking Care of Business (1956-1973) (Freddie King)
Chess Authorized Bootleg (Muddy Waters)
Eagle Records Essential Montreux (Gary Moore)
Hip-O Select The Complete Chess Masters (1950-1967) (Little Walter)
Landslide Records Sean's Blues (Sean Costello)
Instrumentalist-Bass
Bill Stuve
Bob Stroger
Larry Taylor
Mookie Brill
Patrick Rynn
Instrumentalist-Drums
Cedric Burnside
Jimi Bott
Kenny Smith
Sam Carr
Tony Braunagel
Instrumentalist-Guitar
Derek Trucks
Duke Robillard
Joe Louis Walker
Lurrie Bell
Ronnie Earl
Instrumentalist-Harmonica
Billy Branch
Jason Ricci
Kim Wilson
Mark Hummel
Rick Estrin
Instrumentalist-Horn
Al Basile
Big James Montgomery
Deanna Bogart
Eddie Shaw
Keith Crossan
Instrumentalist-Other
Buckwheat Zydeco (accordion)
Gerry Hundt (mandolin)
Johnny Sansone (accordion)
Otis Taylor (banjo)
Rich Del Grosso (mandolin)
Pinetop Perkins Piano Player Award
Bruce Katz
David Maxwell
Eden Brent
Henry Butler
Henry Gray
Rock Blues Album
Derek Trucks Band Already Free
Jason Ricci & New Blood Done with the Devil
Jim Suhler & Monkey Beat Tijuana Bible
Mike Zito Pearl River
Tinsley Ellis Speak No Evil
Song
Cyril Neville & Mike Zito “Pearl River” (Pearl River--Mike Zito)
James “Super Chikan” Johnson “Fred's Dollar Store” (Chikadelic--Super Chikan)
Joe Louis Walker “I'm Tide” (Between a Rock and the Blues--Joe Louis Walker)
John Hahn & Oliver Wood “Never Going Back to Memphis” (Never Going Back--Shemekia Copeland)
Vyasa Dodson “At Least I'm Not With You” (At Least I'm Not With You--The Insomniacs)
Soul Blues Album
Charles Wilson Troubled Child
Darrell Nulisch Just for You
Johnny Rawls Ace of Spades
Latimore All About the Rhythm and the Blues
Mighty Sam McClain Betcha Didn't Know
Soul Blues Female Artist
Barbara Carr
Denise LaSalle
Irma Thomas
Shirley Brown
Sista Monica Parker
Soul Blues Male Artist
Curtis Salgado
Darrell Nulisch
Jackie Payne
Johnny Rawls
Latimore
Traditional Blues Album
John Primer All Original
Johnnie Bassett The Gentleman is Back
Louisiana Red & Little Victor's Juke Joint Back to the Black Bayou
Super Chikan Chikadelic
Various Artists Chicago Blues A Living History
Traditional Blues Female Artist
Ann Rabson
Debbie Davies
Fiona Boyes
Shirley Johnson
Zora Young
Traditional Blues Male Artist
Duke Robillard
John Primer
Johnnie Bassett
Louisiana Red
Bob Corritore Blues Newsletter - BMA Nominations, Louisiana Red, New Little Walter Photos, and more!
December 8, 2009
- Blues Music Awards Nominees Announced. Louisiana Red receives five nominations! Each year, the Blues Foundation creates a wonderful forum to reflect upon the achievements of the blues community. Through a two tier nomination process, with a large pool of industry leaders as nominators, the year's releases are narrowed down to 26 award categories, each category having 5 nominees appearing on the ballot. From there Blues Foundation members will cast their votes, and in a ceremony that takes place each year in early May, the winners are announced. This is an exciting process and those chosen as nominees and winners will enjoy a notable burst of career recognition and attention. The nominees were announced today and to see a complete list please click here . Bob was pleased to see fellow Rhythm Room All-Star, Patrick Rynn, up for Best Instrumentalist in the Bass category! In prominence this year is Louisiana Red, with 5 nominations, 2 of which are specifically for the Red CD Back To The Black Bayou on Ruf Records, which was produced by Little Victor (Bob plays on 2 tracks on this CD). The Blues Foundation will present the Blues Music Awards at the Cook Convention Center in Memphis, TN on May 6, 2010. Congratulations to all the nominees!
