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The '''Alabama Blues Hall of Fame''' is a local chapter of the '''Blues Hall of Fame''', a website founded in [[1999]] by Dan Marolt of San Francisco, California to honor blues musicians with an online "eMuseum" and various induction events hosted by local "blues ambassadors" at clubs around the world.
The '''Alabama Blues Hall of Fame''' is a local chapter of the '''Blues Hall of Fame''', a website founded in [[1999]] by Dan Marolt of San Francisco, California to honor blues musicians with an online "eMuseum" and various induction events hosted by local "blues ambassadors" at clubs around the world. The [[Magic City Blues Society]] has sponsored such events locally.


The program is a operated under a fiscal sponsorship basis with the Virginia-based non-profit "United Charitable". It is not affiliated with the Memphis, Tennessee-based non-profit Blues Foundation, which operates a brick-and-mortar Blues Hall of Fame Museum.
The program is a operated under a fiscal sponsorship basis with the Virginia-based non-profit "United Charitable". It is not affiliated with the Memphis, Tennessee-based non-profit Blues Foundation, which operates a brick-and-mortar Blues Hall of Fame Museum.


The Alabama Blues Hall of Fame held its 2023 and 2024 induction ceremonies, hosted by [[Jim Newport]], at [[Carmichael's Night Club]] in the [[Westgate Shopping Center]] in [[Thomas neighborhood|Thomas]].
==Induction ceremonies==
* [[October 20]], [[2009]], hosted by [[Jim Newport]] and [[Dave Gallaher|Microwave Dave Gallaher]]
** inductees: [[Dave Gallaher|Microwave Dave Gallaher]]
* [[November 29]], [[2012]]:
** inductees: [[SharBaby]], [[Gip's Place]]
* [[September 14]], [[2014]] at [[Henderson's]] in [[Midfield]], hosted by [[Jim Newport|Jim]] and [[SharBaby Newport]] with [[Johnnie Nathan]].
** inductees: [[Curtis Files]], [[G. B. Burt]], [[Rick Asherson]], [[Roger Stephenson]], [[Eddie Kirkland]], [[George Conner]], [[Jerry McCain]], [[Jim Newport]], [[Johnny Shines]], [[Carroline Shines]], [[Willie King]], [[B. J. Miller]], [[Bluesman Davis|Clarence "Bluesman" Davis]], [[Earl Williams]], [[Elnora Spencer]], [[Johnnie Nathan]], [[Lee Brown]], [[Debbie Bond]], [[Ernest Sykes]], [[Carol Zippert]], [[DeGina Robinson]], [[Rosco Robinson]], [[Leon Atkins]], [[Terry Bean]], [[Henderson's]]
* [[October 15]], [[2016]] at the [[John Drish residence]] in [[Tuscaloosa]], hosted by [[Jim Newport]]
** inductees: [[Louie Blue]], [[Tommy Carter]], [[Keithen Ruff]], [[Rickey Streeter]], [[Willie James]], [[Rickie Castrillo]], [[Willie Chavers]], [[Maurice Jones Jr]], [[Russell Gulley]], [[Mack Davis Jr]], [[Art Grayson]], [[Charles Cotton]], [[Willie Carter]], [[Bruce Andews]], [[Gip Gipson]], [[Greg Holt]]
* [[September 23]], [[2016]] at the [[John Drish residence]] in [[Tuscaloosa]], hosted by [[Jim Newport]]
** inductees: [[Mac Arnold]], [[Sam Frazier Jr]], [[Tony Coleman]], [[John Palmore]], [[Maxwell Russell]], [[Ardie Dean]], [[Slim Barnes]], [[Jessie Suttle]], [[Lee Charles Mitchell]], [[Kapo Slim Mitchell]], [[Anthony Edgar]], [[Howard Percy]], [[James Wayne]], [[Mose Stovall]], [[John Bull]], [[Johnnie Nathan]], [[Courtland Jones]], [[Rob Harris]], [[Gary Richardson]]
* [[April 29]], [[2018]] at the [[Perfect Place Event Center]] in the [[Crestwood Festival Center]], hosted by [[Jim Newport]]
** inductees: [[Candi Staton]], [[David Sea]], [[Theodis Ealey]], [[Bill Avery]], [[Sir Charles Jones]], [[Chris Simmons]], [[Sugar Harp]], [[Sputnik Shepard]], [[Charles Burroughs]], [[DieDra]], [[Aretta Woodruff]], [[Ivory Joe Douglas]], [[Clarence Lewis]], [[Good Rockin Sam]], [[Dennis Edwards]], [[PooNanny]], [[John Ray|John "Papa Rocks" Ray]], [[Don Mosley]], [[Shelly Stewart]], [[Curtis Bell]]
* [[July 14]], [[2019]] at [[Carmichael's Night Club]] in the [[Westgate Shopping Center]], hosted by [[Jim Newport]]
** inductees: [[Beverly Watkins]], [[Bob Steele]], [[Tim Boykin]], [[Michael Carpenter]], [[Henry Main]], [[Johnnie Baldwin Jr]], [[Scott Percer]], [[Roadhouse Blues Band]], [[Lenny Williams]], [[Bennie Lee Deer]], [[General Dowdell]], [[Ron Donald]], [[Dee Bradley]], [[Willie Frank Hightower]], [[Leon McMullen]], [[Derrick Smiley]], [[Leonard Todd]], [[Gary Harbison]], [[Royal Joiner]], [[Eddie Sawyer]], [[Jerry Henry]], [[Jock Webb]], [[Elaine Hudson]], [[Carmichael's Night Club|Carmichael's Blues Club]], [[Ravon Carmichael]]
* [[April 30]], [[2023]] at [[Carmichael's Night Club]] in the [[Westgate Shopping Center]], hosted by [[Jim Newport]]
** inductees: [[Roosevelt Williams]], [[David Lee Mitchell]], [[Rojene Bailey]], [[Willie James Martin]], [[Evangeline Wallace Blues Lounge]], [[Jerry Mason]], [[Jerry Dallas]], [[Henry Green Sr]], [[Johnnie Cox]], [[Ray Hangen]], [[Tarious Hill]], [[Joseph Todd Simpson]], [[Howard Acoff Jr]], [[Larry McGill]], [[Ra'Shad the Blues Kid]], [[Marcus Lee]], [[Bridget Kelly Band]], [[Eddie Stovall Jr]], [[Anthony Skyler Saufley]], [[Erroll Woodward]], [[Lee O. Parker]], [[Dave Crenshaw]], [[Peter O'Hare]], [[Automatic Slim Blues Band]], [[Keith Johnson]], [[Sandra Jean Foster]], [[Charlz Wilson]], [[Al Lauro]], [[T. J. Hooker Taylor]], [[Lauren Sassy Brown]], [[Emanuel Blackmon]], [[Danny Williams]], [[Michael Watts]], [[Ed Meredith]], [[Heath Brown]]
 


