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!
Despite a couple of glitches, the show went off well. We had to scramble for cymbals to begin with, a fault of our own as we usually ask the artists to bring their own when doing events, though this showcase had to have quick change-overs and we did not inform the backline people beforehand. Jimi Bott and Ashbolt Stewart came to the rescue with their gear at the last minute. Thanks guys. The music for the slideshow also malfunctioned, even though we had checked it before opening the doors and it worked fine then. Murphy’s Law was in full force. If you would like to see the slideshow complete with music, visit our website www.cascadeblues.org and click on the Muddy Awards link to get the full grasp of what we had planned for the night.
A huge thanks go out to Billy D, Lisa Mann and all the musicians, Rich Lantz Wall of Sound for the backline, lighting and sound, The Melody Ballroom for once again giving us such a fine venue to hold this event, the CBA Board of Directors for their hard work in putting everything together and most of all to all of our members who took the time to vote for this year’s recipients and came down to help us celebrate.
We will do it all again next year, and I promise the slideshow will work then.
2011 Muddy Award Recipients:
Bill Rhoades
Lifetime Achievement
Contemporary Blues Act: The Strange Tones
R&B Act: Lloyd Jones Struggle
Traditional Blues Act: Kevin Selfe & The Tornadoes
New Blues Act: A.C. Porter & The Live Wires
Regional Blues Act: Ty Curtis Band
“Duffy Bishop” Female Vocalist: Rae Gordon
“Curtis Salgado” Male Vocalist: Ty Curtis
Electric Guitar: Robbie Laws
“Terry Robb” Acoustic Guitar: Mary Flower
Bass: Dave Kahl
Drums: Jimi Bott
Harmonica: Jim Wallace
Keyboards: Steve Kerin
Horns: Peter Moss
Venue: Duff’s Garage
NW Recording: Lloyd Jones “Highway Bound”
National Recording: Buddy Guy “Living Proof”
Performance of the Year: Buddy Guy at the Waterfront Blues Festival
NW Blues Event: Waterfront Blues Festival
“The Hurley” Award: Jeff Cota
Back What You Believe In: (Tie) Amanda Gresham & Barbara Hammerman / Greg Johnson
Lifetime Achievement: Bill Rhoades
Bookmark with:
The long-awaited follow-up to the Muddy Award and Portland Music Award nominated Puddletown Blues, Vol. 1 is now ready and you’ll be able to pick up a copy starting at the May membership meeting. Puddletown Blues, Vol. 2 contains sixteen tracks of material by many of your favorite Oregon blues musicians, most available nowhere else.
