Artist

Charlie Musselwhite

Wins

1

Nominations

16

Category

American Roots Music Music Video/Film

Biography

"To me, the harmonica is like a voice."

  • Born Jan. 31, 1944, in Kosciusko, Miss.
     
  • Mississippi-born Musselwhite came to prominence as a harmonica player on the Chicago blues scene in the '60s. He released his debut album, Stand Back! Here Comes Charley Musselwhite's Southside Band, in 1967. He charted on Billboard's Blues album chart for the first time in 1999 when Continental Drifter reached No. 15.
     
  • Musselwhite earned his first GRAMMY win for Best Blues Album for 2013 for Get Up! with Ben Harper.
     
  • In the 1998 musical comedy film, Blues Brothers 2000, Musselwhite starred as a member of the  Louisiana Gator Boys along with musicians such as B.B. King, Eric Clapton, Bo Diddley, Dr. John, Lou Rawls, Paul Shaffer, and Steve Winwood, among others.

All Grammy Awards and Nominations for Charlie Musselwhite

  • Best Traditional Blues Album

    Look Out Highway. Charlie Musselwhite

  • Best Traditional Blues Album

    Mississippi Son. Charlie Musselwhite

  • Best Traditional Blues Album

    100 Years Of Blues. Elvin Bishop, Charlie Musselwhite

  • Best Traditional Blues Album

    No Mercy In This Land. Ben Harper, Charlie Musselwhite

  • Best Blues Album

    Juke Joint Chapel. Charlie Musselwhite

  • Best Blues Album

    Remembering Little Walter. Billy Boy Arnold, Charlie Musselwhite, Mark Hummel, Sugar Ray Norcia, James Harman

  • Best Blues Album

    Get Up!. Ben Harper, Charlie Musselwhite

  • Best Music Film

    I'm In I'm Out And I'm Gone: The Making Of Get Up!. Ben Harper, Charlie Musselwhite

  • Best Traditional Blues Album

    The Well. Charlie Musselwhite

  • Best Contemporary Blues Album

    Sanctuary. Charlie Musselwhite

  • Best Contemporary Blues Album

    One Night In America. Charlie Musselwhite

  • Best Traditional Blues Album

    Superharps (Album). James Cotton, William E. 'Billy' Branch, Charlie Musselwhite, Sugar Ray Norcia

  • Best Contemporary Blues Album

    Continental Drifter (Album). Charlie Musselwhite

  • Best Traditional Blues Album

    Rough News (Album). Charlie Musselwhite

  • Best Traditional Blues Album

    In My Time (Album). Charlie Musselwhite

  • Best Contemporary Blues Album

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