Chicago Blues Artists Score Grammy Nominations (2010)

Chicago Blues: A Living History, featuring Billy Boy Arnold, John Primer, Billy Branch and Lurrie Bell, has been nominated for a 2010 Grammy. The two-disc album was nominated in the category of Best Traditional Blues Album. It was produced by Larry Skoller on the Raisin' Music label.

Also performing on the album are Carlos Johnson, Mike Avery, Matthew Skoller, Kenny Smith, Johnny Iguana and Felton Crews.

You can hear song samples here. There's more info about the CD at the Chicago Blues: Living History MySpace page.

Also nominated in the Traditional Album category were A Stranger Here
by Ramblin' Jack Elliott (ANTI); Blue Again
by The Mick Fleetwood Blues Band featuring Rick Vito (429 Records); Rough & Tough by John Hammond (Chesky Records); and Stomp! The Blues Tonight
by Duke Robillard (Stony Plain Records).

Mavis Staples was nominated in the category of Best Contemporary Blues Album for Live: Hope At The Hideout. This CD was recorded live at the Hideout music club in Chicago.

The other nominees in that category are This Time
by the Robert Cray Band (Nozzle); The Truth According to Ruthie Foster by Ruthie Foster (Blue Corn Music); Back To The River by Susan Tedeschi (Verve); and Already Free by the Derek Trucks Band.

The 52nd annual Grammy Awards show will be held on Jan. 31, 2010 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. (Maybe that's good luck for Mavis!) It will be broadcast on CBS at 7 p.m. Central Time.