One other Notodden Blues Competition is over, and this was my twenty fifth anniversary on the pageant – simply on my high three record of all of them. The climate was glorious, many tickets offered, the bands and artists had been nice and I received to fulfill good pals and acquaintances. What extra are you able to ask for? (Picture above: Steven van Zandt and the Mostar Faculty of Rock.
The pageant had a nasty yr economically final yr, they usually couldn’t get one other yr like that with no critical hazard if having to close down. In that perspective it was an excellent pleasure to see that they’d succeeded in most of the modifications they instigated this yr, and that the consequence was a significantly better consequence. The Notodden Blues Competition is a crucial pageant for the blues and blues associated music – not just for Norway, however truly worldwide, too. So now we will stay up for a brand new pageant subsequent yr, too.
Listed here are my pictures of the bands I noticed and among the actions on the pageant this yr.
Billy Gibbons
Eric Gale
Joe Louis Walker
Amund Maarud
Tor Einar “Dr.” Bekken, the winner of the Blues Prize 2019
The Bluestown Outlaws
All pictures are © Per Ole Hagen and should not be used with out written permission.
