Over the weekend, the 37th Blues Music Awards took place in Memphis, and the Blues Foundation has announced the winners. Congrats to Buddy Guy for winning Album of the Year, for his awesome Born to Play Guitar. Other major winners were John Primer, Walter Trout, and Shemekia Copeland.
Here's the full winner's list, great job to these brilliant artists:
1. Acoustic Album:
The Acoustic Blues & Roots of Duke Robillard – Duke Robillard
2. Acoustic
Artist: Doug MacLeod
3. Album: Born to
Play Guitar – Buddy Guy
4. B.B. King
Entertainer: Victor Wainwright
5. Band: Victor
Wainwright & the Wild Roots
6. Best New
Artist Album: The Mississippi
7. Contemporary
Blues Album: Born to Play Guitar – Buddy Guy
8. Contemporary
Blues Female Artist: Shemekia Copeland
9. Contemporary
Blues Male Artist: Joe Louis Walker
10. Historical: Soul
& Swagger: Buzzin’ the Blues by Slim Harpo
11. Instrumentalist-Bass
: Lisa Mann
12. Instrumentalist-Drums:
Cedric Burnside
13. Instrumentalist-Guitar:
Sonny Landreth
14. Instrumentalist-Harmonica:
Kim Wilson
15. Instrumentalist-Horn:
Terry Hanck
16. Koko Taylor
Award: Ruthie Foster
17. Pinetop
Perkins Piano Player: Allen Toussaint
18. Rock Blues
Album: Battle
19. Song: “Gonna
Live Again” written and performed by Walter Trout
20. Soul Blues
Album: This Time for Real – Billy Price & Otis Clay
21. Soul Blues
Female Artist: Bettye LaVette
22. Soul Blues
Male Artist: Otis Clay
23. Traditional
Blues Album: Descendants of Hill Country – Cedric Burnside Project
24. Traditional
Blues Male Artist: John Primer 
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