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1987 • 29th Annual GRAMMY Awards
Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 1985 and Aug 30, 1986
1987 Winner is Doc Watson with "Riding The Midnight Train"
Riding The Midnight Train
Nominees 1987
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20th Anniversary Concert (Album)
New Lost City Ramblers, Elizabeth Cotten, Pete Seeger, Highwood String Band
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Caught In The Act (Album)
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Hot Steppin' With Rockin' Sidney (Album)
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Waitin' For My Ya Ya
Winners
| Year | Winner | Nomination | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Carolina Chocolate Drops | Genuine Negro Jig | All Nominees |
| 2010 | Loudon Wainwright | High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project | All Nominees |
| 2009 | Pete Seeger | At 89 | All Nominees |
| 2008 | Levon Helm | Dirt Farmer | All Nominees |
| 2007 | Bruce Springsteen | We Shall Overcome - The Seeger Sessions | All Nominees |
| 2006 | Tim O'Brien | Fiddler's Green | All Nominees |
| 2005 | Various Artists | Beautiful Dreamer - The Songs Of Stephen Foster | All Nominees |
| 2004 | June Carter Cash | Wildwood Flower | All Nominees |
| 2003 | Doc Watson, David Holt | Legacy | All Nominees |
| 2002 | (Various Artists) | Down From The Mountain | All Nominees |
| 2001 | Dave Alvin | Public Domain - Songs From The Wild Land | All Nominees |
| 2000 | June Carter Cash | Press On | All Nominees |
| 1999 | The Chieftains | Long Journey Home | All Nominees |
| 1998 | Beausoleil | L'amour Ou La Folie | All Nominees |
| 1997 | Pete Seeger | Pete | All Nominees |
| 1996 | Ramblin' Jack Elliott | South Coast | All Nominees |
| 1995 | Bob Dylan | World Gone Wrong | All Nominees |
| 1994 | The Chieftains | The Celtic Harp | All Nominees |
| 1993 | The Chieftains | An Irish Evening - Live At The Grand Opera House, Belfast | All Nominees |
| 1992 | (Various Artists) | The Civil War - Original Soundtrack | All Nominees |
| 1991 | Doc Watson | On Praying Ground | All Nominees |
| 1990 | (Bulgarian State Female Vocal Choir) | Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares, Vol. II | All Nominees |
| 1989 | (Various Artists) | Folkways -- A Vision Shared: A Tribute To Woody Guthrie & Leadbelly | All Nominees |
| 1988 | Ladysmith Black Mambazo | Shaka Zulu | All Nominees |
| 1987 | Doc Watson | Riding The Midnight Train | All Nominees |
| 1986 | Rockin' Sidney | My Toot Toot | All Nominees |
| 1985 | Elizabeth Cotten | Elizabeth Cotten Live! | All Nominees |
| 1984 | Clifton Chenier | I'm Here | All Nominees |
| 1983 | Queen Ida | Queen Ida & The Bon Temps Zydeco Band On Tour | All Nominees |
| 1982 | B.B. King | There Must Be A Better World Somewhere | All Nominees |
| 1981 | (Various Artists) | Rare Blues | All Nominees |
| 1980 | Muddy Waters | Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live | All Nominees |
| 1979 | Muddy Waters | I'm Ready | All Nominees |
| 1978 | Muddy Waters | Hard Again | All Nominees |
| 1977 | John Hartford | Mark Twang | All Nominees |
| 1976 | Muddy Waters | The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album | All Nominees |
| 1975 | Merle Watson, Doc Watson | Two Days In November | All Nominees |
| 1974 | Doc Watson | Then And Now | All Nominees |
| 1973 | Muddy Waters | The London Muddy Waters Session | All Nominees |
| 1972 | Muddy Waters | They Call Me Muddy Waters | All Nominees |
| 1971 | T-Bone Walker | Good Feelin' | All Nominees |
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