National Heritage Fellowship

The National Heritage Fellowship is an award that is awarded by the U.S. " National Endowment for the Arts " to persons who have rendered outstanding services to the traditional arts. Similar to the Japanese "Living Treasure" award is the " Fellowship " in the USA 's highest honor, which is awarded for services to the folk art or traditional arts, and each of the winners may be granted only once. " Fellows " must be U.S. citizens or at least reside permanently in the United States.

The program began in 1982. Since then, in a ceremony held once a year in the White House in Washington, DC " Fellowships " awarded to between ten and fifteen artists or groups of artists.

Recipients of this award were next to Indian basket weavers, African-American blues musicians, traditional Fiddlespielern, Mexican-American accordion players representatives of all other traditional arts of all ethnic groups.

" Fellows "

(Only bluesmen; complete list, see National Heritage Fellowship. )

2006

  • Henry Gray, blues piano player, singer, Baton Rouge, LA
  • Mavis Staples, gospel, rhythm and blues singer Chicago, IL

2004

  • Koko Taylor, blues musician, Country Club Hills, IL

2002

  • David " Honeyboy " Edwards, blues guitarist / singer, Chicago, IL

2001

  • Wilson " Boozoo " Chavis, Creole Zdeco Accordionist, Lake Charles, LA

2000

  • Joe Willie " Pinetop " Perkins, blues piano player, La Porte, Indiana
  • Chris Strachwitz, Record Producer and Label Founder, El Cerrito, California

1998

  • Roebuck " Pops " Staples, African-American gospel / blues musician, Dolton, IL

1997

  • Charles Brown, blues pianist & composer, Berkeley, CA

1996

  • John Mealing & Cornelius Wright, Jr., African-American Railroad Work Song Singers, Birmingham, AL

1995

  • Robert Jr. Lockwood, African-American Delta blues guitarist, Cleveland, OH

1994

  • Elder Roma Wilson, African-American Harmonica Player, Blue Springs, MS

1993

  • Jack Owens, Blues Singer / Guitarist, Bentonia, MS

1992

1991

  • Etta Baker, African-American Guitarist, Morgantown, NC
  • Riley " B.B. " King, African-American bluesman, Itta Bena, MS / Las Vegas, NV

1990

  • Howard Armstrong, African-American String Band Musician, Detroit, MI

1989

  • John Cephas, Piedmont Blues Guitarist / Singer, Woodford, VA

1988

  • John Dee Holeman, African-American Dancer / Musician / Singer, Durham, NC
  • Albert " Sunnyland Slim" Luandrew, African-American blues pianist / singer, Chicago, IL

1987

  • Alex Moore, Sr., African-American blues pianist, Dallas, TX

1986

  • Alfonse " Bois Sec" Ardoin, African-American Creole Accordionist, Eunice, LA
  • Canray Fontenot, African-American Creole Fiddler, Welsh, LA
  • John Jackson, African-American Songster / Guitarist, Fairfax Station, VA

1985

  • Henry Townsend, Blues Musician / Songwriter, St. Louis, MO

1984

1983

1982

  • Brownie McGhee, Blues Guitarist, Oakland, CA
  • Sanders " Sonny " Terry, Blues Musician, Holliswood, NY
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