2006 was the year when the Blues Foundation changed the name of the W.C. Handy Awards to the Blues Music Awards. The award ceremony and the VIP dinner the night before took place on May 10-11, 2006 in Memphis, Tennessee. As is the case each year, this event represents a gathering of all aspects of the blues industry. This event reflects the achievements of the year before. Enjoy these photographs from the 2006 Blues Music Awards.
Kim Danielson, Bob Corritore, Shemekia Copeland – We Had All Been Together One Week Before in France at the Bay-Car Blues Festival
Kim Wilson & Bob Corritore – Kim Wilson Received an Award That Night: Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year
Jimbo & Olga Mathus
Bob Corritore & Dorothy Moore (Famous for Her Song Misty Blue)
Bob Corritore, Big Pete Pearson, Chip Eagle (The Man Behind Blueswax & Blues Revue Magazine)
Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, Paul Oscher, Bob Stroger
Taj Mahal Congratulating Janiva Magness Shortly After She Received a BMA for Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year – Look at the Beautiful Smile on Janiva’s Face!
Mr. & Mrs. Big George Brock
Amanda Taylor & Joe Bihari
Other Party Guests
Suzan Lori-Parks & Paul Oscher
Paul Oscher & James Cotton
Ann Rabson & Pinetop Perkins
Kirk “Eli” Fletcher
Kid Ramos & His Portrait
Gabriel Butterfield, Son of Paul Butterfield, Accepting a Blues Hall of Fame Award for His Late Father
Pinetop Perkins & Kim Danielson
A Proud Bobby Rush After Being Admitted Into the Blues Hall of Fame
Old Friends Tom Leavey & Bob Corritore
Kim Danielson, Bob Corritore, Big Pete Pearson, Sung Mae Eager
Magic Slim & Kim Danielson
Amanda Taylor (Holding Kim Wilson’s BMA Award) & Kim Danielson
Shemekia Copeland & Her Beau Orlando Wright
Junior Watson, Rod Piazza, Johnny Dyer – The West Coast Blues Contingent
James Cotton Being Admitted Into the Blues Foundation’s Hall of Fame
Bob Corritore - Official Website 