| Acoustic Album of the Year |
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 |
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| Acoustic Artist of the Year | Annie Raines & Paul Rishell |
| Doug MacLeod |
| Guy Davis |
| Louisiana Red |
| Samuel James |
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| Album of the Year | 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 |
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| B.B. King | Candye Kane |
| Entertainer of the Year |
Magic Slim |
| Rick Estrin |
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Super Chikan |
| Taj Mahal |
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Tommy Castro |
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| Band of the Year |
Duke Robillard's Jumpin' Blues Revue |
| Nick Moss & the Flip Tops |
| Rick Estrin and the Nightcats |
| The Mannish Boys |
| Tommy Castro Band |
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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! |
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| Contemporary Blues | Candye Kane, Superhero |
| Album of the Year | 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 |
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| Contemporary Blues | Bettye LaVette |
| Female Artist of the Year |
Candye Kane |
| Janiva Magness |
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Ruthie Foster |
| Shemekia Copeland |
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| Contemporary Blues | Derek Trucks |
| Male Artist of the Year |
Joe Louis Walker |
| John Nemeth |
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Michael Burks |
| Tommy Castro |
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| DVD | Delmark Records, It Ain't Over! Delmark Celebrates 55 Years of Blues, Live at Buddy Guy's Legends |
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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 and Annie Raines) |
| Vincent Productions, Down to the Crossroads Vol. 1 (George Thorogood & the Destroyers w/ Eddie Shaw) |
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| Historical Album of the Year | 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) |
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| Instrumentalist-Bass | Bill Stuve |
| Bob Stroger |
| Larry Taylor |
| Mookie Brill |
| Patrick Rynn |
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| Instrumentalist-Drums | Cedric Burnside |
| Jimi Bott |
| Kenny Smith |
| Sam Carr |
| Tony Braunagel |
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| Instrumentalist-Guitar | Derek Trucks |
| Duke Robillard |
| Joe Louis Walker |
| Lurrie Bell |
| Ronnie Earl |
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| Instrumentalist-Harmonica | Billy Branch |
| Jason Ricci |
| Kim Wilson |
| Mark Hummel |
| Rick Estrin |
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| Instrumentalist-Horn | Al Basile |
| Big James Montgomery |
| Deanna Bogart |
| Eddie Shaw |
| Keith Crossan |
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| Instrumentalist-Other | Buckwheat Zydeco (accordion) |
| Gerry Hundt (mandolin) |
| Johnny Sansone (accordion) |
| Otis Taylor (banjo) |
| Rich Del Grosso (mandolin) |
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| Pinetop Perkins Piano Player | Bruce Katz |
| David Maxwell |
| Eden Brent |
| Henry Butler |
| Henry Gray |
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| Rock Blues | Derek Trucks Band, Already Free |
| Album of the Year | Jason Ricci & New Blood, Done with the Devil |
| Jim Suhler & Monkey Beat, Tijuana Bible |
| Mike Zito, Pearl River |
| Tinsley Ellis, Speak No Evil |
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| Song of the Year | Cyril Neville & Mike Zito, 'Pearl River' (Pearl River--Mike Zito) |
| James 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) |
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Vyasa Dodson, 'At Least I'm Not With You' (At Least I'm Not With You--The Insomniacs) |
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| Soul Blues |
Charles Wilson, Troubled Child |
| Album of the Year | 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 |
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Soul Blues | Barbara Carr |
| Female Artist of the Year | Denise LaSalle |
| Irma Thomas |
| Shirley Brown |
| Sista Monica Parker |
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| Soul Blues | Curtis Salgado |
| Male Artist of the Year | Darrell Nulisch |
| Jackie Payne |
| Johnny Rawls |
| Latimore |
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| Traditional Blue | John Primer, All Original |
| Album of the Year |
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 |
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| Traditional Blues | Ann Rabson |
Female Artist of the Year | Debbie Davies |
| Fiona Boyes |
| Shirley Johnson |
| Zora Young |
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| Traditional Blues | Duke Robillard |
| Male Artist of the Year | John Primer |
| Johnnie Bassett |
| Louisiana Red |
| Super Chikan |
