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Published August 12, 2012, 12:00 AM

Photo gallery: Saturday at the bluesfest


Big Walter Smith's ashes rest on the stage for the performance of the Groove Merchants during the Bayfront Blues Festival at Bayfront Festival Park in Duluth Saturday. Smith passed away a few weeks ago. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)

  • Big Walter Smith's ashes rest on the stage for the performance of the Groove Merchants during the Bayfront Blues Festival at Bayfront Festival Park in Duluth Saturday. Smith passed away a few weeks ago. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • Master of ceremonies Joe Thornton of Woodbury, Minn. comforts Shirley Smith the widow of Big Walter Smith while introducing the Groove Merchants during Bayfront Blues Festival at Bayfront Festival Park in Duluth Saturday. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • Arthur Jomo Tar-V plays the trumpet during the Groove Merchants performance during the Bayfront Blues Festival at Bayfront Festival Park in Duluth Saturday. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • Sandy Reinolt of Duluth dances to the music of the Bayfront Blues Festival at Bayfront Festival Park in Duluth Saturday. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • Greg and Donna Cabana of Alexandria, Minn., dance during the Bayfront Blues Festival at Bayfront Festival Park in Duluth Saturday. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • The Arthur M. Anderson cruises past the crowd at the Bayfront Blues Festival at Bayfront Festival Park in Duluth Saturday. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • People left messages for the family of Big Walter Smith on a banner at Bayfront Blues Festival at Bayfront Festival Park in Duluth Saturday. Smith, who was at every bluesfest until this year, passed away a few weeks ago. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • Members of the Groove Merchants perform next to an on-stage memorial to Big Walter Smith at the Bayfront Blues Festival at Bayfront Festival Park in Duluth Saturday. The memorial consisted of Smith's cremains and his hat on a stool with a microphone. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)