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Best Contemporary Blues Act

Papa Salty
Rose City Kings
The Strange Tones

Best Drums

Jimi Bott
Carlton Jackson
Johnny Moore

Best Rhythm & Blues Act

The Linda Hornbuckle Band
The Lloyd Jones Struggle
The Norman Sylvester Band

Best Blues Harmonica

Paul deLay
Bill Rhoades
Curtis Salgado

Best Traditional Blues Act

Bill Rhoades & the Party Kings
Kinzel & Hyde
Rollie Tussing

Best Keyboards

Janice Scroggins
D.K. Stewart
Dover Weinberg

Best New Act

Danny Hay Davis Band
Double Deuces
The Insomniacs

Best Horns

Renato Caranto
Reggie Houston
Kevin LaBaron

Best Regional Blues Act

Mark Lemhouse
The Randy Oxford Band
Too Slim & The Taildraggers

Best Blues Venue

Beale Street NW
Cascade Bar & Grill
Duff's Garage

Best Female Vocalist

Duffy Bishop
Rae Gordon
Linda Hornbuckle

Best Northwest Recording

Bill Rhoades & The Party Kings, Voodoo Lovin'
Let The Good Times Roll:
A Northwest Tribute to Ray Charles
Ward Stroud Band, Dance With The Ones That Brung Ya

Best Male Vocalist

K.G. Jackson
Tim McAllister
Curtis Salgado

Best National Recording

William Lee Ellis, God's Tattoos
Keb' Mo', Suitcase
Watermelon Slim & The Workers

Best Electric Guitar

Peter Dammann
Michael Osborn
Phil "Suburban Slim" Wagner

Performance Of The Year

Curtis Salgado Band - A Concert for Curtis at the Rose Garden
Rich DelGrosso at Duff's Garage
John Hiatt & The North Mississippi Allstars at the Waterfront Blues Festival
Geoff Muldaur, Jim Kweskin & Paul deLay - Fritz Richmond Tribute at the Waterfront Blues Festival

Best Acoustic Guitar

Alan Hager
Terry Robb
Rollie Tussing

Northwest Blues Event Of The Year

Blues By The Sea
A Concert for Curtis
Waterfront Blues Festival

Best Bass

Gary Fountaine
Jim Miller
Tom Szell

Lifetime Achievement

Lloyd Jones
Bill Rhoades
Curtis Salgado

Back What You Believe In Award

Clay Fuller

For his never-ending work behind the scenes, making the Waterfront Blues Festival
a wildly successful, nationally-recognized blues event.