Blues Music Awards Pictures-2, May 5, 2011
This gallery is the second of three collections of pictures from the 2011 Blues Music Awards event in Memphis TN, May 5, 2011. See Gallery-1 and Gallery-3. The program started at about 7:00 p.m. and ran until nearly 2:00 a.m. See the stories that go with these pictures at Corndancer.com and Weekly Grist for the Eyes and Mind. See additional Blues galleries , Blues in the Night and Ear Candy in Memphis, from the Memphis Blues Society Jam Sessions and Battle of the Bands.

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The Matt HIll Band, from left, Bob Margolin, guitar and vocals, Matt Hill guitar and vocals, and on bass, The Matt Hill band, from left, Bob Margolin; drummer, Chuck Cotton, Matt Hill, and on bass, Preston Hubbard.
Bob Margolin.
Bob Margolin.
Preston Hubbard.
Janiva Magness.
Janiva Magness.
Janiva Magness.
Janiva Magness.
Magic Slim
Magic Slim and the Teardrops.
A great drummer whose name we are seeking.
Eugene "Hideaway" Bridges and and a bass player whose name we are seeking. Eugene's guitar is autographed by B.B. King.
Eugene "Hideaway" Bridges and and a bass player and drummer whose names we are seeking.
Sonny Rhodes, lap slide guitar and his bass player.
From left: Smokin' Joe Kubeck and B'nois King.
Tad Robinson and bass player.
Guitarist from The Nighthawks band.
Michael Leasure, Walter Trout band drummer.
Michael Leasure, drummer and Rick Knapp, bass player from the Walter Trout band.
Drummer, Michael Leasure and guitarist, band leader Walter Trout band, and Rick Knapp, bass.
This slide show will run automatically. There are 20 Blues Music Awards pictures in the gallery.