"Blues Matters" 2014 writers' poll

UK RESULTS
STUDIO ALBUM
1.HOLE IN THE WALL – PAUL LAMB & THE KING SNAKES
2.A Special Life – John Mayall
3.Get Ready – Kaz Hawkins
In with a shout: Dirty Truth – Joanne Shaw Taylor | Wildest Dreams – Matt Woosey | Animal & Man – David Migden & The Twisted Roots | Gods & Highways & Old Guitars – Roadhouse | Shake The Walls – Marcus Bonfanti
LIVE ALBUM
1.MAN & GUITAR – IAN SIEGAL
2.Songs From The Road – Joanne Shaw Taylor
3.= Live At Bush Hall – Gary Moore / Live In London – The Spikedrivers
SOLO ARTIST
1.= GRAINNE DUFFY / MATT WOOSEY
2.Sean Taylor
3.Dana Gillespie
In with a shout: Dave Ferra, Big Joe, Kaz Hawkins
BAND
1.PAUL LAMB & THE KINGSNAKES
2.Grainne Duffy Band
3.Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion
In with a shout: Red Butler, Rosco Levee And The Southern Slide, David Migden & The Twisted Roots
RECORD LABEL
1.ACE
2.Manhaton
3.= Nugene, JSP
VOCALIST
1.GRAINNE DUFFY
2.= Zoe Schwarz / Kaz Hawkins / Jo Harman
3.Sean Taylor
In with a shout: Miller Anderson, Earl Green, Lorna "Mrs Slidejules" Fothergill
DRUMMER
1.SAM KELLY
2.Wayne Proctor
3.= Mike Hellier / David Peter / John Tetemar
GUITARIST
1.OTIS GRAND
2.= Alan Nimmo / Ronnie Greer /
3.Dave Ferra
In with a shout: Jon Amor, Jules "Slidejules" Fothergill, Tom Doughty, Ramon Goose
BASSIST
1.ROGER INNISS
2.Jack Bruce
3.= Ronnie O’Flynn / Stuart Uren
KEYBOARDS
1.PADDY MILNER
2.Bob Hall
3.Tom Canning
HARMONICA
1.PAUL LAMB
2.Alan Glen
3.Paul Jones
In with a shout: Eddie Armer, Giles King, John O’Leary, Steve ‘Wes’ Watson
BEST NEWCOMER
1.RED BUTLER
2.Malaya Blue
3.Kaz Hawkins
LIFE ACHIEVEMENT (SCROLL OF HONOUR)
1.WILKO JOHNSON
2.Don Crane
3.= Phil May / Miller Anderson
Non musician – Dave Raven (radio presenter)
BEST BLUES RADIO SHOW/STATION
1.PAUL JONES BLUES SHOW – BBC RADIO 2
2.Rave’n’Blues
3.Digital Blues
In with a shout: Blues In The Marsh, Blues Is The Truth, Crossroads Café
INTERNATIONAL RESULTS
STUDIO ALBUM
1.ANTHOLOGY – TOO SLIM AND THE TAIL DRAGGERS
2.Going Home – Kenny Wayne Shepherd
3.= The Sky Is Crying – Erja Lyytinen / Tattooed Lady & Alligator Man – Marcia Ball
In with a shout: Blues Pills – Blues Pills / A Day In Nashville – Robben Ford / Too Many Roads – Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado / A New Day – EG Kight / Made Up Mind – Tedeschi Trucks, Step Back – Johnny Winter / Going to The Delta – Savoy Brown / See The Sky About To Rain – Colleen Rennison
LIVE ALBUM
1.ALL MY FRIENDS: CELEBRATING THE SONGS AND VOICE OF GREGG ALLMAN – VARIOUS ARTISTS
2.Live At Montreux 2013 – George Thorogood And The Destroyers
3.Songs From The Road – Coco Montoya
SOLO ARTIST
1.ERIC BIBB
2.Erja Lyytinen
3.= Doug Macleod, Sofie Reed
In with a shout: Otis Taylor, Corey Harris, Hans Theessink, Larry McCray
BAND
1.Tedeschi Trucks Band
2.Vintage Trouble
3.Allman Brothers Band
In with a shout: Monkeyjunk, BB & The Blues Shacks, Selwyn Birchwood Band, Savoy Brown, North Mississippi Allstars, Royal Southern Brotherhood
RECORD LABEL
1.ALLIGATOR
2.= Mascot / Provogue
3.= Delta Groove / Dixie Frog
In with a shout: Stony Plain, Ruf, Crosscut, Blind Pig
VOCALIST
1.SUSAN TEDESCHI
2.Curtis Salgado
3.Elin Larsson
In with a shout: Maria Muldaur, Lisa Biales, Beth Hart, Matt Andersen, Frank Bey, EG Kight
DRUMMER
1.BUTCH TRUCKS
2.Chris Layton
3.Cody Dickinson
In with a shout: Kevin Hayes, Steve Jordan
GUITARIST
1.LARRY MCCRAY
2.Joe Bonamassa
3.= Derek Trucks, Poppa Chubby
In with a shout: Hans Theesink, Selwyn Birchwood, Kim Simmonds, Bill Blue, Luther Dickinson, Eric Bibb
BASSIST
1.PHIL LESH
2.Ron Eoff
3.Oteil Burbridge
KEYBOARDS
1.DAVID MAXWELL
2.Chuck Leavell
3.Gregg Allman
In with a shout: Dr. John, Jim Pugh
HARMONICA
1.RICK ESTRIN
2.Charlie Musselwhite
3.Kim Wilson
In with a shout: Matyas Pribojszki
BEST NEWCOMER
1.SELWYN BIRCHWOOD BAND
2.Missy Andersen
3.Blues Pills
In with a shout; Raoul & The Big Time
BEST BLUES RADIO SHOW/STATION (no outright winner)
Confessing The Blues, National Blues Museum Radio, Live From The Midnight Circus – Richard L’Hommedieu
BEST BLUES DVD
1.ROBBEN FORD – LIVE AT ROCKPALAST
2.Live At Montreux – ZZ Top
3.= Life Of Riley – BB King / Live In Cork – Rory Gallagher
BLUES BOOKS
Bathed In Lightning – John McLaughlin / The Sixties and the Emerald Beyond – Colin Harper / Beginning To Beginning – Bob Pearce / The British Beat Explosion – re. Eel Pie Island / A Sense Of Wonder; Van Morrison’s Ireland – David Burke
[Edited on 11/29/2014 by Shavian]

That's really cool 🙂 Obviously some ABB fans amongst their writers!

And congratulations are in order for you as well Jules.

Yeah ... well done Jules!

Thanks for posting this..some intelligent picks!

Congrats Jules.
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