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Jason Vivone And The Billy Bats

Jason Vivone and the Billy Bats won the title "king of the roots" in a competition sponsored by the Roots N Blues N BBQ Fest and the Missouri Lottery. Jason competed as a solo act in the 2010 IBC. The band has performed at Mid America Music Festival, Kansas City Cigar Box Guitar Festival, Kansas City Blues Society Festival, Gladstone Blues Festival, Woody Guthrie 100 Year Birthday Tribute and has opened for Chris Duarte & Fishbone. As a teenager, Jason busked at the Chicago Blues Festival with ex Howling Wolf sideman, Otis Smokey Smothers.