2001 Muddy Award Winners

Year 2001 Muddy Award Winners:

Contemporary Blues Act Aaron Black Band Ellen Whyte & Reflex Blue Richard Day-Reynolds	Traditional Blues Act Stu Kinzel & LynnAnn Hyde Bill Rhoades & Alan Hager Terry Robb
Rhythm & Blues Act Lloyd Jones Struggle Norman Sylvester Band Linda Hornbuckle Band	Best New Act Girl's Night Out The Stingers Jake Blair Band
Performance of the Year Jim Mesi Band at the WFBF Solomon Burke at the WFBF Jake Blair Band at the WFBF	Best Blues Venue Candlelight Trail's End Saloon Cascade Bar & Grill Hopper's
Best National Recording "And This Is Maxwell Street" - Various Artists "Soulful Blues" - Kenny Blue Ray w/Jackie Payne "Heavy Rotation" - Paul deLay Band "Reptile" - Eric Clapton "West Coast House Party" - Kid Ramos "Live" - Buckwheat Zydeco "Been A Long Time" - Double Trouble	Best Northwest Recording "Heavy Rotation" - Paul deLay Band "Blues, Cars, & Electric Guitars" - Jim Mesi "Clearly" - Linda Hornbuckle "CBA Acoustic Roots & Blues Heritage Festival at Portland Saturday Market" - Various Artists
Female Vocalist Ellen Whyte Linda Hornbuckle Duffy Bishop	Male Vocalist Curtis Salgado Lloyd Jones Johnny Black Mel Solomon
Electric Guitar Robbie Laws Jake Blair Jim Mesi	Acoustic Guitar Terry Robb Alan Hager Stu Kinzel
Blues Harp Paul deLay Bill Rhoades LynnAnn Hyde	Keyboards Dover Weinberg Janice Scroggins Tim Doyle Louis Pain
Drums Carlton Jackson Jimi Bott Ashbolt Stewart	Bass Albert Reda Phil Haxton Lisa Mann
Horns Renato Caranto Peter Moss Brad Ulrich Allyn Jackson	Lifetime Achievement Bonnie Raitt Mel Solomon Paul deLay
NW Blues Event of the Year Waterfront Blues Festival Blues By The Sea The CBA's Willamette Delta Showcase	Regional Blues Act Too Slim and the Taildraggers Junkyard Jane The Pole Cats
Back What You Believe In Award For her Undying Dedication to the Blues Community LynnAnn Hyde