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Digital Blues Awards 2005

Many thanks to everyone who took the time to vote in this year’s awards. The response was really good and there was a huge variety of bands & artists for whom votes were cast. With the polls closed and all the votes counted & checked here are the top three in each category as announced on Digital Blues Matters! on PhoenixFM on Wednesday 22^nd February 2006

Position	Favourite Blues Band	Favourite Rock Blues Band	Favourite Blues Duo
1	Rockin’ Armadillos & Soul Kitchen	Rockin’ Armadillos	Two Timers
2	Heaters	Soul Kitchen	Big Joe Louis & west Weston
3	Blues With a Feeling & The Wildcards	Funkydory, the Matt Schofield Trio, Andy Robinson Band, NuBlues & Trafficker	Tony Farina & Laurie McVay

	Favourite Solo Act	Favourite Male Artist	Favourite Female Artist
1	Roy Mette	Suleyman Osman	Connie Lush
2	Ian Siegal	Ian Siegal	Jane English
3	Derrin Nauendorf	Paul Milligan/Tim Aves	Lorna Reilly

	Favourite Harp Player	Favourite Keyboards Player	Favourite Brass Player
1	Laurent Mouflier	Ray Bartrip	Graeme Turner
2	West Weston	Paul Dean	Caz Devine
3	Gary Potts, Keith Parker & Luke Arnold	Paul Jobson	Frank Mead

	Favourite Guitarist	Favourite Drummer	Favourite Bass
1	Pablo Villuendas	Paul Lester	Rob Barry
2	Owen Barry	Mathis Richet	Dave Hadley
3	Matt Schofield/Paul Milligan	Sam Kelly	Pete Stroud

	Favourite Gig 2005	Favourite Venue	Favourite CD
1	Connie Lush – New Crawdaddy	New Crawdaddy Blues Club	Matt Schofield Trio – Live
2	Riga Charity Night	Riga Music Bar	North Mississippi All Stars – Hill Country Revue
3	Digital BluesFest	Blues at the Farm/Bishops Blues Club	Essex Delta Blues….A Sampler/Ian Parker – Whilst the Wind - Live

	Favourite Personality
1	Tim Aves
2	Ashwyn Smyth
3	Connie Lush
4 =	Dr JJ
4 =	Kelvin