Tuesday, January 21, 2014

2014 Maple Blues Award Winners

http://www.mapleblues.ca/
 
Drummer Tom Bona of Kitchener's Soulstack and Downchild bassist Gary Kendall (who is also part of St. Catharines' Mighty Duck Blues Band) were among the winners of the 2014 Maple Blues Awards.  Congratulations guys!  The hardware was dished out on January 20, 2014 in Toronto.



Links: SoulStack, More Soulstack Stories, Video above courtesy of Jon Knight



Links: Gary Kendal, More Downchild Stories, Video above courtesy of Garmalken

The big winners of the night were Ottawa's MonkeyJunk, who took home five awards. Montreal musician Paul Deslauriers won two.



Links: MonkeyJunk, More MonkeyJunk Stories, Video above courtesy of Blues is Feeling

Below is a complete list of winners:
Blast from the Past: 2013 Maple Blues Award Winners

Links: Maple Blues Awards, More About the Maple Blues Awards

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1 comment:

  1. No disrespect to the winners, but the fact that Harrison Kennedy has never won a Maple Blues award completely discredits this program in my opinion. Canada's elder statesman of the blues deserves better, and has more than earned it.

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