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- B.B. King Entertainer of the Year: Tommy Castro
- Album of the Year: Between a Rock and the Blues, Joe Louis Walker
- Acoustic Album of the Year: You Got to Move, David Maxwell & Louisiana Red
- Acoustic Artist of the Year: Louisiana Red
- Band of the Year: Tommy Castro Band
- Best New Artist Debut: Tiger in your Tank, Monkey Junk
- Contemporary Blues Album of the Year: Hard Believer, Tommy Castro
- Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year: Ruthie Foster
- Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year: Tommy Castro
- DVD of the Year: “It Ain’t Over! Delmark Celebrates 55 Years of Blues,
Live at Buddy Guy’s Legends,” Delmark Records
- Historical Album of the Year: Muddy Waters, Authorized Bootleg, Chess
Records
- Instrumentalist of the Year-Bass: Bob Stroger
- Instrumentalist of the Year-Drums: Cedric Burnside
- Instrumentalist of the Year-Guitar: Derek Trucks
- Instrumentalist of the Year-Harmonica: Jason Ricci
- Instrumentalist of the Year-Horn: Deanna Bogart
- Instrumentalist of the Year-Other: Buckwheat Zydeco (accordion)
- Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year: Eden Brent
- Rock Blues Album of the Year: Already Free, Derek Trucks Band
- Song of the Year: “Pearls River,” Cyril Neville and Mike Zito
- Soul Blues Album of the Year: Ace Of Spades, Johnny Rawls
- Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year: Irma Thomas
- Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year: Curtis Salgado
- Traditional Blues Album of the Year: Chikadelic, Super Chikan
- Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year: Debbie Davies
- Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year: Duke Robillard
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