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Der '''Living Blues Award''' ist ein Preis, der seit 1993 von den Lesern und von Kritikern der Zeitschrift [[Living Blues]] vergeben wird. Neben dem [[Blues Music Award]] der Blues Foundation ist er eine der bedeutendsten Auszeichnungen der Bluesszene.

== Kategorien ==
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Leserwahl:
* Blues Artist of the Year (Male)
* Blues Artist of the Year (Female)
* Best Blues Album (New Release)
* Best Blues Album (Historical Recording)
* Best Blues DVD 
* Most Outstanding Musician (Guitar)
* Most Outstanding Musician (Harmonica)
* Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard)
* Best Live Performer
* Most Outstanding Blues Singer
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Kritikerwahl
* Blues Artist of the Year (Male)
* Blues Artist of the Year (Female) 
* Most Outstanding Blues Singer
* Most Outstanding Musician (Guitar)
* Most Outstanding Musician (Harmonica) 
* Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard) 
* Most Outstanding Musician (Bass) 
* Most Outstanding Musician (Drums) 
* Most Outstanding Musician (Horns) 
* Most Outstanding Musician (Other) 
* Best Live Performer
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* Comeback Artist of the Year 
* Artist Deserving More Attention
* Album of the Year
* New Recordings / Southern Soul
* New Recordings / Best debut
* New Recordings / Contemporary blues
* New Recordings / Traditional & acoustic
* Historical Reissue / Pre-war
* Historical Reissue / Post-war
* DVD
* Producer of the Year – New recording
* Producer of the Year – Historical/Reissue 
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== Preisträger (Auswahl) ==
* [[Shemekia Copeland]]
* [[Pinetop Perkins]]
* [[Snooky Pryor]]
* [[Solomon Burke]]
* [[Muddy Waters]]
* [[Buddy Guy]]
* [[Etta James]]
* [[Johnny Adams]]
* [[Buddy Guy]] 
* [[Billy Branch]]
* [[B. B. King]]
* [[Bobby Blue Bland]]
* [[Little Milton]]
* [[Luther Allison]]
* [[R.L. Burnside]]
* [[Marcia Ball]]
* [[Charlie Musselwhite]]
* [[Mel Brown (Musiker, 1939)|Mel Brown]]

== Weblinks ==
* [http://www.livingblues.com/inside-living-blues/living-blues-awards.html Living Blues Awards Preisträger seit 1993]

[[Kategorie:Musikpreis (Blues)]]
[[Kategorie:Musikpreis (Vereinigte Staaten)]]
[[Kategorie:Erstverleihung 1993]]