Podcast appearances and mentions of joe whitmer

Joe Waters performs at the Orpheum Memphis in the 2024 International Blues Challenge Finals. The IBC is coordinated & hosted by the Blues Foundation in Memphis, TN. Each year, blues societies from around the globe send challengers to compete against one another for a chance to win the big prizes at the finals in Memphis. Out of 140 acts, Joe made it & won! Congratulations Joe!Joe took home the 1st place prize in the Solo/Duo Category. Hailing from the Columbus Blues Alliance, he amazes & entertains with his dynamic multi-instrument solo performance.Thank you to The Blues Foundation for their continued support of our efforts to document blues music, it's musicians & community. Thank you to Dawn Hopkins for the house mix, Joe Whitmer for his unwavering support of our work & to Kimberly Horton for her understanding of our passion for blues music. PLEASE JOIN THE BLUES FOUNDATION TODAY AT: WWW.BLUES.ORGAudio Production by Audrey Michelle & Jesse Finkelstein for Blues Radio International. Audience recording by Audrey Michelle for BRI. 2024IBC Master Mix by Dawn Hopkins of Ardent Studios, Memphis. You're amazing Dawn!#JoeWaters #BluesFoundation #TheBluesFoundation #Internationalblueschallenge2024 #internationalblueschallenge #bluesmusic #blues #acoustic #acoustic #ibc #orpheummemphisFind more at BluesRadioInternational.net/

This week we talked with Joe Whitmer about Florida blues and the Forgotten Music Festival that celebrates it. Learn more about it here: https://www.forgottenmusicfestival.com/Connect to Chasing the Blues on twitter: @chasingbluespod or on our website www.chasingthebluespodcast.comConnect to the host, Tom Forst on twitter and instagram @tomthesuitforst or his website www.tomthesuitforst.com

Second of two preview shows leading up to the LIVE shows from beale Street during IBC Preview shows will include interviews with past winners, venue coordinators, judges and others who will give you the BEST advice before you arrive in Memphis. We will speak with Joe Whitmer, the man who runs the IBC...plus Dr. Janice Johnston who will talk about the Health Clinics given during the week and we will speak with Amanda Gresham, Kelly Dobbins and Michael 'Hawkeye' Herman during our Judges Roundtable. BEST advice you will receive before landing in Memphis!

DR. JANICE JOHNSTON Dr. Janice is a member of The Blues Foundation Board of Directors with responsibilities for The H.A.R.T. Fund (Handy Artist Relief Trust).  For the last six years, Dr. Janice and her incredible volunteer staff have held Health Clinic at the IBC (and the BMAs).  Dr. Janice described the tests you will receive for FREE... plus we spoke about the H.A.R.T. Fund in general...it is a great thing they do. VENUE COORDINATOR ROUNDTABLE – Segment Begins At The 38:00 Mark Venue Coordinators.  These are the folks who run the individual venues...they are the law! I spoke with Sandy McCann, Treasurer of the Ozark Blues Society; David Hughes, President of the Spa City Blues Society and Tony Frederickson, President of The Washington Blues Society.  These three have run venues for years, and they shared their experiences, their advice and more. Unfortunately we had a mis-connect with Joe Whitmer.   But Sandy, David Tony and I discussed some of the subject matter.

For the final Preview Show, we begin with a conversation with Joe Whitmer.  Joe is COO of The Blues Foundation and he is THE MAN when it comes to making sure the entire IBC Experience is the best it can be.  Joe will give you the MUSTS and the MUST-NOTS which will make your week in Memphis stellar. Then we bring four long-time IBC Judges together for a Roundtable discussion.  You will have three judges rating your perfomance at each step of the Challenge.  Do each of these folks have the same feelings about the different genres of the Blues? Probably not.  Do all three hear the music you will make the same? Probably not. Do all three want the best acts to move on at each step? ABSOLUTELY.  This will be an interesting discussion with KBA Recipient, Suzanne Swanson, Mick Kolassa, Julia Magness & Ricky Stevens.  Our final guests for the Preview Shows is the band The Delgado Brothers.  These guys won the Band Challenge last year and have been having a year like they have never had before.  They'll talk about their entire IBC Experience.  

SHOW #303 - LIVE, UNCUT & UNCENSORED CONVERSATIONS WITH "Musicians You Should Know" IBC Preview Show # 3 On this show, we will speak with: Joe Whitmer, COO for the Blues Foundation, Joe will give you so much information and explain some of the rules Mick Kolassa, Blues Foundation Board Member, Musician and IBC Judge.  Mick always beings some incredible insights to the judging process Tas Cru, is the Jam Master for the opening night jam which benefits Generation Blues and is also a past IBC Challenger.