27th Maple Blues Awards | Monday, February 12th, 2024
2006 Maple Blues Awards
Nominees and Winners Photo Gallery
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
Jim Byrnes
*Downchild Blues Band
Jack de Keyzer
Dawn Tyler Watson
Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne
ELECTRIC ACT OF THE YEAR
Mel Brown
John Campbelljohn
*Colin James
Garrett Mason
The Perpetrators
ACOUSTIC ACT OF THE YEAR
Rick Fines & Suzie Vinnick
*Hot Toddy/Isaac & Blewitt
Harrison Kennedy
Harry Manx
Tim Williams
MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
*Jim Byrnes
David Clayton-Thomas
Donald Ray Johnson
Harrison Kennedy
John Mays
FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Rita Chiarelli
Ndidi Onukwulu
Roxanne Potvin
*Suzie Vinnick
Dawn Tyler Watson
NEW ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
The Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir
DiggingRoots
Treasa Levasseur
*Ndidi Onukwulu
Ricky Paquette
Trouble & Strife
B.B. KING INTERNATIONAL ARTIST
Solomon Burke
James Hunter
Bettye Lavette
*Keb’ Mo’
Watermelon Slim
RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Mel Brown: Blues – A Beautiful Thing (Electro-Fi), Producers: Mel Brown & Andrew Galloway
*Jim Byrnes: House of Refuge (Black Hen), Producer: Steve Dawson
JW-Jones Blues Band: Kissing in 29 Days (NorthernBlues), Producer: JW-Jones
Diana Braithwaite & Chris Whiteley: Morning Sun (Electro-Fi), Producers: Diana Braithwaite & Chris Whiteley
Ndidi Onukwulu: No, I Never (Jericho Beach), Producer: Sam Goldberg
GUITARIST OF THE YEAR
Kevin Breit
Mel Brown
*John Campbelljohn
Sue Foley
Bill Johnson
HARMONICA PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Dave Hoerl
*Carlos del Junco
Al Lerman
Paul Reddick
David Rotundo
KEYBOARD/PIANO PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Lance Anderson
Richard Bell
Julian Fauth
Graham Guest
*Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne
HORN PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Pat Carey
Mike Clark
Johnny Ferreira
Chris Murphy
*Chris Whiteley
DRUMMER OF THE YEAR
*Geoff Arsenault
Bucky Berger
Al Cross
Mike Sloski
Bob Vespaziani
BASS PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Alec Fraser
Russell Jackson
Gary Kendall
Omar Tunnoch
*Suzie Vinnick
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD
Ray Bonneville
Jim Byrnes
*Rick Fines & Suzie Vinnick
Harry Manx
Chris Whiteley
BLUES WITH A FEELING (Lifetime Achievement Award)
Alec Fraser
Amos Garrett
Tom Lavin
*Colin Linden
Big Dave McLean
Ellen McIlwaine
Joe Murphy
Chris Whiteley
Ken Whiteley
Terry Wilkins
PHOTO GALLERY
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- Roxanne Potvin
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- Colin Linden
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- Garrett Mason
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- Colin Linden
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- MBA Band
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- Al Lerman
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- Sue Foley
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- Roxanne Potvin
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- Richard Flohil
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- Paul Reddick
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- Jack Dekeyzer
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- Holger Peterson
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- Gary Kendall
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- Garrett Mason
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- Elaine Bomberry
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- Derek Andrews
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- Dawn Tyler Watson
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- Dawn Tyler Watson
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- Danny Marks
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- Colin Linden
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- Chris Whiteley
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- Colin Linden
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- Colin Linden
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TBS logo and WBR artwork by Barbara Klunder
The Toronto Blues Society acknowledges the annual support of the Ontario Arts Council, the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council and the Department of Canadian Heritage, and project support from FACTOR< and the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage (Canada Music Fund) and of Canada’s Private Broadcasters, The Canada Council for the Arts, the SOCAN Foundation, SOCAN, the Ontario Media Development Corporation, and the Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport.