The 2002 W. C. Handy Award winners (complete list):
Acoustic album of the year: "Wicked Grin," John Hammond (Pointblank/Virgin)
Acoustic artist of the year: Keb' Mo'
Band of the year: Rod Piazza & the Mighty Flyers
Best new artist of the year: Otis Taylor
Blues album of the year: Presumed Innocent, Marcia Ball (Alligator)
Comeback album of the year: Here and Now, Ike Turner (Ikon)
Contemporary album of the year: Sweet Tea, Buddy Guy (Silvertone)
Contemporary female artist of the year: Shemekia Copeland
Contemporary male artist of the year: Buddy Guy
Entertainer of the year: B.B. King
Historical blues album of the year: Fathers and Sons, Muddy Waters (MCA)
Instrumentalist of the year – bass: Willie Kent
Instrumentalist of the year – drums: Willie "Big Eyes" Smith
Instrumentalist of the year – guitar: Buddy Guy
Instrumentalist of the year – harmonica: Charlie Musselwhite
Instrumentalist of the year – horns: Roomful Of Blues
Instrumentalist of the year – keyboards: Pinetop Perkins
Instrumentalist of the year – other: Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (fiddle)
Song of the Year: Charlie's Old Highway 51 Blues, Charlie Musselwhite (from Kid Ramos' Greasy Kid Stuff, (Evidence)
Soul blues album of the year: Feel It, Little Milton (Malaco)
Soul blues female artist of the year: Etta James
Soul blues male artist of the year: Little Milton
Traditional album of the year: Burnside on Burnside, R.L. Burnside (Epitaph)
Traditional female artist of the year: Koko Taylor
Traditional male artist of the year: R.L. Burnside
