2005 Finalists and Winners

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2005 AUSTRALIAN BLUES MUSIC AWARDS FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

Category Finalists in the 2005 Australian Blues Music Awards were released in Goulburn on Thursday 6^th January 2005.

The awards, to recognise excellence in Australian Blues Music, will be presented on Thursday 10^th February as a precursor to the 9^th annual Australian Blues Music Festival to be held in the Goulburn from the 11^th 13^th February.

Finalist nominations are spread across the various performers such is the quality if the product entered in this years awards.

Melbourne-based Kerri Simpson has two nominations (Female Vocal & Song of the Year) as do fellow Victorians Ash Grunwald (Male Vocal & Album of the Year), Jeff Lang (Male Vocal & Song of the Year) and Lloyd Spiegel (Male Vocal & Duo or Group of the Year).

Industry Veteran, Joe Camilleri, has one nomination in the Male Vocal category while newcomer, Anni Piper (Female Vocal & New Talent), has garnered two.

Overall nominations for the Awards were up no less than 52% on 2004.

Category finalists are:

SONG OF THE YEAR

Running In the Red Pete Cornelius & the Devilles (Only Blues Music)

The Save Jeff Lang (ABC Music)

The Death of Little Walter Downhome Quartet (Bigtop)

We Will Fly Away Kerri Simpson (Belmore Records)

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

I Dont Believe Ash Grunwald (Head Records)

Creatures of the Night Pete Cornelius & the Devilles (Only Blues Music)

Whatever Makes You Happy Jeff Lang (Head Records)

Bombshell the Detonators (Black Market Music)

FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

Anni Piper Come In My Kitchen (Black Market Music)

Kate Meehan I Aint Got Nothing but the Blues (Only Blues Music)

Fiona Boyes Ten Foot Tall & Bullet Proof (Blues Empress Records)

Kerri Simpson We Will Fly Away (Belmore Records)

BEST NEW TALENT

Mississippi Shakedown Saturday Night (Independent)

Anni Piper Come In My Kitchen (Black Market Music)

Richard Steele Trio Slide Train (Black Market Music)

Downhome Quartet Poor Boy Long Way From Home (Bigtop)

MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

Ian Collard Worried Now (Black Market Music)

Joe Camilleri Hell to Pay (Head Records)

Ash Grunwald Crossroads (Head Records)

Lloyd Spiegel Dyin Slow (Newmarket Music)

DUO OR GROUP OF THE YEAR

Collard Greens & Gravy Worried Now (Black Market Music)

Pete Cornelius & the Devilles Creatures of the Night (Only Blues Music)

Lloyd Spiegel Band Loretta (Newmarket Music)

Fiona Boyes & the Fortune Tellers Women Be Wise (Blue Empress Records)

The winners were announced at the
Chain Awards Presentation Night on
Thursday 10^th February 2005 at the Tattersalls Hotel

with entertainment by Harper, Pete Cornelius & The Blinders.

and the WINNERS are...

Song of the Year

The Save Jeff Lang

Album of the Year

I Don't Believe Ash Grunwald

Female Vocalist of the Year

Kerri Simpson We Will Fly Away

Male Vocalist of the Year

Joe Camilleri Hell to Pay

Duo or Group of the Year

Lloyd Spiegel Band Loretta

Best New Talent

Anni Piper Come In My Kitchen
(pictured above at the Awards night with her shiny new 'Chain')

Producer of the Year

Jeff Cripps

For more information contact Geoff Bell on 0411 105 738 orgeoff@laing-entertainment.com.au