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Readers’ Awards: Blues Artist of the Year (Male) Lurrie Bell Blues Artist of the Year (Female) Koko Taylor Best Blues Album of 2007 (New Release) Koko Taylor – *Old School* – Alligator Best Blues Album of 2007 (Historical Recording) Andrew Brown – *Big Brown’s Blues* – Black Magic Best Blues DVD of 2007 Otis Redding – *Dreams To Remember: The Legacy Of Otis Redding* - Stax Most Outstanding Musician (Guitar) B.B. King Most Outstanding Musician (Harmonica) Charlie Musselwhite Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard) Marcia Ball Best Live Performer Bobby Rush Most Outstanding Blues Singer Solomon Burke Critics’ Awards: Blues Artist of the Year (Male) Lurrie Bell Blues Artist of the Year (Female) Koko Taylor Most Outstanding Blues Singer Nappy Brown Most Outstanding Musician (Guitar) Lurrie Bell Most Outstanding Musician (Harmonica) James Cotton Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard) Pinetop Perkins Most Outstanding Musician (Bass) Bob Stroger Most Outstanding Musician (Drums) (Tie) Willie “Big Eyes” Smith & Kenny Smith Most Outstanding Musician (Horns) Big James Montgomery Most Outstanding Musician (Other) Aubrey Ghent (Lap steel) Best Live Performer Bobby Rush Comeback Artist of the Year Nappy Brown Artist Deserving More Attention Catherine Russell Best Blues Albums of 2007 Album of the Year Nappy Brown – *Long Time Coming* – Blind Pig New Recordings/ Southern Soul Denise LaSalle – *Pay Before You Pump* – Ecko Records New Recordings/ Best debut Albert White – *Soul Of The Blues* – Music Maker New Recordings/ Contemporary blues Phillip Walker – *Going Back Home* – Delta Groove New Recordings/ Traditional & acoustic Bobby Rush – *Raw* – Deep Rush Records Historical Reissue/ Pre-war Various Artists – *Desperate Man Blues (Soundtrack)* – Dust To Digital Historical Reissue/ Post-war Robert Lockwood, Jr. – *Steady Rolling Man* - Delmark DVD Various Artists *The American Folk-Blues Festival: The British Tours 1963-’66* Hip-O DVD Producer of the Year - New recording Randy Chortkoff – Delta Groove Productions Producer of the Year - Historical/ Reissue Lance Ledbetter – Dust To Digital