Posts Tagged ‘International Blues Challenge’
Soul, Rhythm, & Blues – The Doug Hart Band
Posted: June 20, 2015 by Jimmy Cummings in Music Connection NewsTags: B.B. King, Belterra Casino Resort & Spa, Dayton’s MUD Volleyball for Epilepsy, Freddie King, Hanks Pub, International Blues Challenge, Ira Stanley & Blues Power, Keith Cozart, Mike Hausfeld, Mike Jordan, Neilson Hixson, Noah Wotherspoon Band, Oddbody's Music Room, Robin Trower, The Doug Hart Band, The Scotty Bratcher Band, Wegerzyn Gardens MetroPark
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The Noah Wotherspoon Band Electrifies the Dayton Blues Showcase
Posted: June 9, 2015 by Jimmy Cummings in Band Reviews/Promotions, Local Music News, Music Connection News, Show Reviews & PicturesTags: Albert King Award, Blues, Brian Aylor, Buzz Me, Dayton Blues Showcase, Eatonic Music Fest, Eureka Springs Blues Weekend, Gilly's, International Blues Challenge, Noah Wotherspoon, Oddbody's Music Room, Rob Thaxton, The Noah Wotherspoon Band
The Dayton Blues Showcase at Oddbody’s Music Room featured four of the area’s best Blues Guitarist. As part of our ongoing series, Music Connection Dayton is proud to spotlight Dayton’s own Noah Wotherspoon Band.
From Stratocaster to Stratosphere – Noah Wotherspoon Takes Big Win At 2015 International Blues Challenge! | Dayton Most Metro
Posted: February 4, 2015 by Kimberly Weiss in Local Music NewsTags: Albert King Guitar Award, Beale Street, Blues, Brian Ayler, Dayton Blues Society, Dayton Most Metro, Doug Hart, Elvis, international, International Blues Challenge, Memphis Tennessee, Noah Wwothersppon, Orpheum, Rob Thaxton
The legendary Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee was the scene of an international showdown. For four days in January, (20-24), 250 blues acts from around the world came to compete at the 31st. Annual International Blues Challenge. Daytonian Noah Wotherspoon took top prize, the coveted “Albert King Guitar Award” for best guitarist and placing 2nd. in the band category. To recap, best international blues guitarist, 2nd. best international blues band. That’s “international”, as in, “the world.” He confesses that late night “did that happen?” texts to his mother help to wrap his mind around the experience.
This trip to Beale Street was not the first. Representing the Dayton Blues Society, Noah and his 2 man crew of Rob Thaxton on bass and Brian Ayler on drums, were accepted into the challenge in 2012, 2013 & 2014. As in past years, Dayton and Cincinnati were well represented with area favorites such as Doug Hart. In three days, performers passing each round of quarter and semi-finals end up on the Orpheum stage for the final showdown. Noah remarked on the ever-present spirit of Elvis inside the Orpheum, a venue where a teenaged Elvis Presley held a job as an usher. Just working on that stage is a prize that many artists dream of.
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