Best New Disabled Performer (who declines the disability label)
Melody Gardot, www.melodygardot.com
Best Newly Discovered Song with Disability Content by Disabled Artists
Ray Charles and Chet Atkins, "We Didn't See a Thing"
Best Rediscovered Disability Autobiography by an Amputee in Music
The Barbarians, "Moulty" Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968
Best Reclaimed Disabled Performer
Carl Perkins
(not to be confused with the West Coast jazz pianist who had polio, Carl Perkins)
"Yeah that doctor told me, 'Son you don't need no pills,
just a handful of nickels and a jukebox will cure your ills.'"
Best Soul Rediscovery
Betty Davis, www.lightintheattic.net/releases/bettydavis/
Most Surprising Kick-Ass Performance & Roof Raising by an All Acoustic Trio Ever
Devil Makes 3, Mystic Theater, Petaluma, September 7, 2007
Still Rockin' After All These Years, Garage Rock Division
Little Steven, www.littlestevensundergroundgarage.com/
Kevin Smith's State Represents (Web Radio)
WFMU, www.WFMU.org/ssaudionet.shtml
Best Live Show of the Last Five Years
1st three songs by the Zombies, Raven Theater, Healdsburg, March 14, 2007
Contemporary Smarts from the Rock and Roll Museum (Web Radio)
KEXP, www.kexp.org/ondemand.asp
Name It Yourself Category
Alison Krauss & Robert Plant, Raising Sand
Best Deep Oldies (Web Radio)
Jimi Accardi, Mondays-2:00 pm to 4:00 pm, www.kvmr.org/webcast.html
2007 Month Long Obsession (tie)
Katie Cruel by Karen Dalton, Oxford American Southern Music CD #9
Rehab by Amy Winehouse
Best R&B and Soul Tutorial
Soul Sides by Oliver Wang (O-Dub), www.soul-sides.com