I’m pleased to have heard that the American hardback edition of Hand Me My Travelin’ Shoes has been nominated as a finalist for this year’s Association for Recorded Sound Collections Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research, in the category Best Historical Research in Blues / Gospel / Hip-hop / R&B.
Though there are only four other finalists in this category, and it’s an honour to be alongside them, I fear I’m unlikely to win, given that three of the others are blues-research heavyweight Steven Calt; associate director of the Center for the Study of the American South, former chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, author and documentary film-maker William Ferris; and the great pioneering blues scholar Paul Oliver.
I see that in the category Best Research in Recorded Rock and Pop Music one of the nominated finalists is our old friend Clinton Heylin. He’s up against 12 other contenders.
Winners will be announced in August 2010 and awards presented at a ceremony in May 2011 during ARSC’s annual conference.
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McTELL BOOK UP FOR AN AMERICAN AWARD
