July 17 Summer NAMM - Bad Influence, featuring Epiphone guitarist Michael Tash, Roger Edsall and Slingerland endorsed drummer David Thaler played BB Kings and Bourbon Street Blues Club Friday night during the Summer NAMM show. Visiting the show were Epiphone distributors from Japan along with Epiphone President Jim Rosenberg, Gibson President Dave Berryman and others from the Epiphone division.

Bad Influence has been nominated for awards as Best Blues Band, Blues Instrumentalist and Blues Vocalist by the Washington Area Music Association. Their CD, "Tastes Like Chicken" was the winner of the Washington Area Music Association award for best blues recording. Visit them on-line at www.badinfluenceband.com.

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