Photos by Michael Donahue
Fireworks announced the unveiling of the B.B. King Highway (Third Street/U.S. 61) Downtown Saturday at The Blues Ball. King also was presented the Blues Ball Lifetime Achievement Award. He was unable to attend, but he sent a recording expressing his thanks.Photos by Michael DonahueThe Commercial Appeal
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The star-studded evening at The Blues Ball included (from left) Jack Soden, Priscilla Presley and Cindy Schilling.
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The Blues Ball was dedicated to the late Isaac Hayes. Attending were his daughters (from left) Nikki, Veronica and Melanie Hayes.
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University of Memphis men's basketball coach John Calipari (right) visited with astronaut Buzz Aldrin and his wife, Lois.
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Blues Ball luminaries included (far left), Stax legend David Porter and Grizzlies forward Rudy Gay; (middle left) Pat Kerr Tigrett, the ball's founder and general chairman; (middle right) R&B singer Spence; and (far right) Anna Strasberg, who was high bidder on an "art guitar" designed by David Simmons.
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