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TBS wishes to thank our challengers, Blue Cat and Pat Nichols, for giving it their all in Memphis! Hope you had a great time, and made some good friends and contacts!

2015 International Blues Challenge – WINNERS

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Gettin’ the winter-time, damn it’s cold, blues?  We’ve got the cure!  A FULL blues weekend of live music is coming your way!

Friday night, Jan. 16th, is the Kick-Off party at Uncle Bo’s for the Topeka Blues Society’s challengers for the International Blues Challenge in Memphis this month!  TBS is proud to be sending two acts:  Blue Cat, our “band” challenger winner from Salina featuring Jimmie Lewin, Tom Cannon, Tom Jones and Micha Gordon; and Pat Nichols, from Lawrence, our solo challenger winner.  Blue Cat and Pat Nichols will be performing during the Kick-Off party.  Also performing will be Levee Town, Jaisson Taylor (Kansas City Blues Society’s solo challenger winner), and Brandon Hudspeth.

Saturday night, Jan. 17th, continues our Kick-Off celebration at Uncle Bo’s, with Nebraska Blues Society’s “band” challenger winner, Hector Anchondo from Ohama, and Coyote Bill, Kansas City Blues Society’s “Band” winner.  TBS’s band challenger, Blue Cat, will again perform.

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One More Before You Go, a CD by Topeka’s own BACK PORCH BLUES BAND, made it to the top five in the 2015 Best Self-Produced CD Competition.  Back Porch Blues Band is made up of TBS Board Member Rod Peterson, Greg Spreer, Joe Fontenot and Rick Bruner.

The 2015 Best Self-Produced CD winner will be announced during the International Blues Challenge (IBC) in Memphis, January 20th through the 24th.  The finalists are:  

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The 5th Annual Spirit of Kansas Blues Festival, produced by the Topeka Blues Society, is Friday, July 4th, at Reynolds Lodge in the Tinman Circle at Lake Shawnee, Topeka, KS.

Music starts at noon, and goes until just before the Capitol Federal nightworks around 10pm (which are very visible from the festival grounds).

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