Blues Music Awards -- May 2009 Photo Gallery by Dave Blake at pbase.com

Blues Music Awards -- May 2009

The BMAs are produced by the Blues Foundation and can be termed as the Grammys for the Blues performers and fans. It is held annually in Memphis where the best blues show of the year can be seen. Imagine all the performers you hear on CDs, over the radio airwaves, or from the Sirrus/XM satellites in one place. This was our first time there and it was more than friends have described. The show, including the warm up by the nominees for Best New Artist Debut, lasted almost nine hours -- just fantastic!

We hope you enjoy this photographic journey through the event.

	Bob Corritore	Chris James	Patrick Rynn
Patrick Rynn	Bob Corritore	Chris James	Chris, Bob, & Patrick
Big Pete Pearson	Delta Highway Blues Band	Delta Highway Blues Band	Delta Highway Blues Band
Delta Highway Blues Band	Delta Highway Blues Band	2009 Blues Music Awards	Willie Big Eyes Smith, Kenny Beady Eyes Smith, & Bob Stroger
Willie Big Eyes Smith	Bob Stroger	Bob Stroger	Willie Big Eyes Smith
Jamin' With Willie	Johnny Rawls	Pickin' Away	Johnny Rawls
Taj Mahal & Maria Muldaur	Bettye LaVette	Pinetop Perkins	Marcia Ball
Deanna Bogart	Willie Big Eyes Smith	Koko Taylor	Gaye Adegbalola
Gaye Adegbalola	Jason Ricci	Bob Margolin	Gaye Adegbalola
Jason Ricci	Curtis Salgado	Curtis Salgado	Curtis Salgado
BB King	Cutris Salgado & BB King	BB King	BB King
BB King	BB King	BB King	Curtis Salgado
Bill Wax & BB King	Bill Wax & BB King	BB King	Irma Thomas
Janiva Magness	Bonnie Raitt & BB King	Bonnie Raitt & BB King	BB King & Janiva Magness
Kenny Neal	Man With The Sticks	Irma Thomas & Marcia Ball	Irma Thomas
Marcia Ball	Marcia Ball & Elvin Bishop	Elvin Bishop	Elvin Bishop.
Marcia Ball & Elvin Bishop	Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials	Mannish Boys	Mannish Boys & Kid Ramos
Mannish Boys	Koko Taylor	Junior Watson	Koko Taylor
304962 Koko Taylor.jpg	Mr. Bassman	Kid Ramos	Kid Ramos
Koko Taylor	Kid Ramos	Junior Watson	Otis Taylor Family
Otis Taylor	Lovely Bass Player	Lovely Violin Player	Flower In Her Hair
Highlights	Janiva Magness	Magness	Janiva Magness
Eden Brent	Eden Brent	Billy Gibson	Billy Gibson
Billy Gibson	Eden Brent	Eden Brent	Eden Brent
Eden Brent	Albert Castiglia	Albert Castiglia	Steve Guyger
Steve Guyger	Lil' Ed	Lil' Ed.	Cigar Box Guitar
Lil' Ed

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Tom Leavey		23-May-2009 01:53
Thanks for the Mannish Boys pics.Yours, Tom Leavey (Bass)

pablo pi�eiro		22-May-2009 22:04
great photos, man. i ran a blues blog with news in spanish. Bob corritore allways give to me permission to publish his news and articles in spanish. I wonder if you give to me permission to publish some of your bma photos (i credit to you and put a link to your web page too) pablo piñeiro

Guest		22-May-2009 21:51
Excellent photos! One editorial note: It should be Gaye Adegbalola, not Gayle.

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