94-Year-Old Blues Legend Bob Stroger Wins Blues Artist of the Year, Best Bass Player, and Best Album

94-Year-Old Blues Legend Bob Stroger Wins Blues Artist of the Year, Best Bass Player, and Best Album
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"Bob Is Back!", a Delmark album by Bob Stroger & The Headcutters, is the winner of the Living Blues Magazine Awards! Bob also took home Blues Artist of the Year and Best Bass Player!
At 94, Bob Stroger is the oldest blues musician still actively touring, recording, and performing—and he's playing better than ever!

The Best Album award also marks the first time a South American blues band has achieved this distinction.
"Bob Is Back!" is Bob Stroger's second album as a leader for Delmark Records, the legendary Chicago label where he has appeared on more than 30 albums as a bassist. It is also his second collaboration with his favorite Brazilian partners, The Headcutters. Following the success of "That's My Name", their first Delmark album together, Bob, Joe, Ricardo, Leandro, and Catuto returned to the studio, this time joined by special guest pianist Ben Levin.

The result, "Bob Is Back!", is another outstanding collection of old-school blues that is sure to delight audiences around the world.
In recent years, Bob Stroger has received the Jus' Blues Music Award, won multiple Best Bass Player honors, including from the Blues Music Awards and the Living Blues Awards, received a Lifetime Tribute at the Chicago Blues Festival, and, in 2025, was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame.