Photos: Feelin' the blues at Darwin's in Cobb County

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Photos: Feelin' the blues at Darwin's in Cobb County

Darwin's Burgers and Blues is a popular music venue on Roswell Road in Marietta, Ga.

Darwin's Burgers & Blues is shown at dusk Saturday, April 2, 2016, in Marietta, Ga. Darwin's Burgers & Blues recently won the Keeping the Blues Alive award from The Blues Foundation in Memphis. PHOTO / JASON GETZ

Musicians from left to right; Mike Fabian, Joe Murphey, Jeff Brooks, Ross Veal, Blake Jones, and Mike Miccoli perform during a Jam at Darwin's Burgers & Blues Saturday, April 2, 2016, in Marietta, Ga. Photographs of past performs are shown on the wall. Darwin's Burgers & Blues recently won the Keeping the Blues Alive award from The Blues Foundation in Memphis. PHOTO / JASON GETZ

Photographs of past performs are shown during a Jam at Darwin's Burgers & Blues Saturday, April 2, 2016, in Marietta, Ga. Darwin's Burgers & Blues recently won the Keeping the Blues Alive award from The Blues Foundation in Memphis. PHOTO / JASON GETZ

Musicians from left to right; Jeff Brooks, of Smyrna, Joe Murphey, of Marietta, and Ross Veal, of Marietta, perform during a Jam at Darwin's Burgers & Blues Saturday, April 2, 2016, in Marietta, Ga. Photographs of past performs are shown on the walls. Darwin's Burgers & Blues recently won the Keeping the Blues Alive award from The Blues Foundation in Memphis. PHOTO / JASON GETZ

Mike Fabian, of Marietta, left, and Blake Jones, of Marietta, perform during a Jam at Darwin's Burgers & Blues Saturday, April 2, 2016, in Marietta, Ga. Darwin's Burgers & Blues recently won the Keeping the Blues Alive award from The Blues Foundation in Memphis. PHOTO / JASON GETZ

Mike Miccoli, of Marietta, plays the tenor saxophone during a Jam at Darwin's Burgers & Blues Saturday, April 2, 2016, in Marietta, Ga. Darwin's Burgers & Blues recently won the Keeping the Blues Alive award from The Blues Foundation in Memphis. PHOTO / JASON GETZ

Randy McQuay, of North Carolina, performs to a packed house at Darwin's Burgers & Blues Saturday, April 2, 2016, in Marietta, Ga. McQuay won the International Blues Challenge competition in Memphis last year. Darwin's Burgers & Blues recently won the Keeping the Blues Alive award from The Blues Foundation in Memphis. PHOTO / JASON GETZ

Randy McQuay, of North Carolina, performs to a packed house at Darwin's Burgers & Blues Saturday, April 2, 2016, in Marietta, Ga. McQuay won the International Blues Challenge competition in Memphis last year. There were over 50 people in the audience. Darwin's Burgers & Blues recently won the Keeping the Blues Alive award from The Blues Foundation in Memphis. PHOTO / JASON GETZ

The Darwin's Burgers & Blues sign is shown Saturday, April 2, 2016, in Marietta, Ga. Darwin's Burgers & Blues recently won the Keeping the Blues Alive award from The Blues Foundation in Memphis. PHOTO / JASON GETZ

The wall behind the stage is filled with signatures of past performs at Darwin's Burgers & Blues Saturday, April 2, 2016, in Marietta, Ga. Darwin's Burgers & Blues recently won the Keeping the Blues Alive award from The Blues Foundation in Memphis. PHOTO / JASON GETZ

The Darwin's Burgers & Blues sign is shown inside Darwin's Saturday, April 2, 2016, in Marietta, Ga. Darwin's Burgers & Blues recently won the Keeping the Blues Alive award from The Blues Foundation in Memphis. PHOTO / JASON GETZ

A blues music fans has a "Blues" jacket on her chair at Darwin's Burgers & Blues Saturday, April 2, 2016, in Marietta, Ga. Darwin's Burgers & Blues recently won the Keeping the Blues Alive award from The Blues Foundation in Memphis. PHOTO / JASON GETZ

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Darwin's Burgers & Blues is shown at dusk Saturday, April 2, 2016, in Marietta, Ga. Darwin's Burgers & Blues recently won the Keeping the Blues Alive award from The Blues Foundation in Memphis. PHOTO / JASON GETZ

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