Tommy Castro swept three main awards on the forty third Blues Music Awards, which have been held on the Renasant Conference Heart in downtown Memphis on Thursday (Could 5). Castro, 67, took the B.B. King entertainer of the yr award, album of the yr for Tommy Castro Presents a Bluesman Got here to City and, along with his band, the Painkillers, band of the yr. The album reached No. 2 on Billboard‘s Blues Albums chart.
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That is the third time Castro has gained entertainer of the yr, an award he beforehand gained in 2008 and 2010.
Sue Foley and Christone “Kingfish” Ingram have been each double winners on the night time. Foley gained conventional blues album for Pinky’s Blues and likewise conventional blues feminine artist (a.okay.a., the Koko Taylor award). She beforehand gained within the latter class in 2020.
Ingram, who gained his first Grammy final month for greatest modern blues album for 662, gained in that very same class right here and likewise modern blues male artist. This was his third consecutive win within the latter class.
Rodd Bland and the Members Solely Band gained the award for greatest rising artist album for Reside on Beale Avenue: A Tribute to Bobby “Blue” Bland. The elder Bland (Rodd’s father) was inducted into the Blues Corridor of Fame in 1981, the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame in 1992 and acquired a lifetime achievement award from the Recording Academy in 1997. He died in 2013 at age 83.
Mike Finnigan gained the award for instrumentalist – piano (a.okay.a., the Pinetop Perkins Piano Participant Award). That’s certainly one of three awards named for a late blues legend. (The others are the aforementioned B.B. King entertainer of the yr award and the Koko Taylor award to the highest conventional blues feminine artist).
Different key winners included Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’.
This yr marked the primary time the awards have been introduced in individual since 2019. The present was held just about the previous two years as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.
Right here’s the complete record of winners for the 2022 Blues Music Awards.
B.B. King Entertainer of the Yr
WINNER: Tommy Castro
Eric Gales
Mr. Sipp (Castro Coleman)
J.P. Soars
Sugaray Rayford
Album of the Yr
Holler If You Hear Me, Altered 5 Blues Band
Not In My Lifetime, Wee Willie Walker & The Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra
Pinky’s Blues, Sue Foley
Raisin’ Cain, Chris Cain
WINNER: Tommy Castro Presents a Bluesman Got here to City, Tommy Castro
Band of the Yr
Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra
J.P. Soars and the Purple Hots
Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials
Sugaray Rayford Band
WINNER: Tommy Castro & The Painkillers
Track of the Yr
“Fragile Peace and Sure Struggle”, written by Dave Alvin (carried out by Carolyn Wonderland)
“Holler If You Hear Me”, written by Jeff Schroedl & Mark Solveson (carried out by Altered 5 Blues Band)
WINNER: “I’d Climb Mountains,” written & carried out by Selwyn Birchwood
“Actual Good Lie”, written by Christine Vitale, Larry Batiste, Anthony Paule (carried out by Wee Willie Walker & The Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra)
“Someplace”, written by Tommy Castro & Tom Hambridge (carried out by Tommy Castro & The Painkillers)
Finest Rising Artist Album
GA-20 Does Hound Canine Taylor: Strive It… You Would possibly Like It!, GA-20
Simply Say The Phrase, Gabe Stillman
WINNER: Reside on Beale Avenue: A Tribute to Bobby “Blue” Bland, Rodd Bland and the Members Solely Band
Welcome To The Land, Memphissippi Sounds
You Ain’t Unfortunate, Veronica Lewis
Acoustic Blues Album
WINNER: Expensive America, Eric Bibb
Land of the Sky, Catfish Keith
Let’s Get Pleased Collectively, Maria Muldaur
Let Unfastened These Chains, Hector Anchondo
The Trio Classes, EG Kight
Blues Rock Album
Alafia Moon, Damon Fowler
Dance Songs For Arduous Instances, The Reverend Peyton’s Huge Rattling Band
WINNER: Resurrection, Mike Zito
Tinfoil Hat, Popa Chubby
Unemployed Extremely Irritated, Jeremiah Johnson
Up to date Blues Album
WINNER: 662, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
Injury Management, Curtis Salgado
Holler If You Hear Me, Altered 5 Blues Band
Raisin’ Cain, Chris Cain
Tommy Castro Presents A Bluesman Got here To City, Tommy Castro
Soul Blues Album
Let’s Have A Occasion, Gerald McClendon
WINNER: Lengthy As I Received My Guitar, Zac Harmon
Not In My Lifetime, Wee Willie Walker & The Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra
You Get What You Give: Duets, Dave Keller
You Gotta Have It, Tia Carroll
Conventional Blues Album
Be Prepared Once I Name You, Man Davis
Bob Corritore & Pals: Spider In My Stew, Bob Corritore
Boogie w/ R.L. Boyce (Reside), R.L. Boyce
Little Black Flies, Eddie 9V
WINNER: Pinky’s Blues, Sue Foley
Acoustic Blues Artist
Eric Bibb
Kevin Burt
Man Davis
Doug MacLeod
WINNER: Keb’ Mo’
Blues Rock Artist
WINNER: Albert Castiglia
Tommy Castro
Tinsley Ellis
Ana Popovic
Joanne Shaw Taylor
Up to date Blues Feminine Artist
WINNER: Vanessa Collier
Thornetta Davis
Ruthie Foster
Danielle Nicole
Carolyn Wonderland
Up to date Blues Male Artist
Selwyn Birchwood
Chris Cain
WINNER: Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
Kenny Neal
Mr. Sipp (Castro Coleman)
Soul Blues Feminine Artist
WINNER: Annika Chambers
Trudy Lynn
Terrie Odabi
Kat Riggins
Vaneese Thomas
Soul Blues Male Artist
William Bell
Don Bryant
John Nemeth
Johnny Rawls
WINNER: Curtis Salgado
Conventional Blues Feminine Artist (Koko Taylor Award)
Rory Block
WINNER: Sue Foley
Rhiannon Giddens
Diunna Greenleaf
EG Kight
Conventional Blues Male Artist
Cedric Burnside
Tremendous Chikan
WINNER: Taj Mahal
Sugar Ray Norcia
Jontavious Willis
Instrumentalist – Bass
Willie J. Campbell
Larry Fulcher
Jerry Jemmott
Scot Sutherland
WINNER: Danielle Nicole
Instrumentalist – Drums
Danny Banks
June Core
WINNER: Tom Hambridge
Derrick D’Mar Martin
Chris Peet
Instrumentalist – Guitar
Christoffer “Child” Andersen
Chris Cain
Laura Chavez
Anson Funderburgh
WINNER: Eric Gales
J.P. Soars
Instrumentalist – Harmonica
Billy Department
Bob Corritore
WINNER: Jason Ricci
Brandon Santini
Kim Wilson
Instrumentalist – Horn
Mindi Abair
WINNER: Jimmy Carpenter
Marc Franklin
Regi Oliver
Nancy Wright
Instrumentalist – Piano (Pinetop Perkins Piano Participant Award)
Eden Brent
WINNER: Mike Finnigan
Dave Keyes
Veronica Lewis
Jim Pugh
Instrumentalist – Vocals
Thornetta Davis
Ruthie Foster
WINNER: John Nemeth
Sugaray Rayford
Curtis Salgado