2013 Blues Music Awards pictures, gallery 2
Memphis Cook Convention Center rocked until the wee-small hours during the 34th Annual Blues Music Awards May 9, 2013. The Blues Music Award pictures in this gallery show you the action. Blues artists in the pictures include: The Mannish Boys Band, Eric Bibb, Acoustic Artist of the Year, Mud Morganfield, Bob Margolin, Curtis Salgada, Diuuna Greenfield, and more. My thanks to Joe Powell of Blues for a Cause who very patiently looked over my shoulder and made sure the names in the captions were correct.
Also see the 2013 Blues Music Awards Picture Gallery 1 and Gallery 3.
Read stories of the event at Corndancer dot-com and Weekly Grist for the Eyes and Mind.
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The Mannish Boys winners of the Traditional Blues Album of the Year Award for "Double Dynamite." The lead singer in the foregroud is Sugaray Rayford.
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Sugaray Rayford.
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The Mannish Boys Band. From left: Frank Goldwasser, guitar; Randy Chortkoff, harp; Jimmi Bott, drummer; "Sugaray;" Willie J. Campbell, bass; Kevin Selfe, guitar.
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Milton Hopkins, guitarist. He's been around a while. He played with Louis Armstrong — among other luminaries of music past. He is accompanying Jewel Brown, who is out of this picture.
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Milton Hopkins and Jewel Brown
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John Nemeth.
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Mighty Sam McClain.
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Mighty Sam McClain, one mo' time (In fhe words of Ray Charles).
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Johnny Rawls, vocals; Scott Bomar, bassist.
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Eric Bibb, winner of the Acoustic Artist of the Year award.
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The Heritage Blues Orchestra. From left: Bill Sims, guitar and vocals, Chaney Sims, vocals, and Jr. Mack, guitar and vocals.
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The Heritage Blues Orchestra
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The Heritage Blues Orchestra
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Chaney Sims looks right in the lens.
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A big smile from Chaney Sims.
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The Heritage Blues Orchestra joined by Eric Bibb. winner of the Acoustic Artist of the Year award.
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John Primer and Billy Boy Arnold/
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Mike Finigan on the keyboard with the Joe Louis Walker band.
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Curtis Salgado, winner of the Soul Blues Male Artist, Soul Blues Album, "Soul Shot," and the B.B. King Entertainer of the Year Award. That's a lot of hardware folks!
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Chicago Bluesman, Bob Stroger with drummer Jimi Bott.
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Bob Stroger again. Jimi again.
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Mud Morganfield diggin' Bob Margolin's strokes.
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Diunna Greenleaf, nominee for the Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female) belts it out as Bob Corritore wails away on the harp.
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Diunna Greenleaf, Bob Corritore, Jimi Bott, Bob Margolin, guitar; Bob Stroger.
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Billy Flynn in the background accompanies Diunna Greenleaf