The 7th Annual Maple Blues Awards Nominations (2003)
The Maple Blues Awards are presented in association with CBC Radio's Saturday Night Blues, the Coastal Jazz and Blues Society, the Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival, the Montreal Blues Society, the Ottawa Blues Society, and the Thunder Bay Blues Society.
Maple Blues Awards Nominations:
Entertainer of
the Year
Morgan Davis
David Gogo
Jack de Keyzer
Harry Manx
Dawn Tyler Watson
Electric Act
of the Year
Glamour Puss
David Gogo
Jack de Keyzer
David Rotundo
The Twisters
Acoustic Act
of the Year
Ray Bonneville
Michael Jerome Browne
Hot Toddy
Harry Manx
Big Dave McLean
Male Vocalist
of the Year
Morgan Davis
Rick Fines
Chuck Jackson (Downchild Blues Band)
Jack de Keyzer
John Mays (Fathead)
Female
Vocalist of the Year
Rita Chiarelli
Georgette Fry
Suzie Vinnick
Dawn Tyler Watson
Nanette Workman
New Artist of
the Year
Charlie A'Court
Blue Voodoo
Jimmy Bowskill
Boobie Browne & the Onions
Rockit 88 Band
Peter Schmidt & Shane Scott
International
Artist of the Year
Solomon Burke
Corey Harris
Magic Slim
Robert Randolph
Duke Robillard
Guitar
Player of
the Year
Kevin Breit
John Campbelljohn
Morgan Davis
David Gogo
Jack de Keyzer
Harmonica
Player of the Year
David Hoerl (The Twisters)
Carlos del Junco
Al Lerman (Fathead)
Michael Pickett
David Rotundo
Piano/Keyboard
Player of the Year
Ron Casat (Tim Williams & the Electro-Fires)
Julian Fauth (David Rotundo & The Blue Canadians)
Michael Fonfara (Downchild Blues Band)
Bill King (Rockit 88 Band)
Kenny “Bluesboss” Wayne
Horn Player of
the Year
Pat Carey (Downchild Blues Band)
Gene Hardy (Sparkjiver)
Shirley Jackson
Chris Murphy
Chris Whiteley
Drummer of the
Year
Geoff Arsenault
Tom Bona (Sue Foley Band)
Chuck Keeping (Fathead)
Vince Maccarone
Sandy Smith (The Twisters)
Bass Player of
the Year
Paul Boudreau (Glamour Puss)
Alec Fraser
Gary Kendall (Downchild Blues Band)
Shane Scott (David Rotundo & the Blue Canadians)
James Taylor (The Twisters)
Songwriter of
the Year
Ray Bonneville
Morgan Davis
Rick Fines
David Gogo
Rob Lutes
Recording of
the Year
Morgan Davis: Painkiller (ElectroFi)
Glamour Puss: Wire & Wood (NorthernBlues)
David Gogo: Skeleton Key (Cordova Bay)
Harry Manx & Kevin Breit: Jubilee (NorthernBlues)
The Twisters: Long Hard Road (Independent)
Producer of
the Year
Michael Jerome Browne for Glamour Puss: Wire & Wood
Alec Fraser & Morgan Davis for Morgan Davis: Painkiller
Rob Heaney, Colin Linden& Ray Bonneville for Ray Bonneville: Roll It Down
David Travers Smith for Harry Manx & Kevin Breit: Jubilee
The Twisters & Marc Esperance for The Twisters: Long Hard Road
Blues With a
Feeling Award
(Toronto Blues Society Lifetime Achievement Award)
Mel Brown
Alec Fraser
Tom Lavin
Colin Linden
Big Dave Maclean
Jackie
Ken Whiteley
Terry Wilkins
Nominees
were chosen by an independent panel of
blues radio personalities and music journalists across Canada. The winners
are chosen from votes solicited from blues fans across the country,
many of them members of a growing network of blues societies.
The law firm Levinter & Levinter will once again receive the ballots and
tally the votes.
The Maple Blues Awards are supported by FACTOR and Heritage Canada, Galaxie - CBC's Continuous Music Network, SOCAN, the SOCAN Foundation, the Ontario Ministry of Culture and the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council.
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