Il Grammy Award al miglior album blues tradizionale (Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album) è un Grammy Award assegnato dal 1983 al 2011 e poi nuovamente dal 2017.
Fino al 1992 fu conosciuto come Grammy Award alla miglior interpretazione blues tradizionale (Best Traditional Blues Performance).
Dal 2001 al 2003 fu assegnato anche ai produttori oltre che agli artisti.
A partire dal 2012 il premio è stato fuso con la categoria miglior album blues contemporaneo, per formare la nuova categoria miglior album blues. Dal 2016 le due categorie sono state nuovamente divise.
Vincitori e candidati
Miglior interpretazione blues tradizionale
Anni 1980
1983 Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - Alright Again Johnny Otis – The New Johnny Otis Show Hound Dog Taylor & the HouseRockers – Genuine Houserocking Music Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson e Roomful of Blues – He Was a Friend of Mine Sippie Wallace – Sippie 1984 B.B. King - Blues 'N' Jazz Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown – One More Mile Albert King – San Francisco '83 Big Joe Turner e Roomful of Blues – Blues Train Stevie Ray Vaughan e Double Trouble – Texas Flood 1985 John P. Hammond, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, Sugar Blue, Koko Taylor & the Blues Machine, Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson e J. B. Hutto & the New Hawks - Blues Explosion Bobby Bland – You've Got Me Loving You Albert King – I'm in a Phone Booth, Baby Big Joe Turner – Kansas City Here I Come Johnny Winter – Guitar Slinger 1986 B.B. King - My Guitar Sings the Blues Bobby Bland – Members Only Roy Buchanan – When a Guitar Plays the Blues Koko Taylor – Queen of the Blues Big Joe Turner e Jimmy Witherspoon – Patcha, Patcha, All Night Long Big Joe Turner con Knocky Parker & His Houserockers – Big Joe Turner with Knocky Parker & His Houserockers Johnny Winter – Serious Business 1987 Albert Collins, Johnny Copeland e Robert Cray - Showdown! Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown – Pressure Cooker James Cotton – Live from Chicago: Mr. Superharp Himself! Willie Dixon – Live! Backstage Access John Lee Hooker – Jealous 1988 Professor Longhair - Houseparty New Orleans Style Albert Collins – Cold Snap James Cotton – Take Me Back Koko Taylor – Live from Chicago: An Audience with the Queen Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson – Old Maid Boogie 1989 Willie Dixon - Hidden Charms Johnny Copeland – Ain't Nothin' But a Party James Cotton – Live at Antone's Nightclub Guitar Slim Jr. – Story of My Life Rockin' Dopsie – Saturday Night Zydeco
Anni 1990
1990 Bonnie Raitt e John Lee Hooker - I'm In the Mood Ruth Brown – If I Can't Sell It, I'll Keep Sitting on It Willie Dixon – Ginger Ale Afternoon John Lee Hooker – The Healer Memphis Slim – Memphis Blues: The Paris Sessions 1991 B.B. King - Live at San Quentin Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown – Standing My Ground Ruth Brown e Linda Hopkins – T'aint Nobody's Bizness If I Do John Lee Hooker, Earl Palmer, Tim Drummond, Miles Davis e Roy Rogers – Coming to Town Little Milton – Too Much Pain
Miglior album blues tradizionale
Anni 1990
1992 Live at the Apollo - B.B. King All My Life - Charles Brown Johnnie B. Bad - Johnnie Johnson Mr. Lucky - John Lee Hooker Mule Bone - Taj Mahal 1993 Goin' Back to New Orleans - Dr. John Someone to Love - Charles Brown No Looking Back - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown Got Love If You Want It - John P. Hammond Roots of Rhythm and Blues: A Tribute to the Robert Johnson Era - AA.VV. 1994 Blues Summit - B.B. King Collins Mix: The Best Of - Albert Collins Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker Dancing the Blues - Taj Mahal The Alligator Records 20th Anniversary Tour - AA.VV. 1995 From the Cradle - Eric Clapton Living the Blues - James Cotton Trouble No More - John P. Hammond In My Time - Charlie Musselwhite Ain't Enough Comin' In - Otis Rush 1996 Chill Out - John Lee Hooker Charles Brown's Cool Christmas Blues - Charles Brown Them Update Blues - Lowell Fulson The Last Real Texas Blues Band featuring Doug Sahm - The Last Real Texas Blues Band ft. Doug Sahm Turn It On! Turn It Up! - Roomful of Blues 1997 Deep in the Blues - James Cotton Found True Love - John P. Hammond You're Gonna Miss Me (When I'm Dead & Gone) - The Muddy Waters Tribute Band Come on in This House - Junior Wells con Guest Slide Guitarists Live at the Mint - Jimmy Witherspoon 1998 Don't Look Back - John Lee Hooker R + B = Ruth Brown - Ruth Brown Rough News - Charlie Musselwhite Born in the Delta - Pinetop Perkins Live at Buddy Guy's Legends - Junior Wells 1999 Any Place I'm Going - Otis Rush A Tribute to Howlin' Wolf - Henry Gray, Calvin Jones, Sam Lay, Colin Linden e Hubert Sumlin con Special Guests Long as I Have You - John P. Hammond Got to Find a Way - Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson e The Magic Rockers I Got to Find Me a Woman - Robert Lockwood Jr.
