Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album

BB King has received the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album a total of 10 times

The Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album , in German "Grammy award for the best traditional blues album", is a music prize that has been awarded by the American Recording Academy since 1983 . The award goes to artists for albums from the field of blues music .

History and background

Presented since 1959, the Grammy Awards are presented annually in a variety of categories by the Recording Academy in the United States to recognize artistic achievement, technical expertise and overall excellence regardless of album sales or chart position.

One of these categories is the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album . The award has been given since 1983, but not in the years 2012 to 2016. Until 1992, the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Performance was named. The award category was discontinued following a major overhaul of the Grammy categories following the 2011 Grammy Awards . From 2012, the category was merged with the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album category to form the new Grammy Award for Best Blues Album category . In 2016 the Recording Academy decided to award two separate prizes again for traditional and contemporary blues recordings.

Winners and nominees

year	winner	nationality	album	Nominees	Picture of the winner (s)
1983	Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown	United States	Alright again	Johnny Otis - The New Johnny Otis Show Hound Dog Taylor & the HouseRockers - Genuine Houserocking Music Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson & Roomful of Blues - He Was a Friend of Mine Sippie Wallace - Sippie
1984	BB King	United States	Blues 'n' Jazz	Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - One More Mile Albert King - San Francisco '83 Big Joe Turner & Roomful of Blues - Blues Train Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Texas Flood
1985	John P. Hammond , Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble , Sugar Blue , Koko Taylor and Blues Machine , Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson and JB Hutto and the New Hawks	United States	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	BB King	United States	My Guitar Sings the Blues	Bobby Bland - Live from Chicago: Mr. Superharp Himself! Roy Buchanan - When a Guitar Plays the Blues Koko Taylor - Queen of the Blues Big Joe Turner and Jimmy Witherspoon - Patcha, Patcha, All Night Long Big Joe Turner with Knocky Parker & His Houserockers - Big Joe Turner with Knocky Parker & His Houserockers Johnny Winter - Serious Business
1987	Albert Collins , Robert Cray and Johnny Copeland	United States	Showdown!	Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - Pressure Cooker James Cotton - Live from Chicago: Mr. Superharp Himself! Willie Dixon - Live! Backstage access John Lee Hooker - Jealous
1988	Professor Longhair	United States	House party New Orleans Style	Albert Collins - Cold Snap James Cotton - Take Me Back Koko Taylor - Live from Chicago: An Audience with the Queen Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson - Old Maid Boogie
1989	Willie Dixon	United States	Hidden charms	Johnny Copeland - Ain't Nothin 'But a Party James Cotton - Live at Antone's Nightclub Guitar Slim Jr. - Story of My Life Rockin 'Dopsie - Saturday Night Zydeco
1990	John Lee Hooker and Bonnie Raitt	United States	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	BB King	United States	Live at San Quentin	Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - Standing My Ground Ruth Brown and Linda Hopkins - T'aint Nobody's Bizness If I Do John Lee Hooker, Earl Palmer , Tim Drummond , Miles Davis and Roy Rogers - Coming to Town Little Milton - Too Much Pain
1992	BB King	United States	Live at the Apollo	Charles Brown - All My Life Johnnie Johnson - Johnnie B. Bad John Lee Hooker - Mr. Lucky Taj Mahal - Mule Bone
1993	Dr. John	United States	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	BB King	United States	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	United Kingdom	From the cradle	James Cotton - Living the Blues John P. Hammond - Trouble No More Charlie Musselwhite - In My Time Otis Rush - Ain't Enough Comin 'In
1996	John Lee Hooker	United States	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	United States	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	United States	Don't look back
