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For Héctor Anchondo, the third time really became the charmed one. Anchondo entered the 2020 International Blues Challenge in the solo/duo category and came away with the top prize: winning the solo/duo category. He also took home the Memphis Cigar Box Guitar Award for best guitarist in the solo/duo competition, where he performed representing the Blues Society of Omaha. It was Anchondo’s third year performing at the IBC as the BSO’s artist. In 2015 the Héctor Anchondo Band made the semifinals (from about 250 artists down to 50 semifinalists) and in 2016 the Héctor Anchondo Band went all the way to the finals, playing in the top eight bands chosen by judges from the week of performances.
Being a winner in the International Blues Challenge is a prestigious honor. For Anchondo, it was the culmination of over two decades of work. “Winning this feels like reward for having stuck with music for 24 years,” Anchondo says. “I had flashbacks of all the journeys, sleeping on floors, years of sleeping in the van, overnight drives, no pay, credit card debt for the cause, broken-down vans, the list goes on.”
-1st Place Winner of the 2020 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN
-Winner of the Cigar Box Guitar Award for Best Guitarist in the 2020 IBC
-Finalist in the 2016 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN (top 8 of 240 acts worldwide)
-Semifinalist at the 2015 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN
-Winner of the 2014, 2015, and 2019 Nebraska State Blues Challenge
-Winner of the 2013, 2014, 2015, & 2018 “Best Blues” award by the Omaha Entertainment and Arts Awards

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