The WIRED! Blues Band
The WIRED! Blues Band from Seattle, Washington, won the
prestigious International Blues Challenge at the Orpheum Theater in Memphis,
Tennessee, in February 2012, after a four-day competition on Beale Street
amongst hundreds of bands from around the world. The band has won numerous Washington Blues
Society Best of the Blues awards, including three-time Best Blues Band and the
Best Blues Album, and performs in blues festivals throughout the Pacific Northwest. The band includes Neal 'Virgil' Brown on guitar and lead vocal,
Keith Kakke on bass and vocal, and Rick Jacobson on drums and vocal.