50th Grammy Awards - Blues Field

Blues Field

Best Traditional Blues Album
  • Pinetop Perkins on the 88's: Live in Chicago – Pinetop Perkins
  • Live...and in Concert from San Francisco – Otis Rush
  • 10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads – Kenny Wayne Shepherd featuring Various Artists
  • Old School – Koko Taylor
  • Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen: Live In Dallas – Henry James Townsend, Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins, Robert Lockwood, Jr. & David Honeyboy Edwards
Best Contemporary Blues Album
  • Into the Blues – Joan Armatrading
  • Is It News – Doyle Bramhall
  • The Road to Escondido – JJ Cale & Eric Clapton
  • Truth – Robben Ford
  • The Scene of the Crime – Bettye LaVette

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