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, Sugar Ray Norcia, Charlie Musselwhite, James Harman, Mark Hummel

  • Best Blues Album Winner

    Get Up!

    Ben Harper, Bill Mims, Chris Goldsmith, Charlie Musselwhite, Sheldon Gomberg, Jason Gossman, Jesse Ingalls, Jason Mozersky, Jordan Richardson, Erich Talaba

  • Best Music Film

    I'm In I'm Out And I'm Gone: The Making Of Get Up!

    Danny Clinch, 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)

    William E. 'Billy' Branch, Sugar Ray Norcia, James Cotton, Charlie Musselwhite

  • 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

    Signature (Album)

    Charlie Musselwhite

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