{"id":5210,"date":"2016-07-02T08:54:08","date_gmt":"2016-07-02T08:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/franceblues.com\/?page_id=5210"},"modified":"2021-06-28T16:14:03","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T16:14:03","slug":"blues-behind-the-scene-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/franceblues.com\/?page_id=5210","title":{"rendered":"Blues Behind The Scene Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

2015 – Cahors Blues Festival<\/h4>\n

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Pour son travail acharn\u00e9 et sa capacit\u00e9 \u00e0 transmettre sa passion au travers du plus ancien festival de Blues fran\u00e7ais – il a \u00e9t\u00e9 b\u00e9n\u00e9vole pendant 8 ans avant d\u2019en devenir Pr\u00e9sident, pour son enthousiasme h\u00e9rit\u00e9 du fondateur et ancien Pr\u00e9sident G\u00e9rard Tertre et gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 la contribution inestimable de tous les b\u00e9n\u00e9voles, pour avoir rendu possible le voyage de plusieurs personnes dans le Delta du Mississippi afin de d\u00e9couvrir la vie des musiciens et la place du Blues aux Etats-Unis, pour avoir re\u00e7u un \u00ab Mississippi Blues Trail Marker \u00bb d\u00e9livr\u00e9 par l\u2019Etat du Mississippi, le prix, dans la cat\u00e9gorie \u00ab Promoteur \u00bb, est attribu\u00e9 \u00e0 Robert MAURIES, pr\u00e9sident du Cahors Blues Festival.<\/p>\n

\"flaguk\"<\/a>For his strong work to transmit his passion through the eldest Blues Festival in France (he joined it since 8 years as volunteer) to a maximum of people following the traces of founder and president Geratd Tertre together with the priceless contribution of all volunteers, also giving the opportunity to some people to travel to Mississippi delta to study the situation of bluesmen and blues music in the USA and receiving a Mississippi Blues Trail Marker from Mississippi Government authority. The winner in Promoters category is ROBERT MAURIES, president and director of Cahors Blues Festival.<\/p>\n

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2017 – David Baerst <\/strong><\/h4>\n

\"davidbaerst\"<\/a>Pour son implication dans la promotion du blues en tant que DJ depuis 1998 avec Route 66, une radio associative de Colmar (Alsace), mais aussi pour son travail d’auteur et de reporter avec quelques centaines d’interviews d’artistes europ\u00e9ens et am\u00e9ricains, le Blues Behind The Scenes Award 2017 dans la cat\u00e9gorie Media est attribu\u00e9 \u00e0 David Baerst de Route 66 Radio.<\/p>\n

\"flaguk\"<\/a>For his involvement in promoting the blues as a DJ since 1998 at Route 66, a non-profit radio in Colmar (Region of Alsace), but also for his work as writer and interviewer with hundreds of interviews to European and American musicians, the winner in Media Category is David Baerst from Route 66 Radio (France)<\/p>\n

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2018 – Jean Guillermo<\/h4>\n
\"jgbbs\"Le conseil d’administration de l\u2019EBU a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de d\u00e9cerner un Award sp\u00e9cial en 2018.<\/div>\n
Fondateur b\u00e9n\u00e9vole \u00e0 plein temps d’un grand festival de blues de 17 jours, avec un m\u00e9lange de concerts, d\u2019actions sociales et de blues dans les \u00e9coles, il a travaill\u00e9 jour apr\u00e8s jour pendant une p\u00e9riode de 12 ans pour apporter le blues \u00e0 tous les niveaux de l’\u00e9ducation, dans les pour sans-abris, dans les prisons et dans les h\u00f4pitaux … afin de toucher le c\u0153ur et l’esprit de toute la population avec la puissance, l’influence et l’impact du blues !<\/div>\n
Il a propos\u00e9 et facilit\u00e9 un accord entre quatre festivals europ\u00e9ens pour l’\u00e9change d’artistes nationaux. Parall\u00e8lement, il s\u2019est rendu chaque ann\u00e9e \u00e0 Memphis de 2008 \u00e0 2012 pour choisir non seulement le vainqueur de l’IBC mais aussi d’autres groupes pour jouer dans le festival qu’il a cr\u00e9\u00e9, initi\u00e9 et administr\u00e9 seul \u00ab\u00a0dans sa cuisine\u00a0\u00bb en 1999 et qui, un an plus tard, avait 2 puis 4 employ\u00e9s \u00e0 temps plein.<\/div>\n
En 2010, il s’est port\u00e9 volontaire pour devenir l’un des 6 membres fondateurs de l’European Blues Union (EBU). Il a occup\u00e9 le poste de vice-pr\u00e9sident pendant six ans et est toujours membre du conseil d’administration de l’EBU.<\/div>\n
En 2011, avec 14 amis, il fonde France Blues, la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Blues Nationale Fran\u00e7aise, impliqu\u00e9e dans la reconnaissance publique et la visibilit\u00e9 de la musique et des musiciens de blues en France, en Europe et dans le monde, en exportant ses \u00abtalents\u00bb partout dans le monde.<\/div>\n
Dans la communaut\u00e9 internationale du blues, il est consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme la personne qui facilite efficacement le meilleur des relations entre festivals, stations de radio \/ deejays, lieux \/ clubs, magazines \/ presse \u00e9crite et artistes blues, faisant toujours de son mieux pour aider les musiciens fran\u00e7ais \u00e0 jouer dans toute l’Europe, mais aussi au Canada et aux \u00c9tats-Unis.<\/div>\n
Pour toutes les raisons mentionn\u00e9es ici, il est l’une des personnes les plus respect\u00e9es, efficaces, influentes et appr\u00e9ci\u00e9es dans la communaut\u00e9 internationale du blues, non seulement par les musiciens mais aussi par une multitude de personnalit\u00e9s de blues tr\u00e8s visibles.<\/div>\n
Pour tout ce qu’il a fait au fil des ann\u00e9es, si quelqu’un m\u00e9rite un Blues Behind the Scenes Award … C’est Jean Guillermo !<\/div>\n

