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SHAUN BOOKER BAND WINS CENTRAL OHIO BLUES TITLE

Qualifies To Compete Against World’s Best Musicians

COLUMBUS – Popular Central Ohio singer/songwriter Shaun Booker and her Shaun Booker Band recently were awarded the title “Best Blues Band” in a local competition pitting her group against musicians from several other states.

As a result, Ms. Booker and company will represent Central Ohio – with the goal a recording contract with Alligator Records – in an international competition the first week of February, the International Blues Challenge. The IBC, founded in 1985 to find the world's best unsigned blues artists, will showcase the cream of the crop of blues bands, as voted by their peers, from around the world.

“More than 130 bands are scheduled to be playing in Memphis, Tenn. the first week in February,” Booker says. “These are the hottest blues bands and ensembles from every corner of the globe. We are absolutely honored to be considered the best of the best, and will represent Central Ohio with pride and an energy you can’t imagine.” The many bands to which she refers -- and their thousands of fans -- will descend on the numerous clubs that line Beale Street in Memphis in just a few weeks.

Adding to the excitement of preparation for the international competition is a documentary, to be titled “Road To Memphis,” and featuring Ms. Booker and her ensemble, being shot by producers from Columbus’ WOSU-TV. Producer Cindy Gaillard and a crew from the television show ArtZine have been following the Shaun Booker Band from performance to performance the past few weeks, gathering video and other material for the documentary.

The IBC was created by the non-profit Blues Foundation. The local event that crowned the Shaun Booker Band “best” in the region, giving it the opportunity to go head-to-head against the very best in the world, was sponsored by the Columbus Blues Alliance.

Visit the Shaun Booker Band website at www.shaunbooker.com, and keep up with Ms. Booker’s “Confessions of a Hard Working Blues and Jazz Artist” blog at www.shaunbooker.blogspot.com.

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Ya gotta keep out there with the promotions......  Coming Soon on the website -- not only will we have DVDs and CDs of the band for sale, but we will have t-shirts also. Saw the first run a few days ago, and they look incredible! See on you the road!