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The 2006 Blues Royale

It's over, the 2006 Blues Royale. It's our biggest effort here at STLBlues to showcase all the incredible talent that call the St. Louis area their home! 15 bands competed in 4 exciting concerts, and the winners this year are 15 year-old Marquise Knox in our Acoustic competition, and the Erma Whiteside band winning the electric band competition.

The exposure this event brings the bands is our entire reason for the Blues Royale, and this year offered two promotional prizes - the Erma Whiteside band will play the main stage of one of the world’s most popular blues festivals, the Arkansas Blues & Heritage Festival (formerly known as the King Biscuit Blues Festival). The St. Louis Blues Society was on hand to present Erma with a check, to help her get down to the fest!

Additionally, Erma Whiteside and Marquise Knox will be on 'The Set',
a thirty-minute television program dedicated to showcasing the best Midwest music talent! The show format consists of a set of the artist’s best twenty-four minutes of original performance footage. Charter Communications launched the series to assist the artistic community by providing extensive exposure and promotional support to the musical community spotlighting the best in local Midwest bands and musical artists performing original tunes.

Musically this was one of the best events STLBlues has produced, and we're glad to send these talented musicians on to even more exposure. Thanks goes out to all those who helped make this event possible - the Lucas School House for providing such a great venue, the sponsors KDHX 88.1 FM, Crescendo Drums, Fazio's Frets and Friends, Broke and Hungry Records, the judges, the fans and supporters, and especially the musicians. Thanks for helping keep the Blues alive! We'll see you where the Blues are, until then here's our photo gallery, enjoy!

  • The 2006 Blues Royale: Acoustic winner Marquise Knox at KDHX radio
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: Bottoms Up Blues Gang
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: Bottoms Up Blues Gang
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: Bottoms Up Blues Gang
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: Jeremy w/ Bottoms Up Blues Gang
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: Kari w/ Bottoms Up Blues Gang
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: Sharon Foehner
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: Bootigrabbers Delite
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: Sharon Foehner
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: The Fab Foehners
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: Marquise Knox
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: Marquise Knox
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: Gaptoof and Martin
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: Gaptoof and Martin
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: Vince Martin
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: Curt Landes
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: Gaptoof and Martin
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: Folk'n Bluesgrass
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: Folk'n Bluesgrass
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: Folk'n Bluesgrass
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: Folk'n Bluesgrass
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: New Rising Sun
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: New Rising Sun
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: Darrow Washington w/ New Rising Sun
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: New Rising Sun
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: Michael Aguirre w/ New Rising Sun
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: Big Daddy
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: Big Daddy w/ the On Call Band
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: Big Daddy w/ the On Call Band
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: Oysters Rockefeller
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: Harry Nino of Oysters Rockefeller
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: Mark Moore
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: Mark Moore and the Smokers
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: Erma Whiteside
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: The Erma Whiteside band
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: Benny Smith w/ the Erma Whiteside band
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: New Rising Sun
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: Darrow Washington w/ New Rising Sun
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: Michael Aguirre w/ New Rising Sun
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: John May w/ New Rising Sun
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: Erma Whiteside dancing with her fans
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: Blues Drivers
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: Blues Drivers
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: Rich Fabec
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: The Rich Fabec band
  • The 2006 Blues Royale: Erma Whiteside
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