2007 Award Finalists Announced

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2007 Award Finalists Announced

The awards to recognise excellence in Australian Blues Music, will be presented on Thursday 8^th February 2007 at the Tattersalls Hotel in Goulburn as a part of the official opening of the 11^th annual Australian Blues Music Festival.

The Awards are independent of the Australian Blues Music Festival and named after Chain, the only blues band to have had a national number one hit in Australia. The Awards are recognised as the industry's most prestigious honour and are presented each year to recognise excellence in Blues Music in Australia. The Awards are based on recorded product only, with a panel of judges from across Australia.

Australian Blues Music 'Chain' Awards will be presented for: Song of the Year, Album of the Year, Best New Talent, Female Vocalist of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year, Duo or Group of the Year and Producer of the Year.

Hailing from the Central Coast of NSW, The Blue Zone, head the list of finalists with nothing less than six (6) nominations. The Blue Zone are finalists in Song of the Year, Album of the Year, New Talent of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year for Adam Eckersley, Duo or Group of the Year, and Producer of the Year for Parris Macleod for their album The Sweetest and Most Perfect Things.

Victoria's Chubby Rae & the Elevators and Geoff Achison & the Souldiggers follow closely with five (5) nominations each, as does Queensland's Mojo Webb.

The finalists for the 2007 Awards are:

SONG OF THE YEAR
Trouble Man The Blue Zone (Independent)
Brand New Life Chubby Rae & the Elevators (Independent)
Feel Like A King Geoff Achison & the Souldiggers (Independent)
A Man Like Me Mojo Webb (Black Market Music)

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
The Sweetest and Most Perfect Things The Blue Zone (Independent)
She Gets Unruly Chubby Rae & the Elevators (Independent)
Little Big Men Geoff Achison & the Souldiggers (Independent)
The Burden Mojo Webb (Black Market Music)

NEW TALENT OF THE YEAR
The Blue Zone Trouble Man (Independent)
Mark Easton Limousine When I Think of You (Black Market Music)
Mojo Webb The Luckiest Man Alive (Black Market Music)
The Hellboppers Can't Be Satisfied (Black Market Music)

FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Andrea Marr Watch Me Work It (Black Market Music)
Marisa Quigley (Chubby Rae & the Elevators) Everyday Blues (Independent)
Stevie Paige At Last (Independent)

MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Adam Eckersley (The Blue Zone) You're the One (Independent)
Geoff Achison Feel Like A King (Independent)
Jack Derwin Bring It On Home To Me (Independent)
Mojo Webb Got You On My Mind (Black Market Music)

DUO OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
The Blue Zone You're the One (Independent)
Chubby Rae & the Elevators What Is It (Independent)
Geoff Achison & the Souldiggers Rule the World (Independent)
The Hellboppers Midnight Train (Black Market Music)

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Parris Macleod for The Blue Zone The Sweetest and Most Perfect Things
Chubby Rae & the Elevators for Chubby Rae & the Elevators She Gets Unruly
Mal Logan for Geoff Achison & the Souldiggers Little Big Men
Mojo Webb for Mojo Webb The Burden

Doors open for the Awards presentation at Goulburn's Tattersalls Hotel at 7pm, and will feature performances by 8 Ball Aitken & His Band, Andy 'Sugarcane' Collins, Sweet Baby James and Rob Eyers, and Mark Vine & the Myx. Tickets are $10.00 and are available at the door. New in 2007, 3-Day Festival Passes include free entry to the 'Chain' Awards.

[ENDS]
14 January 2007

Media Enquiries :
Please contact Sarah Dawson, Australian Blues Music Awards Administrator on (02) 4823 4492.

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