{"id":17458,"date":"2023-01-23T08:00:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T14:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wearememphis.com\/?p=17458"},"modified":"2024-03-25T15:50:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T20:50:24","slug":"your-guide-to-the-international-blues-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wearememphis.com\/play\/music\/your-guide-to-the-international-blues-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Guide to the International Blues Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

While everyone knows by now (we hope) that Memphis<\/a> is known for having a thriving new and current live music scene encompassing all genres, it is still true that Memphis is known worldwide for being the home of the blues. Beale Street has a major history that can backup that claim. From being the place where W.C. Handy and Memphis Minnie came into their own, to later becoming home to the outrageous nightclubs where musicians like B.B. King, Howlin\u2019 Wolf, Rufus Thomas, and so many others made their bread and butter.<\/p>\n

Each year The Blues Foundation, a Memphis based organization with a mission to preserve the heritage and history of the Blues, hosts a festival-style live blues competition in the city known as The International Blues Challenge (IBC). The event brings hundreds of tourists and blues musicians to the city, and is known worldwide in the blues community to be the mecca for recognition in the genre as an up and coming blues band.<\/p>\n