Thanks to everyone who made our Blues Challenge at the Meteor Guitar Gallery last Friday night a success! We want to thank all the acts that poured their hearts out through their music. You are ALL winners! Thank you to our judges and volunteers who kept the night running smoothly and thank you to the blues fans. Without all of you the event would not have been as awesome as it was! Additionally, a huge thank you also goes out to out corporate sponsor, Clorox, as well as Les and the crew at the Meteor Guitar Gallery. You all are amazing!
SOLO/DUO WINNER
This year's solo/duo winner for the second year in a row, was Tony Redman. Tony shook the rafters at his venue in Memphis at the 2018 IBC and we look for him to give the 2019 IBC crowd a strong dose of his unique heartfelt blues.
Tony Redman Bio: "Tony Redman is a guitar player/singer living in Fayetteville Arkansas. Redman's show mixes old blues classics, with original songs steeped heavily in delta blues."
BAND WINNER
Our band winner this year is Vox Squadron from Tahlequah, OK. This band competed in our 2016 Blues Challenge and returned this year for another try....for them, the second time was the charm. They will take their heavy hitting rock oriented blues to Memphis for the 2019 International Blues Challenge in January.
Vox Squadron Bio: "Bootleggers of organic free-range gluten-free blues rock from just across the westward state line. Hand crafted original tunes that go down smoothly with just a hint of aromatic notes that are equal parts Vaughn, Hendrix, Wilco, and Madonna. Hailing from Tahlequah Oklahoma this 4-piece outfit is lead by Jack Myers on guitar; and accompanied by Richard Wood on bass, Aaron Lee on Keys, and Jacob Martin on Drums. Myers was educated at the University of Arkansas and is a semi-professional goat farmer who also practices surgery on humans in his free time. Wood is a living Rembrandt on stilts and scaffolds who has no fear of heights, or anything else for that matter. Lee is a professional wizard of computers and anything electronic. Martin is a collegiate jazz student drummer and if you’re wondering what a jazz drummer is doing with us... so are we. The Vox Squadron is on a mission to melt your face with blues infused dad rock... or die trying."
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