2022 BMA nomination for BEST CONTEMPORARY BLUES ARTIST

2019 Blues Music Awards – Contemporary Blues Male Artist

2017 Grammy Nomination Best Contemporary Blues Album (Bloodline)

2017 Blues Music Awards—Contemporary Blues Male Artist (Bloodline)

2017 Blues Music Awards— Contemporary Blues Album (Bloodline)

2017 San Francisco Housing Development Corporation(SFHDC)- Celebrating 29 Years of Building Homes & Hope – Arts and Cultural Icon Award

2016 Baton Rouge Blues Foundation— Red Stick Blues Award

2016 Pennsylvania Blues Festival— Life Time Achievement Award

2015 Jus’ Blues Awards ‘Bobby Rush Blues Entertainer Award

2013 Baton Rouge Blues Foundation – Blues Honoree

2013 Music Ambassador Award ‘Lt. Governor Jay Dardenne

2011 Inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame

2011 Jus’ Blues Music Foundation Contemporary/Traditional Blues Song Of The Year Hooked on Your Love

2011 Critic’s Poll Living Blues Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album of the Year.

2009 Monterey Bay Blues (M.O.B.B.A.Y.) Artist of the Year

2009 BMA (Blues Music Award) Song of the Year, “Let Life Flow”

2009 West Coast Blues Hall of Fame Awards for Blues CD of the Year “Let Life Flow” and “Blues Band of the Year”

2009 Blueswax Album of the Year “Let Life Flow”

2009 Jus’ Blues Awards Traditional Blues Song – Male – “Let Life Flow”

2009 Grammy entries for Grammy Nominations in 4 catagories

2008 Blues Critic Awards 2008 Readers Poll, Kenny won Blues Album of the Year “Let Life Flow” and also Contemporary Blues “Artist of the Year”

2008 Jus’ Blues Awards “Junior Wells Harp Award”

Hometown Video Awards 2008 Winner, Entertainment Talk Show “NEAL’S PLACE”

W.A.V.E. Award 2007, Talk Show-Entertainment/Pro, “NEAL’S PLACE”

2005 W.C. Handy Blues Awards – Acoustic Blues Album – “Double Take”

2005 Official Statement to Kenny Neal, by the Governor of LA.

2003 Slim Harpo Award in Baton Rouge

1999 Grammy Nomination for Tribute to Howlin’ Wolf “Best Traditional Blues Album”

1994 Theatre World Award “Outstanding New Talent” on Broadway

1993 Washington, D.C., USIA Certificate of Appreciation for representing 

the U.S. with Kenny Neal’s Blues Band for tour in Africa

1989 Big Bill Broonzy Award in Paris

1989 JD Miller Award “Outstanding Performance”