Fred James - Music Man (2016)

Fred has five Grammy Award nominations for songs he wrote on albums nominated in the "Best Traditional Blues Album" or "Best Contemporary Blues Album" category.
Fred was nominated for a Nashville Music Award in the "Best Producer" category. He also won a Nashville Music Award for producing the "Outstanding Blues Album".

Fred has three W.C. Handy Award nominations. One in the "Best Blues Song" category (for his composition "Full Moon On Main Street") and two for producing albums nominated for the "Best Comeback Album" category.

Fred has won the Canadian Real Blues award twice (2003 and 2004) in the catagory of "Blues Crusader" for furthering Blues music in the recording industry.