Mark Dufresne Male Vocalist
Joel Astley
Kathi McDonald Blues Female Vocalist
Diane Forsyth
Patti Allen Blues Performer
Lady A
Electric Blues Guitar
Anthony Estrada
Slide Blues Guitar
Billy Stapleton
Acoustic Blues Guitar
Kevin Sutton
Blues Bass
Robert Baker
Chris Leighton Blues Drummer
Don Montana
Paul Green Blues Harmonica
Joel Astley
Blues Piano/Keyboard
Billy Reed
Blues Horn
Lonnie Williams
Blues Instrumentalist Other
Angelo Ortiz
Best Blues Band
Joel Astley Band
Best Little Bill & The Blue Notes Traditional Blues Act
Joe Cook Blues Band
Best Solo/Duo
Blue Healers
Best New Blues Act
Taylor Hardin Blues Band
Blues Song Writer
John Stephan
Washington Blues Recording
Stacy Jones Family Christmas
Best Blues Club
Madison Avenue Pub
Best Blues Jam
Unbound Blues Jam at Madison Avenue Pub
Blues Writer
Polly O’Keary
Blues Image (Photo/Video)
Gordy Mitchell
Best Blues Graphic
Gordy Mitchell
Best Blues DJ
John Kessler
Best Regional Blues Festival
Winthrop Rhythm & Blues Festival
Best Community Blues Festival
Ebey Island Freedom Festival
Best Non-Festival
WBS - Blues Bash
Keeping The Blues Alive
Billy Stoops
Blues Hall of Fame - Band
Jeff & the Jet City Flyers
Blues Hall of Fame - Individual
Steve Bailey
Lifetime Achievement
Steve Bailey
Blue to the Bone
Robert Giles
Marisue Richards Thomas
The Washington Blues Society is a non-profit all volunteer organization whose mission is to promote, preserve, and advance the culture and tradition of blues music as an art form.
One of the most impressive guitarists to emerge from the rich Bayous of Southern Louisiana in recent years, Tab Benoit’s guitar tone can be recognized before his Otis-Redding-ish voice resonates from the speakers. He doesn’t rely on any effects and his set up is simple. It consists of a guitar, cord, and Category 5 Amplifier. The effects that you hear come from his fingers.
Born on November 17, 1967, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Benoit grew up in the nearby oil and fishing town of Houma, where he still resides today. Musically, he was exposed early on to traditional Cajun waltzes and the country music broadcast on his hometown’s only radio station. Benoit’s father was himself a musician; as such, the family home was filled with various instruments. He began playing drums but switched to guitar because the only gigs to be had in rural Louisiana were held in churches and at church fairs, and organizers would not allow loud drums to be played at these events.
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