{"id":3433,"date":"2012-04-11T23:38:40","date_gmt":"2012-04-12T04:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bluesguitarunleashed.com\/?p=3433"},"modified":"2012-04-11T23:38:40","modified_gmt":"2012-04-12T04:38:40","slug":"join-me-for-gcs-battle-of-the-blues-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluesguitarunleashed.com\/blog\/join-me-for-gcs-battle-of-the-blues-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Join Me For GC’s Battle Of The Blues 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Join me for Battle Of The Blues this year by picking your favorite tracks and leaving them in the comments below.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It’s that time of year again! Guitar Center is doing their annual “search for the next great undiscovered blues… something or other.”<\/p>\n

If you haven’t known me that long, you may not know that I’ve done this about the last 4 or 5 years in a row with marginal success… but it’s fun every year and I get a T-Shirt \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

This year I’ve decided to make this is a little more of a community effort, and here’s how you can join in…<\/p>\n

Instead of me choosing a jam track and just going for it, I’d like you guys to help me choose the jam track that I’ll play to.<\/p>\n

Then, on the night that I play, I’ll do my best to video the performance and I’ll transcribe it as best as I can and do a lesson explaining how I approached the track and what I played.<\/p>\n

Sound good? Excellent!<\/p>\n

The tracks are all at http:\/\/gc.guitarcenter.com\/battleoftheblues\/tracks\/index.cfm<\/a> and if nothing else go download them so you can play over them. A bunch of free jam tracks is never a bad thing.<\/p>\n

Take a listen to a few of them, and leave me a comment below with the one you think I should play over. In a few days I’ll go back through the comments and see which one appears to be the most popular choice.<\/p>\n

I know it’s not very scientific, but it’ll get the job done.<\/p>\n

And to get you in the mood, here’s a couple of videos from last year<\/p>\n

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