Burlap and Blues, The Blues Blog

Tuesday finally came and my wife and I made our way down to Rockford IL. I got all dressed up, polished the LP, put new strings on her (at that time I was using 9’s), got my shoes all polished and shiny and made sure that there were no particles of food stuck in my teeth. As a meticulously obsessive person, I got there as early as I could. They asked that performers not get their before 4 P.M., but not later than 5:30. I pulled in the parking lot at 3:58 and waited to go in.

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In late January 2007, I was visiting the local Guitar Center looking to purchase a small PA for some upcoming small shows and noted all of the signage relating to their 2007 King of The Blues Contest. Having recently placing in the top 5 of the winter 2006 Johnathan Coulton Code Monkey Remix contest, I decided that I could go forward and enter the contest. They took all of my information and gave me a CD and I was set that I was going to enter this contest and do well.

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