“I wanted to go back and do some vocals over again. There was something I wanted to do that I forgot to do," she said. "And Willie Mitchell said, ‘You’re not going to touch this Denise. This is a smash. This is perfect. Leave it alone.’ He said, ‘I’m not going to record anything over. If you want somebody else to cut it you’ve got to go to another studio. You can’t do it here. I said, ‘If this man thinks that much of this tune I’m going to take his word for it and leave it alone.’”

The 2011 Blues Music Awards featured a total of 26 categories. Other major winners included John Hammond for Acoustic Artist of the Year; The Nighthawks for Acoustic Album of the Year - “Last Train To Bluesville”; Matt Hill for Best New Artist Debut; Charlie Musselwhite for Traditional Blues - Male Artist of the Year and Best Instrumentalist - Harmonica; Ruthie Foster for Traditional Blues - Female Artist of the Year; and the Derek Trucks Band for Band of the Year. Posthumous honors went to Solomon Burke, Pinetop Perkins and Robin Rogers.

For a complete list of winners visit

The Blues Foundation

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