2013 Blues Music Awards pictures, gallery 1

A huge crowd at the Memphis Cook Convention Center enjoyed the 34th Annual Blues Music Awards May 9, 2013. This gallery includes pictures of Victor Wainwright, Pinetop Perkins Keyboard Artist of the Year; Janiva Magness, Contemporary Blues Female Vocalist of the Year; The Royal Southern Brotherhood Band with Devon Allman and Cyril Neville, Harrison Kennedy, mandolin, and more. Thanks to Joe Powell of Blues for a Cause for his long-suffering help with the captions for these pictures.

Also see the 2013 Blues Music Awards Picture Gallery 2 and Gallery 3.

Read stories of the event at Corndancer dot-com and Weekly Grist for the Eyes and Mind.

 

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  Dorothy Moore opened the show with "Let the healing begin," followed by her classic "Misty Blue." When Dorothy Moore starts the show, you just know it's going to be good.
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  More of Moore with Jimmy Henderson on guitar.
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  Steve Suen, owner of the Biscuits Blues club in San Francisco presents the Pinetop Perkins Keyboard Artist of the Year Award to Victor Wainwright of Memphis. Local fans hit their feet when the accouncement was made.
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  Victor waves to his fans.
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  Later in the program, Victor proved to the audience that the award was well deserved.
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  More of the same.
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  Ditto.
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  Janiva Magness, winner of Contemporary Blues Female Artiist of the Year, and co-winner, with Dave Darling, of the Blues Song of the Year, "I won't cry."
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  More of Janiva.
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  Still more.
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  You guessed, one more of Janiva.
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  Harrison Kennedy plays his "mandolin on steroids," much to the delight of the audience.
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  Harrison Kennedy again.
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  Harrison makes a flourish after his final note.
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  Devon Allman, son of Greg Allman and guitarist and vocalist in the Royal Southern Brotherhood band. The band was the grand finale act for the awards.
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  Cyril Neville (of the brothers of the same name), the percussionist and vocalist for the Southern Royal Brotherhood.
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  Mike Zito, vocalist and guitarist for the Royal Southern Brotherhood.
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  Cyril Neville.
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  Devon and Cyril.
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  Devon,Cyril, Yonrico Scott, drummer; Mike Zito, and Charlie Wooten, bassist.
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  Charlie Wooten
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  Cyril.
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  The whole band.
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  Devon, Yonrico and Cyril.
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  Devon and Cyril.