Awards
- 1984 Hamilton Arts Award
- 1986 The Jackie Washington Award: Northern Lights Festival Boreal (NLFB), Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
- 1991 Lifetime Achievement Award, Ontario Arts Council
- 1995 inducted into the Gallery of Distinction, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- 1998 Blues With A Feeling Award: Maple Blues Awards (The Toronto Blues Society's Lifetime Achievement Award)
- 2001 Estelle Klein Lifetime Achievement Award, Ontario Council of Folk Festivals
- 2002 inducted into the Canadian Jazz & Blues Hall of Fame
- 2003 honorary Doctorate in Humanities, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
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