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Wayne HandyBlues Music Awards Blues Music Awards Annual awards by the Blues Foundation since 1980 The Blues Music Awards, formerly known as the W. C. Handy Awards (or "The Handys"), are awards presented by the Blues Foundation, a non-profit organization set up to foster blues heritage. The awards were originally named in honor of W. C. Handy, "Father of the Blues".[1] The first award was presented in 1980 and is "universally recognized as the highest accolade afforded musicians and songwriters in blues music".[2] In 2006, the awards were renamed Blues Music Awards in an effort to increase public appreciation of the significance of the awards.[3] Blues Foundation Blues Trail Marker They are presented annually in Memphis, Tennessee, where the Blues Foundation… (Source: Wikipedia)
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