October/November Blues News
Sunday October 12 was our Battle of the Blues Bands. Our host venue was the Woodlawn Theatre. A great crowd, a great venue and great music from the 9 competitors.
Congratulations to the winners who will head to Memphis in January to represent the state of Alabama in the Blues Foundations International Competition.
And the WINNERS are: Solo - EARL GUITAR WILLIAMS & Band - HURRICANE ELAINE HUDSON
Nov 2nd @ 3pm Hurricane Elaine & Force of Nature winners of our BOBB play at Elysian Gardens. An MCBS First Sunday event
November 14th @ 8pm Piper & the Hard Times at Uptown Jazz. The International Blues Competition WINNER in 2024 they are a dynamic soul blues band.
Nov 19 @ 8pm Kelli Baker Band @ the Nick
Kelli Baker is one of the most exciting new voices in blues today — raw, soulful, and impossible to ignore. Based in New York, she was recently named the 2024 winner of the 615 Blues Revival Competition and signed to Gulf Coast Records. She just opened for ZZ Top at the Beacon Theatre, following a run with Christone “Kingfish” Ingram and Samantha Fish, and tours regularly with Mike Zito.
On guitar and harmonica is Noé Socha, a blind, Italian-born virtuoso and winner of Berklee’s Jimi Hendrix Award, he brings both grit and finesse to the stage.
This is Kelli's first show in Birmingham, lets come out and give her an Alabama welcome!
Remember our monthly open jams:
3rd Thursday Jam at True Story Brewing October 16th @ 7:30pm
1st Friday Jam at Ranelli's - October 3rd @ 7:30pm