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Chicago blues musicians capture 2 awards
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Chicago musicians had a mid-tempo evening at the Grammys. The
attention-grabbing Smashing Pumpkins won just one award out of seven
nominations, but there were other scattered wins and a few surprising
shutouts.
James Cotton, a musician whose Chicago blues roots run deep,
collected a traditional blues album Grammy for "Deep in the Blues."
The 61-year-old harmonica player, who replaced Junior Wells in Muddy
Waters' great band in 1955 and remained until 1966, has lived in
Memphis the la...
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Local blues greats score
Chicago Sun-Times
; LOS ANGELES Vocalist Shemekia Copeland and guitar legend B.B. King were the big winners at the Blues Foundation's 22nd annual W.C. Handy Awards, presented at the Orpheum Theatre in Memphis, Tenn. Several of this year's winners have strong Chicago connections: Koko Taylor, "The Queen of the Blues";
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JANINE WILSON "Save Me Fro ...
The Washington Post
; Janine Wilson won several awards from the Washington Area Music Association for her 2000 debut album, "The Blues Album," including best blues album and best blues female vocalist. Although Wilson still projects the same brassy, captivating vocals on her follow-up, "Save Me From Myself," it's not
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Junior Wells
Weekend Saturday (NPR)
; 00-00-0000 SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Chicago blues great Amos Wells, Jr. -- better known as Junior Wells -- died Thursday at the age of 63. He had cancer. Mr. Wells' originality helped mold the post-war Chicago blues style and influenced a whole generation of musicians. Our Peter Breslow has this
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Red hot and blue; Susan Tedeschi and pals honor the blues, past and future, at the Handy Awards.(Arts and Lifestyle)
The Boston Herald
; MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Not so long ago Susan Tedeschi was taking guitar lessons from Paul Rishell and working Boston club gigs with harmonica player Annie Raines. Thursday night, Tedeschi and the duo of Rishell and Raines took turns knocking out an audience of blues luminaries and fans with memorable
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Behind The Scenes
Precinct Reporter
; Moorings, Antracia Precinct Reporter 05-30-2002 Celebrating the blues: B.B. King is proving that he still has what it takes to move a crowd. King, along with Buddy Guy, was a big winner at the 23rd annual W.C. Handy Blues Awards on May 23 in Memphis. King received the entertainer of the year award
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