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In 2003, Delta Moon won the International Blues Challenge. The same year they performed at the Sarasota Blues Fest. They also appeared at the Bull Durham Blues Festival. In June 2003, Delta Moon released Live, recorded at Tree Sound Studios in Atlanta, which was followed in 2004 by Goin' Down South.
Now each year more than 200 acts from around the world gather on Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee, to compete for the International Blues Challenge. [3] Diunna Greenleaf and her backing band, Blue Mercy, won the competition in 2005. [4]
Jan 5, 2018 · Instead, the first International Blues Challenge (IBC) was held in January of 2000. Fifty four bands competed and the winner that year was the Dave Keyes Band, from New York. Dave has gone on to win multiple BMAs and is one of the most in demand keyboard players around.
Nov 5, 2018 · The name Delta Moon came to Mark on a pilgrimage to Muddy Waters’ cabin near Clarksdale, MS. Delta Moon quickly gathered a wall-full of local “best” awards. After winning the International Blues Challenge in Memphis in 2003, the band widened its travels to include the US, Canada, and Europe.
Jan 31, 2023 · The annual International Blues Challenge crowned its winners Saturday night at Downtown Memphis' Orpheum Theatre, capping the 38th edition of the event.
- Bob Mehr
- Music Writer
Delta Moon was the winner of the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee,2003. In 2008 the Roots Music Association named Tom Gray the Blues Songwriter of the Year. Delta Moon’s music has featured in television shows such as: Showtime, Lifetime, the Food Network & many more.
Winning the 2003 International Blues Challenge launched the band to play worldwide at the prestigious Montreal Jazz Fest and others. Now they tour festivals, theaters and clubs across America and Europe to scores of eager fans. • Winners of the International Blues Challenge in Memphis in 2003.
