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<div>Hello Friends! If someone would have told me three years ago we’d be starting a GoFundMe page to seek sponsorship for The Anything Blue Band to compete in the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee, I would have totally called bullshit.

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<div>The band, formed by Jim Brehm and Jon Garee, didn’t even exist three years ago. As a matter of fact, it hasn’t even been two years since it was established, and in its current form, not even a full year.

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<div>The organic evolution of the band has created a blues-based feel music that is catching on throughout the blues community in Central Ohio and beyond.

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<div>After being asked to compete in The Columbus Blues Alliance Challenge in April at the world-famous Dolphin Lounge (where we brought the house down), it was decided we should compete again in Huntington, WV, for the Huntington Blues Society, where we won the competition.

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<div>To say we are extremely proud and grateful to be given the chance to bring our traditional style of blues to Memphis representing the Huntington Blues Society is an understatement.

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<div>We are humbly asking for your support, financially or otherwise, to assist in our unlikely journey to Memphis.

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<div>On behalf of Tom Backus, Jeffrey Brandt, Dave Thomas, Jon Garee, and Jim Brehm, we sincerely appreciate your consideration and support.

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<div>As always, we are Anything Blue, and we will see you next time!

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