- Louisiana Red Honored with France's Academie Charles Cros Award! Little Victor reports that Louisiana Red / Back To The Black Bayou on Ruf Records has received France's Academie Charles Cros Award for "Best Blues Album 2009". Little Victor, who produced and plays on this wonderful record, describes this award as the French equivelent to the Grammy. Congratulations to Louisiana Red for this well deserved recognition. To read Victor's post of this in Blindman's Blues Forum click here.
- Phoenix Harmonica Showcase this Thursday at the Rhythm Room! Each year the Rhythm Room presents a harmonica showcase hosted by Bill Tarsha & The Rocket 88's, to showcase the many fine harmonica players residing in the Phoenix area., This year the showcase will take place on Thursday, December 10th and will include Bill Tarsha, Big Nick, John Calley, Steve Passenelli, Rob Hale, Rusty Walker, Robert Jackson, Lady D, Larry Dee, Gypsy, King Gypsy, Jump Back Keith, Walkin' Cane Mark, Jimmy Johnson, Boyd White, Blind Ronnie, Rockin Ruben, Larry Polk, Jerry Swartz, Dwight Miles, Chris Cremains, Sugar Bear, Root Doctor, Papa G., Tumbleweed, Johnny Rock, "Shakey" Joe Harless (of Shaker Harmonica Microphones), Gus Harless, Lee Poole, Bob Corritore and more! Doors open at 7pm and the show begins at 8pm. The Rhythm Room is located at 1019 E. Indian School Road, Phoenix, AZ 85014.
- Dave Riley and Bob Corritore New Reviews and Press Release. Thanks to Betsie Brown of Blind Racoon Publicty for really working a great campain for Dave Riley & Bob Corritore / Lucky To Be Living on Blue Witch Records. Many new reviews have been posted on Bob's website (click here to see). Betsie recently sent out a press release summarizing some of Dave & Bob's recent activities and it can be viewed by clicking here. Thanks to all the radio stations, reviewers, publications, and fans for their great support of this release!
- Ray Flerlage Blues Photos Posted Online. Unseen Little Walter Photos included! Ray Flerlage was an amazing Chicago based photographer, who's many brilliant blues images from the early 1960s are considered of great historic importance. Many examples of these photos appear in Ray's book Chicago Blues As Seen From The Inside, published in 2000. His photos have graced the covers of such Chess albums as J.B. Lenoir / Natural Man, Buddy Guy / I Was Walking Through The Woods, and Little Walter / Confessin The Blues and Delmark Records' Junior Wells / Blues Hit The Big Town and Blues Piano Orgy (Various Artists) . Ray passed away in 2002, but his work has recently appeared on the Cache Agency website. Included are some newly unearthed Little Walter photos including a great stage shot of Johnny Young, Robert Nighthawk, and Little Walter performing together. Also included online are Ray's photos of Howlin' Wolf, Arvella Gray, B.B. King, Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker, Koko Taylor and Lightnin' Hopkins (together), Memphis Slim, Muddy Waters, Otis Rush, Son House, Willie Dixon, and more. To see this website click here.
- Now Booking 2010 Festival Season. Bob Corritore, and his numerous musical projects, are now accepting offers for the 2010 festival season. Bob performs with both the Rhythm Room All-Stars (with Big Pete Pearson, Bob Corritore, Chris James, Patrick Rynn, and Brian Fahey), and with the Dave Riley / Bob Corritore Juke Joint Blues Band. Please note that the Rhythm Room All-stars can also offer customized revue format shows with a wide selection of guest artists available. In 2009 the Rhythm Room All-Stars performed at festivals backing Pinetop Perkins, Louisiana Red, Tomcat Courtney, Elmore James, Jr., Henry Gray, Aaron Moore, Allen Batts, and others. Also note that Chris James & Patrick Rynn, who recently won a Blues Blast Music Award, can also be booked as a seperate show. No matter what the format, each option delivers a highly entertaining, deeply rooted, traditional blues show. Please contact bobcorritore@yahoo.com for more information.
