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:
- Entertainer: MonkeyJunk
- Electric Act: MonkeyJunk
- Acoustic Act: Dawn Tyler Watson & Paul Deslauriers
- Male Vocalist: Jim Byrnes
- Female Vocalist: Angel Forrest
- New Artist Or Group: Mackenzie Blues Band
- Recording: All Frequencies by MonkeyJunk
- Blues With A Feeling (Lifetime Achievement): Bob Walsh
- BB King International Artist: Tedeschi Trucks Band
- Guitar Player: Paul Deslauriers
- Harmonica Player: Steve Marriner (MonkeyJunk)
- Piano/Keyboard Player: Lance Anderson
- Horn Player: Chris Whiteley
- Drummer: Tom Bona (Soulstack)
- Bassist: Gary Kendall (Downchild, Mighty Duck Blues Band)
- Songwriter: MonkeyJunk
- Blues Booster: The Tim Hortons Southside Shuffle
Links: Maple Blues Awards, More About the Maple Blues Awards
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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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