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ALLIGATOR RECORDS
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 23, 2003
CONTACT:
Press - Marc Lipkin/Chris Moncada at
publicity@allig.com
Radio - Tim Kolleth at radio@allig.com
Retail - Josh Lindner at josh@allig.com
FOUR ALLIGATOR ARTISTS RECEIVE SIX W.C. HANDY
BLUES AWARDS!
SHEMEKIA COPELAND LEADS ALL WINNERS
WITH THREE!
KOKO TAYLOR,
W.C. CLARK
AND ROOMFUL OF BLUES EACH WIN ONE!
Singing sensation Shemekia Copeland won three Awards at last night's
24th annual W.C. Handy Blues Awards ceremony at the Orpheum Theatre in
Memphis, TN, taking more awards than any other nominee. Her win for
Blues Album Of The Year for 2002's Dr. John-produced TALKING TO
STRANGERS marks the 2nd time Copeland has won the category. She won the
same award for her 2001 album, WICKED. She also won for Contemporary
Female Artist Of The Year and Contemporary Blues Album Of The Year for
TALKING TO STRANGERS. At only 24-years-old, Copeland has won a total of
seven awards.
“Queen Of The Blues” Koko Taylor
won for Traditional Blues Artist Of The Year. This is her 23rd W.C.
Handy Blues Award. She has received more awards than any other artist –
male or female – in Handy history.
Austin,
TX-based "Godfather of Austin Blues," W.C. Clark, won for
Blues Song Of The Year for “Let It Rain” off of his album, FROM AUSTIN
WITH SOUL. This is Clark's third W.C. Handy Blues Award.
And the newest members of the
Alligator family, Roomful of Blues, took the award for Blues
Instrumentalist – Horns. This is the band's third award.
SHEMEKIA COPELAND
Blues Album of the Year: TALKING TO
STRANGERS
Contemporary Female Artist of the Year
Contemporary Blues Album of the Year: TALKING TO STRANGERS
KOKO TAYLOR
Traditional Female Artist of the Year
W.C. CLARK
Blues Song of the
Year: "Let It Rain," W. C. Clark, Bobby Boyd,
John Gray Gregson from the
release FROM AUSTIN WITH SOUL
ROOMFUL OF BLUES
Blues Instrumentalist Horns
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