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Acoustic<\/b><br \/>\nLeo \u201cBud\u201d Welch \u2013\u00a0<b><i>I Don\u2019t Prefer No Blues<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Big Legal Mess<\/h4>\n<h4><b>Historical \u2013 Pre-war<\/b><br \/>\nLead Belly \u2013<b>\u00a0<i>The Smithsonian Folkways Collection<\/i>\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Smithsonian Folkways<\/h4>\n<h4><b>Historical \u2013 Postwar<\/b><br \/>\nBobby Rush \u2013\u00a0<b><i>Chicken Heads: A 50-Year History of Bobby Rush<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Omnivore Recordings<\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><b>Blues Book of the Year<\/b><\/h3>\n<h4>Jas Obrecht \u2013\u00a0<b><i>Early Blues: The First Stars of Blues Guitar<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u2013 University of Minnesota Press<\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><b>DVD of the Year<\/b><\/h3>\n<h4>Muddy Waters and Friends \u2013\u00a0<b><i>Soundstage: Blues Summit in Chicago, 1974<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Sony\/Legacy<\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><b>Producer of the Year New Recording<\/b><\/h3>\n<h4>Bruce Iglauer and Toronzo Cannon \u2013 Toronzo Cannon \u2013\u00a0<b><i>The Chicago Way<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Alligator Records<\/h4>\n<h3><b>Producer of the Year Historical Recording<\/b><\/h3>\n<h4>Jeff Place and Robert Santelli \u2013 Lead Belly \u2013<b>\u00a0<i>The Smithsonian Folkways Collection<\/i>\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Smithsonian Folkways<\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Readers\u2019 Poll<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><b>Blues Artist of the Year (Male)<\/b><br \/>\nKeb\u2019 Mo\u2019<\/h4>\n<h4><b>Blues Artist of the Year (Female)<\/b><br \/>\nShemekia Copeland<\/h4>\n<h4><b>Most Outstanding Musician (Guitar)<\/b><br \/>\nBuddy Guy<\/h4>\n<h4><b>Most Outstanding Musician (Harmonica)<\/b><br \/>\nCharlie Musselwhite<\/h4>\n<h4><b>Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard)<\/b><br \/>\nAllen Toussaint<\/h4>\n<h4><b>Best Live Performer<\/b><br \/>\nBuddy Guy<\/h4>\n<h4><b>Most Outstanding Blues Singer<\/b><br \/>\nBuddy Guy<\/h4>\n<h4><b>Best Blues Album of 2015 (New Release)<\/b><br \/>\nBuddy Guy \u2013\u00a0<b><i>Born to Play Guitar\u00a0<\/i><\/b>\u2013 RCA\/Silvertone<\/h4>\n<h4><b>Best Blues Album of 2015 (Historical Recording)<\/b><br \/>\nLead Belly \u2013<b>\u00a0<i>The Smithsonian Folkways Collection<\/i>\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Smithsonian Folkways<\/h4>\n<h4><b>Best Blues DVD of 2015<\/b><br \/>\nMuddy Waters and Friends \u2013\u00a0<b><i>Soundstage: Blues Summit in Chicago, 1974<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Sony\/Legacy<\/h4>\n<h4><b>Best Blues Book of 2015<\/b><br \/>\nPeter Guralnick \u2013\u00a0<b><i>Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock \u2019n\u2019 Roll\u00a0<\/i><\/b>\u2013 Little, Brown and Company<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2016 Living Blues Awards Wee Willie Walker wins Comeback of the Year and Best Blues \/ Southern Soul Album Awards! 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