==References==
==References==
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* L'Hommedieu, Richard (May 26, 2014) "[https://www.makingascene.org/battle-blues-hall-fames/ Battle of the Blues Hall of Fames]" [sic] ''Making A Scene''
* L'Hommedieu, Richard (May 26, 2014) "[https://www.makingascene.org/battle-blues-hall-fames/ Battle of the Blues Hall of Fames]" [sic] ''Making A Scene''


[[Category: Alabama Blues Hall of Fame]]
==External links==
* [http://www.blueshalloffame.com/Local_Blues_Talent/Local_Blues_Talent_of_Alabama.html Alabama, Blues Hall of Fame] [sic] at blueshalloffame.com
 
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[[Category: 1999 establishments]]

Latest revision as of 16:48, 2 April 2024

The Alabama Blues Hall of Fame is a local chapter of the Blues Hall of Fame, a website founded in 1999 by Dan Marolt of San Francisco, California to honor blues musicians with an online "eMuseum" and various induction events hosted by local "blues ambassadors" at clubs around the world. The Magic City Blues Society has sponsored such events locally.

The program is a operated under a fiscal sponsorship basis with the Virginia-based non-profit "United Charitable". It is not affiliated with the Memphis, Tennessee-based non-profit Blues Foundation, which operates a brick-and-mortar Blues Hall of Fame Museum.

Induction ceremonies


References

External links