Chance Royal of Thomaston is competing in the Guitar Center's King of the Blues nation wide search for the next great undiscovered blues guitar player.
216 Guitar Center stores across the U.S. hosted competitions earlier this year. Each contestant performed live to 1 of 30 original backing tracks developed by Grammy Award winning producer, Pete Anderson (Dwight Yoakam's Guitarist and Producer).
All contestants were judged by a panel of three independent judges on the following criteria: authenticity, originality, skills/technique, state presence and overall performance.
Chance won the in-store competition and will be competing in the district competition Thursday, June 23rd at the Guitar Center in North Druid Hills. The winner will travel to Hallandale, Florida on Thursday July 14th for the regional competition.
The Grand Prize winner receives $25,000, a studio session with Pete Anderson and a 1959 Gibson Les Paul guitar.
The final competition will be held at the House of Blues in Los Angeles, California and will feature Warren Haynes of The Allman Brothers Band, Government Mule, The Dead and Phil Lesh and Friends.
For more on the competition click HERE.
Macon’s WMAZ Weekend Morning show has been showcasing some of the best bands throughout central Georgia. Mystery Road, the band that Chance plays in, will perform on Saturday, July 9th, the show starts at 7:00 a.m.
Chance is employed by the Georgia DOT at the weigh station on I-75 north of Macon, he is the son of Ronald (Gramps) and Debbie Royal of Thomaston.
Visit Chance and Mystery Road on Facebook HERE or on Reverbnation HERE.
Listen to Chance on the player below.
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