BEST BLUES DRUMMER OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNER

Kenny Beedy Eyes Smith won the best blues drummer of the year award. Kenny Smith was born into blues. He grew up in the same house where the famous Muddy Waters once lived in Chicago, the home of the blues. Kenny was surrounded by well-known blues musicians throughout his childhood, including his father, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith (1936-2011). These same blues icons helped mold him into the person and drummer he is today and later in life asked him to provide his famous backbeat on some of the biggest and most esteemed stages and recordings in the world.

Kenny Smith has a reputation for being an excellent all-around musician and performer, and spent several hours in recording sessions working every day with a wide range of distinguished artists, and is credited on numerous music albums with some of the top blues artists and legends in the world. Several music labels on which Kenny has to perform are very impressed by his authentic and modern versatile drumming skills. He brings new and innovative ways of drumming to the forefront while keeping the blues traditions alive.