Debut Show...The Blues Revue

[c.c.blues]

The Blues Revue will be performing their Debut Performance under the name The Blues Revue this weekend Saturday Febuary 17th at the River City Blues Competition. No The Blues Revue will not be competing, we will be entertaining. The Blues Revue was asked to perform as entertainment during the compitetion. We will be on for 15 minutes at 1815 EST and again while the judges are deliberating starting at 2315 EST until they have chosen a winner of the competition.

Info about the River City Blues Competition:

"The Blues, Jazz & Folk Music Society of Marietta, Ohio will hold its 15th annual River City Ohio Blues Competition on February 17, 2007 at the Lafayette Hotel in historic downtown Marietta. For the 15th year, blues bands and solo/duo blues acts will compete for cash prizes and BJFMS sponsorship to the Blues Foundation’s International Blues Challenge held every year in Memphis, Tennessee.
The River City Ohio Blues Competition is the oldest and largest blues talent competition in Ohio, and as always the 18 competition slots will be filled by regional blues acts from all over Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Michigan and other states. As the competition grows, so does the level of talent. Altogether, The River City Ohio Blues Competition is the biggest single- day music event in the Mid-Ohio Valley.
While the competition cannot be considered a purely “amateur” contest, the goal of The International Blues Challenge is to seek out the best “undiscovered” Blues band and the best “undiscovered” solo/duo Blues performer in the United State and beyond. The IBC is a real opportunity for discovery to musicians that are truly unknown and unsigned to a record company.
The International Blues Challenge in Memphis is restricted to acts representing an affiliated organization of the Blues Foundation, of which BJFMS is one. The IBC is the largest gathering of blues bands in the world, (around 150) and has evolved into the nation’s most respected showcase for Blues musicians ready to take their act to the national stage. Each affiliate of The Blues Foundation has the right to send a band and a solo/duo act to represent the organization at the IBC Semi-Finals on world famous Beale Street in Memphis. The list of blues greats that have competed in the IBC over the years is impressive indeed: Slick Ballinger, Michael Burks, Tommy Castro, Albert Cummings, Delta Moon, Larry Gardner, Diunna Greenleaf, Zac Harmon, Richard Johnston, Matthew Skoller, Susan Tedeschi, John Weston and Michelle Wilson. Musicians from around the world have commented that just getting the chance to play on historic Beale Street is worth the trip.
The first-place winner of The River City Ohio Blues Competition will receive $1000 dollars in cash and BJFMS sponsorship to the International Blues Challenge in Memphis in early 2007, where they can gain valuable exposure to record label A&R representatives Blues industry professionals, and festival promoters capable of providing real career advancement for a serious blues musician. The second-place winner will receive $200 in cash and third-place winner will receive $100 in cash. The big winners, however, are the Blues fans who enjoy a day of blues entertainment rarely available in Southeast Ohio at a bargain price.
Winners at The International Blues Challenge in Memphis, the city considered by many as the home of the Blues and the birthplace of Rock ‘n Roll, receive cash and prizes such as professional consultations and assistance, gigs at some of the country’s best festivals, interviews in the world’s leading Blues publications, free website design and hosting, and even a slot on the “2008 Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise."" Quoted from the Marietta Blues Jazz Folk Music Society website.

Not Bad for a "1st gig", just a little show case, though we will not be competing. Elwood Soul of The Soul Men will be in attendance and performiong as well under the name The Blues Revue since I am without a permenant partner. All are invited, admission is 15.00/person.

CC Blues
www.thebluesrevue.com

[Scott]

Congratulations!

[ThePenquin]

Wish I could go, make sure you get pictures and video.

Any plans on doing stuff further North?


P

[ElwoodSoul]

Hey Chris

Had a good time down in Marietta,
I know you got some good contacts.

Have you got any pictures back yet?
Say Hi to Eric Clapton for us

You really came a long way in 3 short weeks.
Keep plugging away


Elwood Soul