Muddy Awards
Muddy Awards
Named in honor of one of blues music's most influential forces —McKinley Morganfield, or Muddy Waters — the Cascade Blues Association's annual Muddy Awards Celebration honors local, regional, national and international stars of the blues. Every September, the Cascade Blues Association solicits award nominations from the CBA Membership. The top three nominations in each category are used to form the official Muddys Ballots. In October, the ballots are mailed out to the CBA Membership. The votes are tabulated in time for the November General Meeting, where the winners are announced. Over 1,000 CBA members participate in the Muddy Awards process, making it one of the most prestigious blues awards in the world.
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2011 Muddy Awards In Review
On Thursday, November 3rd, the Cascade Blues Association presented the 23rd annual Muddy Awards at The Melody Ballroom to a huge crowd of blues lovers and musicians. Awards were handed out in 22 categories and though there were a lot of familiar faces in the recipients, there were also several first-timers recognized as well.
Outstanding performances were given by Billy D & The Hoodoos, plus an all-star Muddy jam put together by Lisa Mann including artists: Alex Shakeri, Allen Markel, Brad Ulrich, Brian Harris, Chad Rupp, Dallas Breed, Dan Fincher, Dave Kahl, Dave Melyan, Hank Shreve, Jake Johnson, Jeff Hayes, Jeff Knudson, Jim Miller, Joe McCarthy, Kelly Dunn, Kevin Selfe, Lisa Mann, LynnAnn Hyde, Michael Ballash, Peter Dammann, Rae Gordon, Sonny Hess, Stu Kinzel, and Vyasa Dodson. A spectacular show indeed!
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2011 Muddy Awards Presentation
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Muddy Award Ballots 2011
Muddy Award Ballots
Please remember to fill out your final Muddy ballots and return them to Muddy Ballots, c/o Cascade Blues Association, PO Box 14493, Portland, OR 97293, postmarked no later than October 8th, in order for us to have this year’s awards created in time for the event.
The Muddy Awards ceremonies will take place on Thursday, November 3rd, at The Melody Ballroom (615 SE Alder St, Portland) beginning at 6:30 pm. The night will open with a performance by last year’s Best New Act recipients Billy D & The Hoodoos. Originally we had announced that our Journey To Memphis winners The Robbie Laws Band would be performing, but Robbie and the band have a commitment in Canada that same week which will prevent them from making it back to Portland in time. We feel Billy D & The Hoodoos is more than a qualified replacement and should bring home some mighty fine entertainment of their own. After the presentation of this year’s recipients, we will be treated to a Muddy Award All Star band being put together and led by Muddy Hall of Famer Lisa Mann.
The Muddy Awards are free for members to attend and a bargain at just $5 for non-members. Mark it on your calendar because this is always a huge and very satisfying event.
2011 Muddy Awards Nominees
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2010 Muddy Awards Presentation
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2010 Muddy Awards: In Review
The Cascade Blues Association’s 22nd edition of the Muddy Awards took place on Thursday, November 4th at The Melody Ballroom to a huge crowd, pushing around 500 or more in attendance. Standing room was even hard to come by at times, as Bill Rhoades recounted later that he arrived and couldn’t even get inside for a while, and had people trying to give him the $5 admission fee as stood by the door. It was also nice to have a majority of all the Muddy Award recipients on hand this year to accept their engraved crystal awards.
Opening the night in excellent fashion was Seattle’s Becki Sue & Her Big Rockin’ Daddies. Always a popular act in Portland and nominated for Best Regional Act, it was sad to hear that this would be the final performance of the group’s long-time line-up, but they went out in full glory and we’ll be anticipating the new version of the band soon, as well as sax/harp player Jim King’s new outfit.
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Year 2010 Muddy Award Winners
The 22nd Annual Muddy Awards Ceremony was held on November 4, 2010 at the Melody Ballroom. Thanks to all the nominees for their invaluable contributions to our local and regional blues scene! The Muddy Award winners are noted below in red.
CONTEMPORARY BLUES ACT
Kevin Selfe & The Tornadoes
The Strange Tones
Ty Curtis Band
R&B ACT
Curtis Salgado
Lloyd Jones Struggle
Norman Sylvester Band
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22nd Annual Muddy Awards Celebration, Nov 4, 2010
It’s November. And in the world of the blues in Portland, that can only mean one thing. It’s Muddy Awards time!
Please join us on Thursday, November 4th, at The Melody Ballroom (upstairs, 615 SE Alder St., Portland), beginning at 6:30 pm, for the 22nd annual Cascade Blues Association Muddy Awards. It will be another sensational night of great music and presentations honoring those musicians, venues, events and people, selected by our members noting high achievements to our blues community this past year. Admission is free for CBA members and $5 for non-members. It’s a special gala, so feel free to dress up a little if you so desire.
Opening the evening will be a performance from the 2008 Muddy Award Regional Band of the Year, Becki Sue & Her Big Rockin’ Daddies. One of the top bands from the Puget Sound area in Washington, they have been delivering their high blend of great blues all over the country and into Mexico this past spring, and recently saw their latest CD, Big Rockin’ Boogie, climb all the way to the #2 spot on Sirius XM’s BB King’s Bluesville 74. A perennial nominee for the Muddys, they’re once again up for the Regional Blues Act honors.
The Awards will begin immediately following Becki Sue & Her Big Rockin’ Daddies’ performance. There will be a total of 22 awards handed out to recipients, presented by CBA board members, local celebrities, musicians and special friends.
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