Kentuckiana Blues Society history & Awards
Louisville and the surrounding area has a rich history of blues music.
Since 1988, The Kentuckiana Blues Society has been dedicated to the preservation, promotion and perpetuation of the blues tradition in all of its forms. To further this mission, KBS honors a member of our blues community every year with the Sylvester Weaver Award. We also present the KBS Blues Challenge, in which bands compete for a chance to represent us at the annual International Blues Challenge in Memphis. In addition, KBS is proud to sponsor a Blues in the Schools program to perpetuate the blues by engaging and educating our youth. To see some of the many other ways we have worked to preserve, promote and perpetuate the blues, click here to view our KBS Blues News archive. https://bit.ly/KBSBlues_Newsletters
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Sylvester Weaver Award Winners
1989
Henry Woodruff
1990
Jim Rosen
1991
Foree Wells
1992
Pen Bogert
1993
Winston Hardy
1994
Perry Aberli
1995
Fred Murphy
1996
Mary Ann Fisher
1997
Smoketown Red (Junie Downs)
1998
Joey Lamont Gillispie
1999
Tanita Gaines
2000
Rocky Adcock
2001
Scott Mullins
2002
Mark Stein
2003
Sue O'Neil
2004
Keith Clements
2005
John Burgard
2006
da Mudcats
Mike Lynch, Gene Wickliffe, Rob Pickett
2007
Sonny Sitgraves
2008
Joe DeBow
2009
Jim Masterson
2010
2010
Robbie Bartlett
2011
2010
2011
Jimmy Brown
2012
2010
2011
Howard Rosenberg
2013
Byron Davies
2014
Mark "Big Poppa" Stampley
2015
Natalie Carter
2016
Mike Suttles
2017
Gary Sampson
2018
James Warfield
2019
Jason Lockwood
2020
Bruce Lively
2021
Rusty Ends
2022
Cort Duggins
2023
2023
Bill Dean
Blues in The Schools
KBS has proudly been involved with Blues in the Schools for many years. It is important to continue the blues tradition, and what a better way than going directly to area children with lessons in blues music history and performance.
TICKET GIVEAWAY! Win 2 tickets to see Shemekia Copeland at Headliners Music Hall Friday June 13th with special guest Sweet Lady! To enter, just send an email with your full name and contact information prior to midnight on May 31st to john@kbsblues.org.
Drawing will be held Sunday June 1st. Not a member? Not a problem...join right here on our website!