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.
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Steve Miller at work.
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Steve Miller
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Steve Miller
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Steve Miller
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The Peter Parcek band.
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The Mannish Boys Band, from left: Frank Goldwasser, guitar; Randy Chortkoff, harmonica, and Willy J. Campbell, bass.
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Blues legend Buddy Guy played a long set and was accorded a standing ovation.
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Buddy Guy
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Buddy Guy
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Buddy Guy
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From left: Leonard Griffe, G. T. Albright, and Bob DiChiro are on their feet watching Buddy Guy.
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Smokin' Joe Kubeck and B'nois King, surrounded by camera men, photographers, and a sound engineer.
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Smokin' Joe Kubeck with tresses flailing in the breeze from a fan.
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Smokin' Joe Kubeck and B'nois King,
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The Arthur Adams band.
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The Arthur Adams band.
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The Arthur Adams band.
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My roommate. Also my wife.
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The Tad Robinson band.
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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.
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The Nighthawks.
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The Nighthawks.
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From left: Leonard Griffe, Karen Lovely, and G. T. Albright.
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From left: Karen Lovely, G. T. Albright, and Bob DiChiro
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Karen Lovely.
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The Matt Hill band, from left, Bob Margolin; drummer, Chuck Cotton, Matt Hill, and on bass, Preston Hubbard.
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The Matt Hill band again.