Blues Artists winning their categories
"Each year the Grammy Awards recognize releases from all genres of music, and all aspects of the music industry. The blues has always had its place at the Grammys, albeit a small place in comparison to the pop world. But a Grammy is probably the highest musical honor that a musician can achieve. This year the two categories that are specifically designated for the blues (Traditional Blues Album, and Contemporary Blues Album) were taken out of the separate blues category, and put into a new category called American Roots, which also contains subcategories of such varied musical styles as Folk, Bluegrass, Americana, Hawaiian, Cajun, Zydeco and Native American Music." [Bob Corritore Blues Newsletter]
Blues Artists winning their categories
Traditional Blues Album: A Stranger Here, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, and
Contemporary Blues Album: Already Free, The Derek Trucks Band.
Some blues related artists and songs were among non-blues categories, and these winners are;
Zydeco or Cajun Music Album: Lay Your Burden Down, Buckwheat Zydeco,
Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: At Last, Beyoncé, (covering the Etta James classic),
Pop Instrumental Album: Potato Hole, Booker T. Jones (of Booker T & The MGs),
Traditional Gospel Album: Oh Happy Day, Various Artists (includes Mavis Staples, Aaron Neville, Al Green, Robert Randolph with mainstream artists),
Historical Album: The Complete Chess Masters (1950-1967), Little Walter.
