BMA winners and Chicago Symposium

[Jimmy Jacobs]

I was going to post a link to this report in the Chicago Tribune of an
upcoming "Race, Gender, and the Blues" symposium anyway, but it seems to fit
with Scott's comment.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ent-0516-jazz-blues-201
20516,0,3143410.column



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Subject: Re: BMA winners

I have not payed much attention to the awards for the last year or two. They
at least got it right with the Chicago Blues living history
record...otherwise the awards are pretty irrelevant . It is more of a time
to see some friends you don't see much but the awards at least to me say a
lot more about the fan base that votes(if that's how the awards are really
chosen) than actual musical content. I mean Derek Trucks does not consider
himself a blues artist and he wins over say Lurrie Bell....it's all about
the fan base of today's blues scene and it's not a fan base I think has much
knowledge or appreciation of the genre.






-----Original Message-----
From: Jerzey Bob <JERZEYBOB@JERZEYBOB.COM>
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Subject: Re: BMA winners


Mr. Musselwhite took harmonica instrumentalist...



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