The Blues
Audience newsletter's
10th
Annual
Readers Poll 2008
We have a
tremendous well of talent here in New England. Some of the
best players in the country! We like to honor these great
musicians in our own small way, to let them know how much
we think of them and how much we appreciate their music.
They will
receive a certificate and a beautiful 2009 calendar
that I got from Alligator Records.
The 2008 Readers
Poll asked your opinion.
All the votes are counted and these were the tallies.
•
Outstanding
New England Band-Roomful of Blues
•
Outstanding
Singer: male-Sugar
Ray
•
Outstanding
Singer: female-Lisa
Marie -photo by Diana Shonk
•
Outstanding
Guitar Player-Ronnie
Earl
Ronnie headlined the 2008 Blues n Brews Festival in Westboro,
MA
- photo by Diana Shonk
•
Outstanding
Acoustic Musician-Chris Fitz-
photo by Diana Shonk
•
Outstanding
Keyboard/Organ Player-Dave Maxwell
•
Outstanding
Harmonica Player-James
Montgomery
•
Outstanding
Bass Player-Mudcat Ward
(Sugar Ray & The Bluetones)
•
Outstanding
Drummer-Marty Richards
•
Outstanding
Horn Player-Sax Gordon
photo by Diana Shonk
•
Most
Charismatic Entertainer- Ed Scheer (The Love Dogs)
photo
by Diana Shonk
•
Outstanding
Blues Club- Gilreins Home of the Blues- Worcester, MA
photo by Diana Shonk
•
Outstanding
Blues Jam-Parker Wheeler's
Blues Party the Grog, Newburyport- photo
by Diana Shonk
•
Outstanding
Blues Festival-North
Atlantic Blues Festival
Janiva Magness was a sensation!
- photo
by Jim Langley
(a
double use photo of me (Diana Shonk) after being pooped
on by a seagull at the North Atlantic Blues Festival, note
the ocean in the background)
•
Outstanding
Blues Radio Show-
The Blues Audience Radio Show with your host Diana
Shonk
WKHN
91.3FM in Keene, NH (playlists)
streaming on the web at www.wknh.org
And
the of winner of Janiva's CD is...
Thank
you Alligator Records for giving me the CDs for the one
lucky voter!
Debbie
Kanuha, subscriber and musician.
