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B.B. King Crowned With Top Blues Title
Prestigious awards recognized a montage of newcomers and veterans
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AWARDS (clockwise from left):
B. B. King - Entertainer of the
Year; Pinetop Perkins - In­
ducted into The Blues Hall of
Fame; Koko Taylor - Traditional
Female Artist; Shemekia
Copeland - Blues Album o f the
Year, Contemporary Female
Artist, Contemporary Blues
Album; Magic Slim and the
Teardrops - Blues Band o f the
Year; Robert Randolph - Best
New Artist.
' (AP) — B.B. King won en­
tertainer o f the year for the fifth
consecutive year at the 24th
annual W .C. Handy Blues
Awards.
Last w eek’s awards show
honored newcomers and veter­
ans alike. Shemekia Copeland,
daughter o f the late Johnny
Copeland, won three awards,
includingblues album ofthe year
for her Dr. John-produced
“Talking to Strangers.”
It marked the second time
that Copeland has won the cat­
egory; she won in 2001 for her
sophomore effort, “Wicked.”
In the night's most diverse category,
sacred steel virtuoso Robert Randolph beat
out Yugoslavian blues diva Ana Popovic, hill-
boogie one-man-band Richard Johnston,
country-blues artist Precious Bryant and
former guitarist Nick Moss to win the best
new artist debut.
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Copeland also won awards
for contemporary female artist
and contemporary blues album
for “Talking to Strangers."
Memphis-born Koko Taylor
took home her 23rd trophy, win­
ning traditional female artist and
retaining her title as all-time
Handy champion.
In the night’s most diverse
category, sacred steel virtuoso
Robert Randolph beat out Yu­
»,
w.
g o slav ian blu es diva Ana
Popovic, hill-boogie one-man-
band Richard Johnston, coun­
try-blues artist Precious Bryant
and former Jimmy Rogers gui­
tarist Nick Moss to win the best
new artist debut award for his
album, “ Live at the Wetlands.”
Magic Slim & the Teardrops
were named blues band o f the
year.whileCharlieMusselwhite
won contemporary male artist.
Musselwhitc also won forblues
instrumentalist-harmonica.
One-time Sun recording art­
ist and Muddy Waters sideman,
pianist Pinetop Perkins, won for
keyboards, and he was inducted
into the Blues Hall o f Fame,
established by Handys producer
the Blues Foundation.
The Memphis-based Blues
Foundation is a nonprofit um­
brella organization formore than
100 blues societies. The 25-cat-
egory Handy ballot is chosen by
an international panel o f blues
industry professionals, and then
voted on by more than 30,000
blues fans.
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