March 2002
Winners of the 17th annual Premier Players Awards (the Memphis Grammys) will be announced March 28, 2002 at the Orpheum Theater. Sponsored by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, this year's awards salute the 50th anniversary of Sun Records. View the rest of the story...

Mike Gallo Returns... Premier Player Awards Waylon Jennings: 1937-2002 Gibson Guitars in Memphis 2002 Handy Nominations Announced Tad Pierson - Road Ethnographer Big Joe Williams - Absolutely the Best Tony Joe White - Doing It His Way Tommy Castro, A Dream Come True WEVL cooks up another Blues on the Bluff James Montgomery leads blues into the 21st Century 24th Annual Elvis Week One Look at Bluesman Rod Piazza Black Repertory Theater Interprets "White Music" Late John Lee Hooker leaves immortal legacy Biography of early Elvis sideman Scotty Moore refreshing Little Milton travels the world BluesAid comes to Memphis John Kay's American Dream Tupelo Honors "Most Famous Son" with Festival

February 2002 Bill Coday - Love Gangsta Sonny Landreth - Levee Town Dick Heckstall-Smith and Friends - Blues and Beyond January 2002 Jimmie Vaughan - Do You Get The Blues? Shawn Pittman - Full Circle Nick Talevski - Tombstone Blues - The Encyclopedia of Rock Obituaries Amsco Publications - Bob Dylan Complete Songbook December 2001 Various Artists - Rhythm Room Blues Anthony Paule - Hiding in Plain Sight Mississippi Fred McDowell - "I do not play no rock'n' roll" November 2001 Willie Dixon - Mr. Dixon's Workshop Keith Sykes - Don't Count Us Out Larry Davis - Funny Stuff Eric Burdon & WAR - Eric Burdon Declares WAR