[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 70 (Thursday, May 7, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H5313]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                   The 30TH ANNUAL BLUES MUSIC AWARDS

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COHEN. Madam Speaker, my hometown of Memphis is known for music, 
the home of rock and roll and the birthplace of the blues. Tonight the 
Blues Foundation will celebrate the 30th awarding of the Blues 
Foundation International Awards for the greatest blues performers. B.B. 
King will be there, and he'll give the first B.B. King International 
Entertainer of the Year Award. Other performers include Bonnie Raitt, 
Maria Muldaur, Taj Mahal and others. In the category for Best Blues 
Performer of the Year, Bobby Rush is nominated, not our Bobby Rush but 
the Bobby Rush of blues fame also from Chicago.
  Memphis is proud to have a great musical heritage and we will 
celebrate it and enjoy it tonight. I encourage everybody to enjoy the 
blues. In this economy, they are more relevant than ever, 
unfortunately, Madam Speaker.

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