Just a short note to let everyone know that we, the Lionel Young Band, won the final round tonight of the IBC.
Eight bands performed for 20 minutes each in the amazing old Orpheum Theater at the end of Beale St. in Memphis, TN. Great bands played, the amazing harmonica player/designer Lee Oscar hung out back stage, and blues fans on 3 gilded levels cheered. Great crew and stage... and when they announced the winners... we were number 1!
Lionel Young, Kim Stone, Jay Forrest, Andre Mali, Ricardo Peña, Dexter Payne - Lionel selected and we all created a sound that worked, a team that likes playing together, and apparently the fun comes across, because we have had great response from Colorado to here in Memphis. It is very rewarding and a little humbling to be selected by judges, who knows who they are or what their taste.
So here we sit, late at night, laughing and a little giddy... and really tired... and very happy!
Eight bands performed for 20 minutes each in the amazing old Orpheum Theater at the end of Beale St. in Memphis, TN. Great bands played, the amazing harmonica player/designer Lee Oscar hung out back stage, and blues fans on 3 gilded levels cheered. Great crew and stage... and when they announced the winners... we were number 1!
Lionel Young, Kim Stone, Jay Forrest, Andre Mali, Ricardo Peña, Dexter Payne - Lionel selected and we all created a sound that worked, a team that likes playing together, and apparently the fun comes across, because we have had great response from Colorado to here in Memphis. It is very rewarding and a little humbling to be selected by judges, who knows who they are or what their taste.
So here we sit, late at night, laughing and a little giddy... and really tired... and very happy!
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