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Detroit Blues Society Announces The 2008 Detroit Blues Challenge

The Detroit Blues Society is proud to announce that it will be hosting five preliminary Detroit Blues Challenge events in 2008 In total over 34 Detroit area acts have signed up to compete in this prestigious challenge this year.
 

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PR Log (Press Release)Mar 08, 2008 – Detroit, Michigan The Detroit Blues Society is proud to announce that it will be hosting five preliminary Detroit Blues Challenge events in 2008 – (1) Solo/Duo competition and (4) Band competitions. In 2008, over 34 Detroit area acts have signed up to compete in this prestigious Challenge. The winners of these preliminary rounds move on to the Finals on November 23, 2008  at the Magic Bag Theater in Ferndale, Michigan. The finals winners in both Solo/Duo and Band categories move on to Represent Detroit at the International Blues Challenge finals in Memphis, Tennessee in January of 2009.

The Detroit Blues Challenge schedule for 2008 is as follows:

When: Saturday March 22, 2008
What: Solo Duo Preliminary 9pm-1am
Where: Oxford Tap
36 S. Washington St.
Oxford, MI. 40371
www.theoxfordtap.com
Performers include: Robert Johnson, John Latini, Mick and Honey, Earley and Blaylock, Maggie McCabe, and JJ.


When: Saturday April 19, 2008
What: Band Preliminary 9pm-1am
Where: Callahan’s Blues Bistro
2105 South Blvd.
Auburn Hills, MI. 48026
www.atcallahans.com
Performers include: School of Blues, Michael May & The Messarounds, Count Bracey & The Pleasuretones, Mike Espy Band, Big Shorty Band, Laith Al-Saadi, Motor City Kings, and the Erich Goebel Band


When: Saturday. June 21, 2008
What: Band Preliminary 12pm-3pm
Where;Hot Blues and BBQ Festival
Scripter Park
Oxford, MI. 40371
www.hotbluesandbbq.com
Performers include:Muledrive, Lemon James Band, Paul Miles Band, Reverend Robert Sexton
 
When: Saturday, September 20, 2008
What: Band Preliminary 9pm-1am
Where: Memphis Smoke
100 S. Main St.
Royal Oak, MI.
Performers include: Bebe and the Bluesmasters, Hatchetmen, Moment's Notice, Jam Samich, Big Bill & The Blue Groove ,David Gerald & Insurrection, Wixom Slim & The Wyzegyze, and the Jamie Todd Band
 
When: Saturday, October 18, 2008
What: Band Preliminary 9pm-1am
Where: Alibi’s
4785 Howard Ave.
Windsor, ON. Canada
Performers include:Christy Howard Band, Sweet Claudette & Friends, Pat Jaynes & The Hurricanes, Big B & The Magic Bullets, Robert Johnson Trio, Stoney Mazar and the Westsiders, Cooley Pope Band, and 1 act TBD.

According to the Detroit Blues Society President Steve Allen:" The Metro Detroit area is truly blessed with ultra-talented Blues musicians by the score. This large group of competitors represent the very best of the very best. The Detroit Blues Society is very proud of them and excited to turn them loose onstage in the clubs in Metro Detroit. I strongly believe that their well executed, no-nonsense, traditional style of Blues will make them all a force to be reckoned with. We wish all of them the best of luck.


Media Contact:
Steven J. Allen - Detroit Blues Society President
Sallen8961@aol.com
248-249-5287
www.dbsblues.com or www.myspace.com/yourdetroitbluessociety

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