Anni 2000
2000 Blues on the Bayou - B.B. King Memphis Monday Morning - Bobby "Blue" Bland A Good Day for the Blues - Ruth Brown Blues Everywhere I Go - Odetta Legends - Pinetop Perkins ed Hubert Sumlin 2001 Riding With the King - B.B. King ed Eric Clapton Superharps - James Cotton, Billy Branch, Charlie Musselwhite e Sugar Ray Norcia Let the Good Times Roll - B.B. King Delta Crossroads - Robert Lockwood Jr. Milk Cow Blues - Willie Nelson 2002 Do You Get the Blues? - Jimmie Vaughan Richland Woman Blues - Maria Muldaur e AA.VV. Here and Now - Ike Turner e The Kings of Rhythm Memphis Blood: The Sun Sessions - James Blood Ulmer Hellhound on My Trail: The Songs of Robert Johnson - AA.VV. 2003 A Christmas Celebration of Hope - B.B. King Burnside on Burnside - R. L. Burnside 35th Anniversary Jam of the James Cotton Blues Band - James Cotton Blues Band Down in the Alley - Alvin Youngblood Hart Preachin' the Blues: The Music of Mississippi Fred McDowell - AA.VV. 2004 Blues Singer - Buddy Guy Rock ‘n’ Roll City - Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater ft. Los Straitjackets Goin' to Kansas City - Jay McShann That’s Right! - Roomful of Blues Lookin' for Trouble! - Kim Wilson 2005 Blues to the Bone - Etta James Me and Mr. Johnson - Eric Clapton Baby, Don't You Tear My Clothes - James Cotton Blues with a Vengeance - John Lee Hooker Jr. Ladies Man - Pinetop Perkins 2006 B. B. King & Friends: 80 - B.B. King & Friends Live! Down the Road - Marcia Ball In Your Arms Again - John P. Hammond Sweet Lovin' Ol' Soul - Maria Muldaur About Them Shoes - Hubert Sumlin 2007 Risin' with the Blues - Ike Turner Brother to the Blues - Tab Benoit con Louisiana's LeRoux Bronx in Blue - Dion People Gonna Talk - James Hunter Guitar Groove-A-Rama - Duke Robillard 2008 Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen: Live In Dallas - Henry Townsend, Pinetop Perkins, Robert Lockwood Jr. e David Honeyboy Edwards Pinetop Perkins on the 88's – Live in Chicago - Pinetop Perkins Live... and in Concert from San Francisco - Otis Rush 10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads - Kenny Wayne Shepherd ft. AA.VV. Old School - Koko Taylor 2009 One Kind Favor - B.B. King The Blues Rolls On - Elvin Bishop Skin Deep - Buddy Guy All Odds Against Me - John Lee Hooker Jr. Pinetop Perkins & Friends - Pinetop Perkins & Friends
Anni 2010
2010 A Stranger Here - Ramblin' Jack Elliott Blue Again! - The Mick Fleetwood Band ft. Rick Vito Rough & Tough - John P. Hammond Stomp! The Blues Tonight - Duke Robillard Chicago Blues: A Living History - AA.VV. 2011 Joined at the Hip - Pinetop Perkins & Willie "Big Eyes" Smith Giant - James Cotton Memphis Blues - Cyndi Lauper The Well - Charlie Musselwhite Plays Blues, Ballads & Favorites - Jimmie Vaughan 2017 Porcupine Meat - Bobby Rush Can't Shake This Feeling - Lurrie Bell Live at the Greek Theatre - Joe Bonamassa Blues & Ballads (A Folksinger's Songbook: Volumes I & II) - Luther Dickinson The Soul of Jimmie Rodgers - Vasti Jackson 2018 Blue & Lonesome - The Rolling Stones Migration Blues - Eric Bibb Elvin Bishop's Big Fun Trio - Elvin Bishop's Big Fun Trio Roll and Tumble - R.L. Boyce Sonny & Brownie's Last Train - Guy Davis e Fabrizio Poggi 2019 The Blues Is Alive and Well - Buddy Guy Something Smells Funky 'Round Here - Elvin Bishop's Big Fun Trio Benton County Relic - Cedric Burnside No Mercy In This Land - Ben Harper e Charlie Musselwhite Don't You Feel My Leg (The Naughty Bawdy Blues of Blue Lu Barker) - Maria Muldaur
Anni 2020
2020 Tall, Dark and Handsome - Delbert McClinton & the Self-Made Men + Dana Kingfish - Christone "Kingfish" Ingram Sitting on Top of the Blues - Bobby Rush Baby, Please Come Home - Jimmie Vaughan Spectacular Class - Jontavious Willis 2021 Rawer Than Raw - Bobby Rush All My Dues Are Paid - Frank Bey You Make Me Feel - Don Bryant That's What I Heard - Robert Cray Band Cypress Grove - Jimmy "Duck" Holmes 2022 I Be Trying - Cedric Burnside 100 Years of Blues - Elvin Bishop e Charlie Musselwhite Traveler's Blues - Blues Traveler Be Ready When I Call You - Guy Davis Take Me Back - Kim Wilson 2023 Get On Board - Taj Mahal e Ry Cooder Heavy Load Blues - Gov't Mule The Blues Don't Lie - Buddy Guy The Sun Is Shining Down - John Mayall Mississippi Son - Charlie Musselwhite 2024 All My Love for You – Bobby Rush Ridin – Eric Bibb The Soul Side of Sipp – Mr. Sipp Life Don't Miss Nobody – Tracy Nelson Teardrops for Magic Slim Live at Rosa's Lounge – John Primer
2025 Swingin' Live at The Church in Tulsa – The Taj Mahal Sextet Hill Country Love – Cedric Burnside Struck Down – The Fabulous Thunderbirds One Guitar Woman – Sue Foley Sam's Place – Little Feat 2026 Ain't Done with the Blues – Buddy Guy''' Room on the Porch – Taj Mahal e Keb' Mo' One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey – Maria Muldaur Look Out Highway – Charlie Musselwhite Young Fashioned Ways'' – Kenny Wayne Shepherd e Bobby Rush
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Collegamenti esterni
Album blues tradizionale