1999	Otis Rush	United States	Any place I'm going	Henry Gray , Calvin Jones , Sam Lay , Colin Linden and Hubert Sumlin with guests - A Tribute to Howlin 'Wolf John P. Hammond - Long as I Have You Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson and The Magic Rockers - Got to Find a Way Robert Lockwood Jr. - I Got to Find Me a Woman
2000	BB King	United States	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 and Hubert Sumlin - Legends
2001	BB King and Eric Clapton	United States  United Kingdom	Riding with the King	James Cotton, Billy Branch , Charlie Musselwhite and Sugar Ray Norcia - Superharps BB King - Let the Good Times Roll Robert Lockwood Jr. - Delta Crossroads Willie Nelson - Milk Cow Blues
2002	Jimmie Vaughan	United States	Do you get the blues?	Maria Muldaur and 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	BB King	United States	A Christmas Celebration of Hope	RL 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	United States	Blues singer	Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater featuring Los Straitjackets - Rock 'n' Roll City Jay McShann - Goin 'to Kansas City Roomful of Blues - That's Right! Kim Wilson - Lookin 'for Trouble!
2005	Etta James	United States	Blues to the bone	Eric Clapton - Me and Mr. Johnson James Cotton - Baby, Don't You Tear My Clothes John Lee Hooker Jr.- Blues with a Vengeance Pinetop Perkins - Ladies Man
2006	BB King & Friends	United States	BB King & Friends: 80	Marcia Ball - Live! Down the road John P. Hammond - In Your Arms Again Maria Muldaur - Sweet Lovin 'Ol' Soul Hubert Sumlin - About Them Shoes
2007	Ike Turner	United States	Risin 'with the blues	Tab Benoit with Louisiana's LeRoux - Brother to the Blues Dion - Bronx in Blue James Hunter - People Gonna Talk Duke Robillard - Guitar Groove-A-Rama
2008	Henry James Townsend , Pinetop Perkins , Robert Lockwood Jr. and David Honeyboy Edwards	United States	Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen: Live in Dallas	Pinetop Perkins - Pinetop Perkins on the 88's - Live in Chicago Otis Rush - Live… and in Concert from San Francisco Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Various Artists - 10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads Koko Taylor - Old School
2009	BB King	United States	One Kind Favor	Elvin Bishop - The Blues Rolls On Buddy Guy - Skin Deep John Lee Hooker Jr.- All Odds Against Me Pinetop Perkins & Friends - Pinetop Perkins & Friends
2010	Ramblin 'Jack Elliott	United States	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	Pinetop Perkins and Willie "Big Eyes" Smith	United States	Joined at the hip	James Cotton - Giant Cyndi Lauper - Memphis Blues Charlie Musselwhite - The Well Jimmie Vaughan - Plays Blues, Ballads & Favorites
2012	From 2012 to 2016 the Grammy Award for Best Blues Album was given.
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2017	Bobby Rush	United States	Porcupine Meat	Lurrie Bell - Can't Shake This Feeling Joe Bonamassa - Live at the Greek Theater Luther Dickinson - Blues & Ballads (A Folksinger's Songbook: Volumes I & II) Vasti Jackson - The Soul of Jimmie Rodgers
2018	The Rolling Stones	United Kingdom	Blue & Lonesome	Eric Bibb - Migration Blues Elvin Bishop's Big Fun Trio - Elvin Bishop's Big Fun Trio RL Boyce - Roll and Tumble Guy Davis and Fabrizio Poggi - Sonny & Brownie's Last Train
2019	Buddy guy	United States	The Blues Is Alive and Well	Elvin Bishop's Big Fun Trio - Something Smells Funky 'Round Here Cedric Burnside - Benton County Relic Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite - No Mercy in This Land Maria Muldaur - Don't You Feel My Leg (The Naughty Bawdy Blues of Blue Lu Barker)
2020 January 26th, 2020	Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men	United States	Tall, Dark & ​​Handsome	Christone “Kingfish” Ingram - Kingfish Bobby Rush - Sitting on Top of the Blues Jimmie Vaughan - Baby, Please Come Home Jontavious Willis - Spectacular Class

Individual evidence

1. ^ Grammy Awards. Retrieved April 18, 2019 . 
2. ^ The Official Site of the Grammy Awards - Overview. Retrieved April 18, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Winners Best Traditional Blues Album - or - Best Traditional Blues Recording. Retrieved April 13, 2019 . 
4. ↑ The Recording Academy® Announces Rule Amendments And Dates For The 59th Annual Grammy Awards process. Retrieved April 18, 2019 . 

Web links

• Official website of the Grammy Awards - Recording Academy, Los Angeles (English)
• Winner of the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album at grammy.com (English)