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The W.C.Handy Awards are held in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, with results as follows :Acoustic blues album: Double Take Kenny Neal and Billy Branch
Acoustic blues artist: David "Honeyboy" Edwards
New artist debut: Blues With a Vengeance, John Lee Hooker Jr.
Blues album: Have a Little Faith, Mavis Staples
Blues band:Tthe Holmes Brothers
Blues bass: Willie Kent
Blues drums: Willie "Big Eyes" Smith
Blues entertainer: B.B. King
Blues guitar: Bob Margolin
Blues harmonica: Charlie Musselwhite
Blues horns: Roomful Of Blues Horns
Blues instrumentalist: Robert Randolph
Blues keyboards: Marcia Ball
Blues song: Have a Little Faith, Jim Tullio and Jim Weider
Comeback blues album: Back in 20, Gary U.S. Bonds
Contemporary blues album: Sanctuary, Charlie Musselwhite
Contemporary blues artist: Charlie Musselwhite
Contemporary blues artist: Shemekia Copeland
Historical blues album: Release the Hound, Hound Dog Taylor
Soul blues album: Have a Little Faith, Mavis Staples
Soul blues artist: Mavis Staples
Soul blues artist: Bobby Rush
Traditional blues album: Ladies Man, Pinetop Perkins
Traditional blues artist: Koko Taylor
Traditional blues artist: Pinetop Perkins