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23rd Annual W.C. Handy Blues Awards Winners
This year's awards were presented on Thursday, May 23, 2002 at the Orpheum Theatre in Memphis, Tennessee.
Blues Entertainer of the Year:
B. B. King

Blues Band of the Year:
Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers

Contemporary Blues
Male Artist of the Year:

Buddy Guy

Contemporary Blues
Female Artist of the Year:

Shemekia Copeland

Soul/Blues
Male Artist of the Year:

Little Milton Campbell

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