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The W.C. Handy Awards - 01/01/00
The W.C. Handy Award, often called the "Blues GRAMMY,®" represents the highest award presented to blues performers and record labels by their peers and fans. REG's Howard Stovall, who served as executive producer for six Handy ceremonies, made the Handy Awards a television success both nationally and internationally, created the first Handy webcast in 1998, and supervised the most profitable Handy Awards ever in 2001. He also produced what most critics agree was the best Handy Awards ever in 2002, a show that featured the only reunion of the four surviving Sun Records blues artists (B. B. King, Ike Turner, Milton Campbell, and Rosco Gordon) and served as the centerpiece to Richard Pearce's film "The Road to Memphis," which was part of the PBS series "The Blues."
"Howard Stovall's creativity elevated the Blues Foundation's events to world-class status, taking ideas and developing them into world-class opportunities. He took the Handy Awards from a small event in a hotel ballroom and transformed it into an international theater event that is now seen on public television all over the country."
Kevin Kane, board chairman, The Blues Foundation
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