2009 Mechy Awards: Blues Album of the Year

The Nominees:

• Alvin Jett & The Phat Noize Band - Honey Bowl
• Damon Fowler - Sugar Shack
• Guy Davis - Sweetheart Like You
• Jorma Koukonen - River of Time
• Otis Taylor - Pentatonic Wars and Love Songs
• Shemekia Copeland - Never Going Back

And the winner is...

Alvin Jett & The Phat Noize Band - Honey Bowl

When a genre has been around for more than a century, the only thing you can really do to be innovative in that genre is go the fusion route. Alvin Jett managed to incorporate various other genres while still staying close to the roots of blues, resulting in not only the best blue album of the year, but also the best of the decade.