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Brian Priebe - Eddie Becker
band Trombonist Wins Second Place at the "International Alphorn
Festival in Switzerland"
July 22, 2007 - American Trombonist,
Brian Priebe, won 2nd place in the International Alphorn Festival
held at the ski resort in Nendaz in the Swiss Alps. 120 competitors
came from around the globe to the festival, but the biggest surprise
was the American's 2nd place win. Never before has an American
reached the finals of the competition which has been dominated by
the Swiss since its beginning.
A crowd of over 2,000 alphorn
lovers basked in a lush mountain meadow as the sun glinted off a
spectacular mountain lake setting the stage for the competition. A
renowned panel of international alphorn stars judged the competitors
on technique, musicality and "Authentic Swiss
Style".
Priebe was an obvious favorite with the crowd
and the judges based on the huge cheer which erupted when it was
announced "Second Prize goes to Monsieur Brian Priebe of the United
States of America". You can hear Brian's gorgeous alphorn sounds on
the new Featured Artists page of Arrivi Artist Marketing's
website: www.ArriviMarketing.com/FeaturedArtists
Brian Priebe as reported on
Reuters, see the video...
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July 2007 - Blues Down in the Delta - Hits Number 1
on American Idol
Underground!
The online version of American Idol
provides listeners the opportunity to listen and rate original
recordings by bands throughout the world.
See the
Ranking...
July 2007 - There's a War on the Middle Class - Makes the
top 50 on American Idol Underground!
See the Ranking...
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Eddie Becker Receives Three “Wammie”
Nominations for 2006
December 29, 2006 –
WAMA/Washington Area Music
Awards
Eddie Becker and the
Eddie Becker Band is nominated by members of WAMA for three awards
for 2006 in the blues category.
Best Song: “The Blues Down in the Delta”
Best Blues Band: The Eddie Becker Band
Best Instrumentalist: Eddie
Becker
The Washington Area Music Awards, or “Wammies”,
are considered by many musicians as the highest honor to receive in
the local music scene.
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Gold Winner in the SAW 23rd Annual Mid-Atlantic Song
Contest 2006
November 17, 2006 – Songwriter Association
of Washington
Eddie Becker wins the SAW
Gold Award in the 2006 Jazz/Blues category for best song. SAW
sponsors the Mid-Atlantic Song Contest (MASC) each year which is one
of the longest-running contests in the nation which attracts entries
from around the world. Awards are presented to the first and
second place winners, gold and silver, in each category, with a
panel of music industry professionals choosing three top prize
winners from among those entries.
The SAW Awards Gala took place on Sunday,
December 3rd, 2006 at Jammin' Java in Vienna where Gold Award
winners performed their compositions live.
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The Eddie Beck Band - Finalist in the
Washington, DC Blues Society (DCBS), International Blues
Competition (IBC).
DCBS - IBC to be held on November 21, 2006 at Chic Hall's Surf Club,
Bladensburg,
MD. Winners of DCBS - IBC event will be sent to
Memphis, Tennessee as ambassadors representing the Washington, DC
Blues community.
The 23rd IBC event will be presented February 1-3, 2007, with the
Keeping the Blues Alive Awards set for a Saturday brunch.
The list of blues greats that have competed in the IBC over the
years is impressive indeed: Slick Ballinger, Michael Burks, Tommy
Castro, Albert Cummings, Delta Moon, Larry Garner, Diunna Greenleaf,
Zac Harmon, Richard Johnston, Matthew Skoller, Susan Tedeschi, John
Weston and Michelle Wilson.
"Winning the International Blues Challenge is better
than having a $100,000 publicity budget"--2004 IBC winner and
2006 Blues Music Award Best New Artist Zac Harmon.
Registration for acts has begun. You can now purchase tickets,
book your hotel room(s) and order your IBC shirt now! Visit the Blues
Foundation web site for more information.
DCBS - IBC event scheduled for November 21,
2006
Competition kicks off at 6:30pm:
Chick Hall's Surf Club
4711
Kenilworth Avenue
Bladensburg, MD 20743
(301)
927-6310
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American Idol -
yes the same American Idol that turned out Taylor
Hicks
Blues Down in the Delta makes the TOP 20
ranking in the R&B category.
See the
ranking...
Check out the Eddie Becker Band on the American
Idol Web site...
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Mountain
Stage NewSong Festival - The Eddie Becker Band Named a
Finalist
Mountain Stage awards "Blues Down in the
Delta" with an Honorable Mention in the Rock & Blues
category.
Check it out...
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Blues
Down in the Delta is named winner in ASCAP Songwriter
Showcase
April
6, 2006: Eddie Becker is named a
winner in the ASCAP Songwriter Showcase – original composition
contest. The song Blues Down in the Delta, winner in the Light Pop
category, is one of twelve winners out of approximately 500 entries.
Blues Down in the Delta was inspired by the devastation and
aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The ASCAP
awarded, Blues Down in the Delta, was recorded by the Eddie Becker Band also finalists in the
2005 DC Blues Society blues
performance competition.
As
winners of the ASCAP Songwriters Showcase members of the Eddie
Becker Band will perform an acoustic version of Blues Down in the
Delta at the Kennedy
Center in Washington, DC on May 1, 2006. The special guest host
of the ASCAP Songwriters Showcase will be Stephen
Schwartz, the highly acclaimed composer and lyricist for such
successful Broadway shows as Pippin, Godspell, and his newest smash hit, Wicked.
This ASCAP event will present talented songwriters from the
Mid-Atlantic region – including DC, Maryland, Virginia,
Pennsylvania, and Delaware. Each songwriter (or their designated
singer) will perform a song representing one of the following genres
– musical theatre, jazz vocals, cabaret, or light pop.
The
performance of Blues Down in the Delta by the Eddie Becker Band
invokes the emotions felt by the country and the entire world as the
effects of Hurricane Katrina unfolded. The simplistic styling of the
song causes listeners to focus on the message delivered by the
song. Oz Smith digs deep
into his soul and delivers a vocal performance of true emotion. The
trumpet solo, performed by Dr. Gil
Wilshire, member of the Eddie Becker Band – Beltway Horns, depicts
sounds of the New Orleans region while emoting feelings of pain and
suffering the people of the region experienced.
Co-sponsors
include the Songwriters
Association of Washington (SAW), Kennedy Center
Performance Plus, DC Cabaret Network, Nashville
Songwriters Association International (NSAI) and Washington Area Music
Association (WAMA).
Read the ASCAP Press
Release...
As Seen in the Silver Spring,
Maryland Gazette...Read the
Article
As
Seen in the Washington, DC Blues Society Newsletter &
Calendar...Read the Article
Listen to Blues Down in the
Delta...
Read About the
Kennedy Center ASCAP Songwriters Showcase Awards
Ceremony...
Blues Down in the Delta:
Composer – Eddie
Becker
Horn Arrangement – Dr. Gill
Wilshire
Recorded – 2006 at Audio
Express, Silver Spring, MD
Engineered by – Eddie Becker, Bill Walker (Audio
Express)
Produced by – Eddie Becker
Vocals – Oscar “OZ”
Smith
Guitar – Eddie Becker
Lap Steel – Eddie Becker
Bass Guitar – Eddie Becker
Piano – Tony
Bardo
Drums – Scot
Lienke
Trumpet – Dr. Gil Wilshire
Trombone – Brian
Prebie
Tenor Saxophone – Richard
“Hollywood” Thompson
Bari Saxophone - Dan
Mack
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October 2005 - Eddie Becker Band - Named
finalist in International Blues Competition (IBC) - DC Blues Society Battle of the
Bands
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