« Kirby Kelly Is The New King of The Blues »

NGW faculty member Kirby Kelly beat out nearly 4,000 other applicants to become Guitar Center's new King of the Blues.  On November 12th, the finalists gathered at the House of Blues in Hollywood to compete in front of a sold out crowd that included judges Jimmy Vivino, Hubert Sumlin, Steve Lukather, and Dweezil Zappa.

NGW alum Pauline France was on hand and wrote a great review of the event at iHeartGuitar.

After his victory, Kelly was awarded an impressive package of prizes, including $25,000 cash, along with a Gibson '59 Les Paul reissue guitar, a $2,500 Levi's® shopping spree, a Marshall Vintage Modern 50 watt half stack, a Boss GT-10 Guitar Multi Effects Pedal, a feature in Guitar World magazine, worldwide distribution of their music in iTunes and more, plus endorsement deals from Ernie Ball, Marshall Amplification, VOX Amplification and Gibson.

Click Here to see Kirby's Winning Performance

Comments

[Frank Stabler]

Atta boy, Kirby! Nobody deserves it more.