John Primer was just nominated for 3 Blues Music Awards by the National Blues Foundation for Traditional Blues Artist, Traditional Blues Album and Album of The Year for his Hard Times album. He was given two Lifetime Achievement Awards in 2013 for Keeping the Blues Alive from the Pennsylvania Blues Society as well as from the Mississippi Valley Blues Society, he has been nominated for two Grammy Awards by the Recording Academy in 2010 & 2016 for Best Traditional Blues Album of the Year, and won Traditional Blues Artist of the Year this year – 2021 and in 2016 as well as more than 15 nominations year after year by the Blues Foundation’s Blues Music Awards for the Best Traditional Blues Artist of the Year as well as Best Traditional Blues Album of the Year. John just won the Living Blues Magazine award for Best Traditional Blues Album with Bob Corritore. John is one of the last Legendary Traditional Blues Musicians alive today with his roots in Mississippi. He is a living legend and a true master of the blues!
