James Cotton nominated for five Blues Music Awards

Grammy Award-winning harmonica master (and just-announced 2014 Grammy nominee) James Cotton received a total of five nominations (tied for most among all artists), including Album Of The Year for 2013’s COTTON MOUTH MAN and Song Of The Year for He Was There from the same album. On Tuesday, December 10, The Blues Foundation announced the nominees for the 2014 Blues Music Awards, the blues world’s highest honours. The 35th Annual Blues Music Awards will be presented in Memphis on May 8th, 2014 at the Cook Convention Centre. James Cotton was nominated for: Album Of The Year – COTTON MOUTH MAN Instrumentalist Of The Year – Harmonica Song Of The Year – He Was There (by James Cotton, Tom Hambridge & Richard Fleming) Traditional Blues Album Of The Year – COTTON MOUTH MAN Traditional Blues Male Artist Of The Year