Blues Music Awards Pictures-3, May 5, 2011
This gallery is the third in a collection of pictures from the 2011 Blues Music Awards event in Memphis TN, May 5, 2011. The program started at about 7:00 p.m. and ran until nearly 2:00 a.m. Click for See the other galleries. Gallery-1 and Gallery-2. See the stories that go with these pictures at Corndancer.com and Weekly Grist for the Eyes and Mind. See more blues galleries: Ear Candy in Memphis and Blues in the Night, shot from the Memphis Blues Society jam sessions and competition.

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Steve Miller and the Steve Miller Band, the opening act of the event.
Steve Miller at work.
Steve Miller
Steve Miller
Steve Miller
The Peter Parcek band.
The Mannish Boys Band, from left: Frank Goldwasser, guitar; Randy Chortkoff, harmonica, and Willy J. Campbell, bass.
Blues legend Buddy Guy played a long set and was accorded a standing ovation.
Buddy Guy
Buddy Guy
Buddy Guy
From left: Leonard Griffe, G. T. Albright, and Bob DiChiro are on their feet watching Buddy Guy.
Smokin' Joe Kubeck and B'nois King, surrounded by camera men, photographers, and a sound engineer.
Smokin' Joe Kubeck with tresses flailing in the breeze from a fan.
Smokin' Joe Kubeck and B'nois King,
The Arthur Adams band.
The Arthur Adams band.
The Arthur Adams band.
My roommate. Also my wife.
The Tad Robinson band.
The Nighthawks whose alblum, Last Train to Bluesville won the Acoustic Album of the Year award. Last Train to Bluesville. From left, Johnny Castle, bass and vocals; Paul Bell, guitar and vocals; Mark Stutso, drums, and Mark Wenner, harmonica and vocals.
The Nighthawks.
The Nighthawks.
From left: Leonard Griffe, Karen Lovely, and G. T. Albright.
From left: Karen Lovely, G. T. Albright, and Bob DiChiro
Karen Lovely.
The Matt Hill band, from left, Bob Margolin; drummer, Chuck Cotton, Matt Hill, and on bass, Preston Hubbard.
The Matt Hill band again.