Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album

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Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album
Awarded forquality traditional blues albums
CountryUnited States
Presented byNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded1983
Currently held byBobby Rush, Rawer Than Raw (2021)
WebsiteGrammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album was awarded from 1983 to 2011 and from 2017 onwards. Until 1992 the award was known as Best Traditional Blues Performance and was twice awarded to individual tracks rather than albums.

The award was discontinued after the 2011 Grammy season in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. From 2012 onwards, the category was merged with the Best Contemporary Blues Album category to form the new Best Blues Album category. However, in 2016 the Grammy organisation decided to revert the situation back to the pre-2012 era, with two separate categories for traditional and contemporary blues recordings respectively.[1]

Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were handed out, for music released in the previous year.

1980s[]

Year Artist Work Nominees
1983 Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown Alright Again
1984 B.B. King Blues 'N' Jazz
1985 John P. Hammond, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, Sugar Blue, Koko Taylor & the Blues Machine, Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson & J.B. Hutto & the New Hawks Blues Explosion
  • Bobby Bland – You've Got Me Loving You
  • Albert King – I'm in a Phone Booth, Baby
  • Big Joe Turner – Kansas City Here I Come
  • Johnny Winter – Guitar Slinger
1986 B.B. King "My Guitar Sings the Blues"
1987 Albert Collins, Robert Cray & Johnny Copeland Showdown!
1988 Professor Longhair Houseparty New Orleans Style
1989 Willie Dixon Hidden Charms

1990s[]

Year Artist Work Nominees
1990 John Lee Hooker & Bonnie Raitt "I'm in the Mood"
  • Ruth Brown – "If I Can't Sell It, I'll Keep Sitting on It"
  • Willie Dixon – Ginger Ale Afternoon
  • John Lee Hooker – The Healer
  • Memphis Slim – Memphis Blues: The Paris Sessions
1991 B.B. King Live at San Quentin
1992 B.B. King Live at the Apollo
1993 Dr. John Goin' Back to New Orleans
  • Charles Brown – Someone to Love
  • Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown – No Looking Back
  • John P. Hammond – Got Love If You Want It
  • Various Artists – Roots of Rhythm and Blues: A Tribute to the Robert Johnson Era
1994 B.B. King Blues Summit
  • Albert Collins – Collins Mix: The Best Of
  • John Lee Hooker – Boom Boom
  • Taj Mahal – Dancing the Blues
  • Various Artists – The Alligator Records 20th Anniversary Tour
1995 Eric Clapton From the Cradle
1996 John Lee Hooker Chill Out
  • Charles Brown – Charles Brown's Cool Christmas Blues
  • Lowell Fulson – Them Update Blues
  • The Last Real Texas Blues Band featuring Doug Sahm – The Last Real Texas Blues Band featuring Doug Sahm
  • Roomful of Blues – Turn It On! Turn It Up!
1997 James Cotton Deep in the Blues
  • John P. Hammond – Found True Love
  • The Muddy Waters Tribute Band – You're Gonna Miss Me (When I'm Dead & Gone)
  • Junior Wells with Guest Slide Guitarists – Come on in This House
  • Jimmy Witherspoon – Live at the Mint
1998 John Lee Hooker Don't Look Back
1999 Otis Rush Any Place I'm Going

2000s[]

Year Artist Work Nominees
2000 B.B. King Blues on the Bayou
  • Bobby "Blue" Bland – Memphis Monday Morning
  • Ruth Brown – A Good Day for the Blues
  • Odetta – Blues Everywhere I Go
  • Pinetop Perkins & Hubert Sumlin – Legends
2001 B.B. King & Eric Clapton Riding with the King
2002 Jimmie Vaughan Do You Get the Blues?
  • Maria Muldaur & Various Artists – Richland Woman Blues
  • Ike Turner & The Kings of Rhythm – Here and Now
  • James Blood Ulmer – Memphis Blood: The Sun Sessions
  • Various Artists – Hellhound on My Trail: The Songs of Robert Johnson
2003 B.B. King A Christmas Celebration of Hope
  • R. L. Burnside – Burnside on Burnside
  • James Cotton Blues Band – 35th Anniversary Jam of the James Cotton Blues Band
  • Alvin Youngblood Hart – Down in the Alley
  • Various Artists – Preachin' the Blues: The Music of Mississippi Fred McDowell
2004 Buddy Guy Blues Singer
2005 Etta James Blues to the Bone
2006 B.B. King & Friends B.B. King & Friends: 80
2007 Ike Turner Risin' with the Blues
2008 Henry James Townsend, Pinetop Perkins, Robert Lockwood Jr. & David "Honeyboy" Edwards Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen: Live in Dallas
2009 B.B. King One Kind Favor

2010s[]

Year Artist Work Nominees
2010
[2] 		Ramblin' Jack Elliott A Stranger Here
  • The Mick Fleetwood Band featuring Rick Vito – Blue Again!
  • John P. Hammond – Rough & Tough
  • Duke Robillard – Stomp! The Blues Tonight
  • Various Artists – Chicago Blues: A Living History
2011
[3] 		Pinetop Perkins & Willie "Big Eyes" Smith Joined at the Hip
2017
[4] 		Bobby Rush Porcupine Meat
2018
[5] 		The Rolling Stones Blue & Lonesome
2019
[6] 		Buddy Guy The Blues Is Alive and Well

2020s[]

Year Artist Work Nominees
2020
[7] 		Delbert McClinton & the Self-Made Men + Dana Tall, Dark and Handsome
2021
[8][9] 		Bobby Rush Rawer Than Raw
2022

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Winner TBA on 31 January

References[]

  1. ^ "THE RECORDING ACADEMY® ANNOUNCES RULE AMENDMENTS AND DATES F". Grammy.org. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Complete List of Nominees for the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards". E!Online. December 2, 2009. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  3. ^ "Grammy Awards 2011: Winners and nominees for 53rd Grammy Awards". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  4. ^ "Grammys 2017: Complete list of winners and nominees". Los Angeles Times. February 12, 2017. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  5. ^ Lynch, Joe (November 28, 2017). "Grammys 2018: See the Complete List of Nominees". Billboard. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  6. ^ "61st Annual GRAMMY Awards". GRAMMY.com. December 6, 2018.
  7. ^ 2020 Grammy Awards nominations list
  8. ^ 2021 Nominations List
  9. ^ "Looking Ahead To The 2021 GRAMMYs". GRAMMY.com. 2020-08-19. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
  10. ^ "2022 GRAMMYs Awards: Complete Nominations List". GRAMMY.com. 2021-11-23. Retrieved 2021-11-27.

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