Burlap and Blues, The Blues Blog

When it started there were about 5,000 now there are about 1,000 people set to play tomorrow night.

Then there will be 214 left standing, give or take a few. I have never stayed to watch a store finals, but the videos I have seen have been pretty impressive.

I will not be telling people who won in Rockford until later in the day on Friday as I will be uploading videos of all of the competitors tomorrow.

If you made it this far, serious congrats to you for making it this far.

In 2009, Guitar center brought back King of the Blues. Following that announcement, Burlap and Blues saw a 750% increase in traffic mostly searching for "Guitar center" or "King of the blues." This year we have only seen a 200% increase in searching for the same terms.

Unfortunately I do beleive that the overall interest in this contest has significantly. With searches for King of the Blues bringing up mostly articles about last year, there is only one site, and one forum in the top 10 search results. With the changes to Harmony Central's site, I could not find any forums or articles about KOTB, but I do know they exist.

What I am trying to say is maybe I have a shot this year because all the good competition is up and left...

I just can't seem to get myself beefed up and hyped up for this years Guitar Center KOTB. In the past I just counted the days until the performance and worked on polishing what I had done. This year I just feel like it becomes another check mark on the gig calendar of life... Not sure that my heart is in it as much as it could. It could also be that I have 3 other very important gigs to do this month.

Two weeks from today... That's when I give it my all. One week until the whole things starts.

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On April 16, 2008 the website www.gckingoftheblues.com and it's forums were taken off line. Last year, KOTB was resurrected, but without the forums, IMHO, it was not the same experience. I wish that some of the other members who frequented KOTB would come to BAB, but I am sure that many of those players are off doing other things and not aware of our forum.

I first wrote this post before I was aware there was going to be a KOTB 2010. In my opinion the best thing about KOTB 2007 was the forum. Even though the forum is gone and no longer a part of what will be those that migrated to Burlap and Blues have been a positive influence on my life. Thanks to BABer and the original KOTBers

What ever happened to headcutter?

To take effects or to not take effects..

Do you loose mojo for bringing one effect?

Zack Weisinger brought an effect and make the finals?

DONT Bring one of these

And don't bring one of these either

Thoughts?