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Vincent Druda Singer,guitarist,slide guitar www.vincentdruda.com Young blues guitarist virtuose,winner of the "Best new blues artist of 2004" and nominated for "Revelation of the year" in 2005 and this year's nominee for "Revelation of the year, Author-composer and Album of the year" in 2006 at Montreal's Gala Lys Blues. Started listening to blues at the age of 8 to the likes of Paul Butterfield,Muddy Waters, Johnny Winter,Elmore James and many more. At the age of 11 he got his first guitar and at 12 his first guitar lessons with a local blues guitarist. He learned basic blues riffs and standards. At 13 went on stage for the first time with his teacher and delightfully surprised the crowd. At 15 started lessons with a symphonic music composer and for the next two years studied guitar techniques(25 to 30 hours per week) in classical, flamenco, rock, neo-classical and naturally blues. At 17 was invited at his first blues festival at the St-Hyacinthe »Weekend en Blues ». At 18 participated at the « Guitaristes Blues de Montreal » with Montreal's finest. At 20 nominated for « Best new blues group » Gala Lys Blues. At the age of 21, his first blues album was out on November 25th. 2005. This album received excellent revues from different radios(CKUT fm, CFID fm, CHAA fm, CKOD fm,CHOM fm,Radio-Canada and blues magazines( LENETBLUES, COULEUR BLUES, PASSION BLUES..). Venues: Valleyfield Blues Festival 2003-2004-2005 Jonquiere Blues week 2003 Cowansville musiciens en ville 2000 Cancer en Blues 2004-2005 Lion D'Or (TQS Flash) 1st Gala Lys Blues as artist 2003 Live interviews on Passion Blues radio show in Valleyfield(103,1fm)and CHAA 103,3 fm in Longueuil Videos and articles on www.lenetblues.com Opened for Jonas in Joliette at October Fest in 2004. Was invited as guitarist for: Jim Zeller,Bluesteel, Bobby F. White and many others. On September 26th(2005) was invited to a fund raiser « Katrina sings the Blues » On November 20th,2005 was guest guitarist with Jimmy James, Christian Malette, John Granata, Kim Richardson,Dawn Tyler Watson and many others at Bourbon Street West. His reputation as guitarist and singer continues to grow and his goals are already in progress. *French copy available on demand. Contact aldo.druda@sympatico.ca Aldo Druda (manager) Productions Voodoo Blues