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| Doug Deming |
Two musicians with Detroit
area roots were honored at the 2013 Blues Blast Music Award ceremony held at Buddy Guys’ Legends in Chicago
on Oct. 31.
Singer Shaun Murphy earned
top honors for Contemporary Blues Album for her recording “Ask For the Moon” and
also won the award for Best Female Blues Artist, topping a field that included Michigan
native Janiva Magness, who won three Blues Blast awards last year.
Murphy has worked with
many heavyweights in the industry, including Bob Seger, Eric Clapton, Bruce
Hornsby and Little Feat. She has also appeared on Broadway in the productions
of “Hair” and “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band On The Road.”
Singer/songwriter/guitarist
Doug Deming won the Sean Costello Rising
Star Award. Deming may be a “rising star,” but we’ve known about him in Detroit
for two decades.
He has worked with many
top blues artists, including Kim Wilson, Lazy Lester, Gary Primich, Johnny “Yard
Dog” Jones, A.C. Reed, and Detroit “Queen of the Blues,” Alberta Adams.
Other winners at the Blues
Blast Music Awards included: The Cash Box Kings, who won Traditional Blues
Album for “Black Toppin’”; Albert Castiglia, who had the top Blues Rock Album
with “Living The Dream”; Curtis Salgado, whose “Soul Shot” was top Soul Blues
Album; Easy Livin’ , who received the New Artist Debut Release award for “Southern
Hospitality”; Doug Macleod, who was named Male Blues Artist; and the Tedeschi
Trucks Band, which was named Blues Band of the Year.
Song Of The Year honors
went to Cee Cee James’ “I Got a Right to Sing the Blues,” written by James and
Rob “Slideboy” Andrews.
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