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\"\"This year board have decided to give a special Outstandig Contribution Award<\/div>\n
Founder on a full time volunteer basis of a huge blues festival, 17 days long, with a mix of night gigs\/performances of blues musicians and in social services and blues in the schools activities, he consistently worked day-after-day over a period of 12 years to bring blues music into all levels of education to homeless shelters, jails and prisons, and hospitals … touching the hearts and minds of the entire citizenry with the power, influence, and impact of the blues!<\/div>\n
He proposed and facilitated an agreement to 4 European Festivals for exchanging national artists. At the same time, he went to Memphis every year from 2008 to 2012 to choose not only the winner of IBC but also other bands to play to the festival he created, initiated, and administered alone \u201cin his kitchen\u201d in 1999 and which, a year later, had 2 then 4 full time employees.<\/div>\n
In 2010, he volunteered to become one of the 6 founding members of the European Blues Union (EBU). He acted as Vice-President for 6 years, and is still a Board Member of the EBU organization.<\/div>\n
In 2011, with 14 friends, he founded France Blues, the French national Blues Society, involved in getting a public recognition and visibility for blues music and musicians in France, in Europe, and worldwide, by exporting our ‘home talents’ all over the world.<\/div>\n
In the international blues community, he is relied upon as the person who effectively facilitates the best of relationships between festivals, radio stations\/deejays, venues\/clubs, magazines\/print media, and blues artists, always doing his best to help French musicians to play throughout Europe, and also in Canada and USA.<\/div>\n
For all of the many reasons outlined herein, he is one of the most respected, well-liked, effective, influential, and appreciated persons in the international blues community, not only by musicians but also by a variety of highly visible blues personalities.<\/div>\n
For all he has done over the years If anyone deserves a Blues Behind the Scenes Award\u2026 It\u2019s Jean Guillermo!<\/div>\n
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2020 – Aur\u00e9lie Roquet<\/h4>\n

\"aurelie\"Fondatrice et \u00ab patronne \u00bb de On The Road Again, la premi\u00e8re agence d’organisation et de gestion de tourn\u00e9es en France pour les artistes blues, soul et afro-am\u00e9ricains.
\nAvec un catalogue qui comprend la cr\u00e8me des artistes fran\u00e7ais, europ\u00e9ens, scandinaves et am\u00e9ricains, Aur\u00e9lie et son \u00e9quipe sont reconnues et appr\u00e9ci\u00e9es par les artistes et les organisateurs de festivals et de lieux qui font toujours un effort suppl\u00e9mentaire pour essayer d’aider.
\nQu’il s’agisse d’animer des \u00e9v\u00e9nements individuels ou d’organiser des tourn\u00e9es nationales ou internationales, Aur\u00e9lie r\u00e9pond \u00e0 toutes les exigences d’accompagnement et de logistique ainsi qu’\u00e0 la bonne prise en charge des artistes dont elle a la charge.<\/p>\n

\"flaguk\"<\/a>Founder and \u2018boss\u2019 of On The Road Again, the foremost tour organiser and management company in France for blues, soul and Afro-American artists.
\nWith a roster that includes the cream of French, European, Scandinavian and American artists, Aur\u00e9lie and her team are recognised and appreciated by artists and festival and Venue organisers alike always going that extra mile to try to help.
\nWhether facilitating individual events or putting together national or international tours, Aur\u00e9lie meets all the support and logistical requirements as well as Making sure artists in her care are well looked after.<\/p>\n

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2015 – Cahors Blues Festival Pour son travail acharn\u00e9 et sa capacit\u00e9 \u00e0 transmettre sa passion au travers du plus ancien festival de Blues fran\u00e7ais – il a \u00e9t\u00e9 b\u00e9n\u00e9vole pendant 8 ans avant d\u2019en devenir Pr\u00e9sident, pour son enthousiasme h\u00e9rit\u00e9 du fondateur et ancien Pr\u00e9sident G\u00e9rard Tertre et gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 la contribution inestimable de […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5210","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/franceblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/franceblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/franceblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/franceblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/franceblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5210"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/franceblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8095,"href":"https:\/\/franceblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5210\/revisions\/8095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/franceblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}