Bands play at 11 different venues and begin at 5:00pm and end aound 11:30pm
Each artists gets 25 minutes to show their stuff to the judges and then they all do it again tomorrow...the Semi-Finalists will be announced sometime around midnight tomorrow evening
Remember to follow all the action at AMERICAN BLUES NEWS INTERNATIONAL BLUES CHALLENGE COVERAGE
Last night, the locals were featured on stages...here are some shots from that flurry of activity:
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BB Kings
Blake Ryan Band
Rome McMinn-Bass, Chris Stephenson-Keys, Clinton Wiencken-Drums
The band from the second floor, Blake Ryan
Rum Boogie Cafe
Taz Cru Jam Session
Tommy Keys-Keys, Taz Cru-Guitar, Jeremey Walz-Guitar, Josh Vowell-Guitar, Emboyd Brown-Bass
Jeremy Walz, Josh Vowell, Dave Spritzer-Drums, Emboyd Brown
Blues Hall
Brandon Santini Band
Brandon Santini-Harp/Vocals, Greg Gumpel-Guitar
Teo Bassman-Bass, Byron Cage-Drums
This next two days are going to R-O-C-K...well, B-L-U-E-S at least!
I can sense the revelry from here, Vinny - hope you are in the midst of it, where you most want to be.
Enjoy and share. Sure wish we could be there.
looks like a grand old time!
enjoy
BTW, GREAT work on your articles and interviews - and Matt Andersen is on front page today. Loved reading it!
http://www.ameriblues.com/2011/02/03/matt-anderson-the-2011-ibc-champ-one-year-later/
wish I could be there too. Have fun!