2004 Maple Blues Awards

Nominees and Winners

Congratulations to everyone who won at this year’s Maple Blues Awards! Winner names are highlighted in *BOLD in the nominee list below.

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR

Mel Brown
David Gogo
Jack de Keyzer
*Matt Minglewood
Dawn Tyler Watson

ELECTRIC ACT OF THE YEAR

Jimmy Bowskill Band
Fathead
Jack de Keyzer
John & the Sisters
*JW-Jones Blues Band

ACOUSTIC ACT OF THE YEAR

Michael Jerome Browne & the Twin Rivers String Band
Harry Manx
Hot Toddy
Amos Garrett
Michael Pickett
*Sue Foley

MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

Danny Brooks
Jim Byrnes
Michael Jerome Browne
John Dickie (John & the Sisters)
*John Mays (Fathead)

FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

Rita Chiarelli
*Sue Foley
Shakura S’Aida (Saturday Nite Fish Fry)
Suzie Vinnnick
Dawn Tyler Watson

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR

*Jimmy Bowskill
Julian Fauth
J.P. LeBlanc
Garrett Mason
Roxanne Potvin

INTERNATIONAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Ronnie Earl
Ruthie Foster
*BB King
Bobby Rush
Kim Wilson

GUITARIST OF THE YEAR

Kevin Breit (John & the Sisters)
Mel Brown
Sue Foley
*David Gogo
JW Jones
Jack de Keyzer

HARMONICA PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Jerome Godboo
*Carlos del Junco
Al Lerman (Fathead, Juke Joint Rockers)
Paul Reddick
David Rotundo

PIANO/KEYBOARD PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Lance Anderson (Anderson/Sloski)
Richard Bell (Rita Chiarelli Band)
Julian Fauth
*Michael Fonfara (Downchild, Juke Joint Rockers)
Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne

HORN PLAYER OF THE YEAR

*Pat Carey (Downchild)
Mike Clark
Gene Hardy (Sparkjiver)
Chris Murphy
Chris Whiteley

DRUMMER OF THE YEAR

Geoff Arsenault (Morgan Davis Band)
*Tom Bona (Sue Foley, Raoul & the Big Time)
Maureen Brown
Al Cross (Jimmy Bowskill Band)
Mike Sloski (Anderson/Sloski)

BASSIST OF THE YEAR

Stephen Barry
Tom Easley (Hot Toddy)
*Alec Fraser (Jimmy Bowskill Band, Juke Joint Rockers)
Gary Kendall (Downchild, Gary Kendall Band)
Cheung Liu (Raoul & the Big Time)
Shane Scott (David Rotundo & the Blue Canadians)

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

*Morgan Davis
Rick Fines
Harry Manx
Amos Garrett
Murray Porter

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

Kevin Breit for John & the Sisters: John & the Sisters (NorthernBlues)
Alec Fraser & Al Lerman for Willie Big Eyes Smith & the Juke Joint Rockers: Bluesin’ It (Electro-Fi)
Andrew Galloway, Mel Browne & Sam Myers for Sam Myers: Coming from the Old School (Electro-Fi)
JW Jones & Kim Wilson for JW Jones: My Kind of Evil (NorthernBlues)
*Colin Linden & Janiva Magness for Janiva Magness: Bury Him at the Crossroads (Northern Blues)

RECORDING OF THE YEAR

Jim Byrnes: Fresh Horses (Black Hen)
*Sue Foley: Change (Justin Time)
John & The Sisters: John & the Sisters (NorthernBlues)
JW-Jones Band: My Kind of Evil (NorthernBlues)
Harry Manx: West Eats Meet (Dog My Cat)

BLUES BOOSTER OF THE YEAR

*Brian Slack

BLUES WITH A FEELING AWARD (Lifetime Achievement Award)

Salome Bey
Alec Fraser
Tom Lavin
Colin Linden
Big Dave Maclean
Danny Marks
*Jackie
Chris Whiteley
Ken Whiteley
Terry Wilkins