*2011 Blues Music Award Nominee "Best New Artist Debut"
*2011 Blues Blast Nominee "Best New Artist Debut" & "Sean Costello Rising Star"
*2011 Jammie Award Recipient. Winner of 4 categories "Best Album, Best Blues Album, Best Group, Producer of The Year" (Glenn Brown)
#4 "Pick to Click" on BB King's Bluesville Sirius/XM Ch. 70
*Living Blues Top 25 (June/July 2010)
* Voted as one of the Top 100 Blues/Roots CD's of 2009 & 2010 by Real Blues Magazine
Led by Vincent Hayes on vocals and guitar, and fueled by one of the tightest rhythm sections in modern blues, the Vincent Hayes Project has recently been receiving world wide acclaim for their new CD release of original inspired blues titled, "Reclamation", which has spent two consecutive months on the Living Blues Top 25 Chart in both June & July 2010, and nine consecutive weeks to date on the National Roots Music Chart. Since its release in March 2010, the disc has received airplay on over 200 stations world wide, quickly becoming a favorite of DJ’s and fans alike. On July 4, it was also added to the playlist of the “Blues Deluxe” program, which is syndicated on over 100 U.S. stations. In the fall of 2010 Reclamation spent 5 weeks as a "Pick to Click" on “B.B. King’s Bluesville” Channel 74 on Sirius/XM Radio, where it reached the #4 spot.
In addition to being semi-finalists in the 2006 & 2007 IBC, and opening shows for Ludicris, Steve Miller Band, Joe Bonamassa and others, in the summer of 2007, The Vincent Hayes Project toured with counter-culture icon John Sinclair as his band of “Blues Scholars”. Live, the band has a reputation as a high-energy unit, with an unstoppable rhythm section, fueled by Hayes’s charismatic stage presence and dynamic guitar work. Formed in 2004 as a three piece power trio (David “The Butcher” Alves-bass, Donnie “The Guru of Groove” Hugley-percussion), the West Michigan-based blues trio recently expanded to a five piece, incorporating the piano wizardry of both Steve “Doc” Yankee, and newcomer Christian Van Antwerpen on Hammond B3.
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