- Additions and Corrections to December 4th Newsletter. We unintentionally omitted mentioning the amazing Lurrie Bell as we listed the artists who were associated with the Grammy nominated CD Chicago Blues: A Living History. Jim Themelis asks that we give credit to harmonica master Joe Filisko for the information on the recently discovered Big Walter Horton master acetate. Concerning our segment on Blues Downsizing, Jerry Davis writes: "The 2010 Quincy Area Blues Fest, in Quincy, Illinois, has been cancelled after a sixteen year run in Washington Park."
- Little Esther Phillips On YouTube! Please enjoy these clips of the amazing vocalist, Little Esther Phillips as she presents two examples of her blues balladry. She performs "Misery" with a small combo that, though uncredited, is likely Johhny Otis' band click here to see, and a powerhouse version of "Release Me" with the full Johnny Otis show, complete with conductor, live at the 1970 Monterey Jazz Festival, click here to see.
Bob Corritore Blues Newsletter Rhythm Room All Stars, Honeyboy Today Show Appearance, Henry Gray honored, Muddy on You tube
December 15, 2009
- Rhythm Room All-Stars appear Friday and Saturday at the Rhythm Room! The Rhythm Room All-Stars feature Big Pete Pearson, Bob Corritore, Chris James, Patrick Rynn, and Brian Fahey. This weekend they appear at their namesake home base. Note that Dave Riley will do a guest set both nights and that Big Pete will only appear on the Friday night of this weekend. The Rhythm Room is located at 1019 E. Indian School Road, Phoenix, AZ 85014.
- Honeyboy Edwards to appear on NBC Today Show, and to receive Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award! The 94 year old delta bluesman, Honeyboy Edwards, will appear on national television with an appearance on the Today Show Sunday, December 20th. This was arranged through the efforts of Lynn Orman of Orman Music and Media Group. News has also come down the pike that Honeyboy Edwards is to receive a lifetime achievement award at the Grammy's, in a special private ceremony that will honor musicians and achievers from all aspects of the music industry. Honeyboy is also prominently featured in the documentary film Six Generations Of The Blues, a film by Scott Shuman, which looks at the 30 year history of Chicago's Earwig Music, and it's founder Michael Frank. If in Chicago this Wednesday night, you can see a screening of this film at SPACE in Evanston.
- Henry Gray Up For Offbeat Music Award! Andy Cornett reports that Henry Gray has been nominated for the prestigious Louisiana based Offbeat Magazine's "Best Of Beat' Awards in two categories; "Best Male Blues Performer" and "Best Blues CD". These nomination coincide with Henry's recent Blues Music Award nomination for best blues instrumentalist in the piano category. To read more about the Offbeat awards and to vote, click here, and read more about the BMAs click here. Henry Gray, now 84 years old, is still is vibrant and growing piano force on the blues scene. He brings with him all his great Chicago Blues history as a participant in some of the greatest classic recordings by Howlin' Wolf, Jimmy Rogers, Jimmy Reed, Billy Boy Arnold, and others. Henry represents the blues well. To see a photo page honoring Henry Gray click here.
- Bob presents his annual Blues Christmas radio show this Sunday on KJZZ! Each year on the Sunday before Christmas, Bob presents a 5 hour blues Christmas special on his weekly radio show "Those Lowdown Blues" on KJZZ. In addition to Christmas blues classics by Charles Brown, Lowell Fulson, Mabel Scott, and Freddie King, will be Big Maybelle singing "Silent Night", Chief Schabuttie Gilliame's "The Week Before Christmas", Rufus Thomas' "I'll Be Your Santa", and Jessie Mae Hemphill's "Merry Christmas Pretty Baby", just to name a few. Bob's blues Christmas Special can be heard this Sunday, December 20th, from 6 -11pm (Mountain Time) at 91.5 FM in Phoenix. and anywhere in the world at www.kjzz.org.
- Classic Muddy Waters on YouTube! Please enjoy this film clip of Muddy Waters performing "You Cant Lose What You Never Had" with his classic 1960s band including James Cotton, Otis Spann, Pee Wee Madison, and SP Leary. Click here to see.
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