And The Winners Are...
SPICE CAKE (Solo/Duo Winner)
Photo Credit: Pat Bransford
Mama Moon & The Rump Shakers (Battle of the Bands Winner)
Photo Credit: Eva K. Graham
Thanks to everyone who attended the DCBS Annual Solo/Duo Competition and Battle of the Bands, which was held on Oct. 23. The competition this year was superb, with 7 solo/duo acts and 3 bands competing. A big thank you goes to the DCBS Board members who produced the event, plus volunteers Ms. Anne and Gayle Cinquegrani, and sound man Clarence "The Bluesman" Turner. Thanks also to our volunteer judges: Anthony "Swamp Dog" Clark, Ida Campbell, Lady Myrrh, Charles Solomon, and Steve Levine. And thank you to Westminster Presbyterian Church, for permitting DCBS to use their wonderful venue.
Congrats to everyone who performed. First place Solo/Duo Winner was Spice Cake (Miles Spicer & Yaya Patterson), 2nd place was Sam O'Hare & Danny Garrett, and 3rd place was Johnny Never & John Colgan-Davis (The Two Johns). First place Band winner was Mama Moon & The Rump Shakers, 2nd place was The Gayle Harrod Band, and 3rd place was Reggie Right Eye & The Missing Pieces.
Spice Cake and Mama Moon & The Rump Shakers won the opportunity to represent DCBS at the 2023 International Blues Challenge (IBC) in Memphis, TN, Jan. 24-28, 2023. Note: There is nothing like local fans going to the IBC to cheer on their home winners. IBC tickets and hotel information are now available on The Blues Foundation website, www.blues.org. Consider attending the IBC to cheer on Spice Cake and Mama Moon & The Rump Shakers!
DCBS also submitted the following entry to The Blues Foundation for 2023 Best Self-Produced CD, which is another IBC category:
Karl Stoll & The Danger Zone
The Workhouse
Good luck to all three of these DCBS entries!
The DC Blues Society on TV!
The program ARTICO filmed our January Happy Hour featuring The Rogue Johnsen Trio with Lady D. The Rogue Johnsen Trio with Lady D were the winners of The DC Blues Society's most recent Battle of the Bands and they represented The DC Blues Society proudly in the 2018 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN. IT IS NOW AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE! Here are the links:
https://youtu.be/dUUWJ3KnnhQ segment link
https://youtu.be/1sVgwZzdPN8 show link
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