2016 East Coast Music Awards Blues Album Of The Year Chin Up - Winner!

2015 Maple Blues Awards Album/Producer Of The Year Chin Up – Nominee
2015 Maple Blues Awards Songwriter Of The Year Chin Up – Nominee
2015 Maple Blues Awards Guitarist Of The Year – Nominee

2012 Blues Record Of The Year – Celtic Blues – Winner! Music Nova Scotia
2012 Blues Record Of The Year – Celtic Blues – Nominee East Coast Music Awards

2011 Blues Record Of The Year – Good To Go – Nominee East Coast Music Awards

2010 Entertainer Of The Year – Nominee Music Nova Scotia
2010 Blues Recording Of The Year – Nominee Music Nova Scotia
2010 Musician Of The Year – Nominee Music Nova Scotia

2007 Blues Record Of The Year East Coast Music Awards
2007 Guitarist Of The Year – Nominee Maple Blues Awards
2007 Electric Act Of The Year – Nominee Maple Blues Awards

2004 Slide Guitarist Of The Year Real Blues Awards

2003 Guitarist Of The Year – Nominee Maple Blues Awards

2002 Blues Artist of the Year - Nominee East Coast Music Awards

2001 Canadian Blues Slide Guitarist of the Year Real Blues Awards

1999 Dutch Mason Award MVP Award, Harvest Jazz & Blues
1999 Blues Artist of the Year East Coast Music Awards
1999 Canadian Blues Slide Guitarist of the Year Real Blues Awards
1999 Canadian Blues Debut Album of the Year Real Blues Awards

1998 SOCAN Songwriter of the Year – Nominee Maple Blues Awards
1998 Blues Guitarist of the Year – Nominee Maple Blues Awards

1994 Male Artist of the Year – Nominee East Coast Music Awards
1994 Album of the Year – Nominee East Coast Music Awards

1992 Unsigned Artist of the Year - Winner East Coast Music Awards