Adding to previous accolades, both the Tedeschi Trucks Band's debut album, "Revelator," (released in June on Sony Records) and Leslie West's "Unusual Suspects" (released in September on Provogue Records), were featured prominently on Classic Rock Revisted's top 40 Classic Rock Albums list of 2011. The former in the 18th position and the latter in the number 7 slot. To see the list in its entirety, please visit www.classicrockrevisited.com/bestof2011.

ETA is proud to announce that both Matt Schofield and Oli Brown Band have earned multiple nominations for the 2011 British Blues Awards. Both Artists are nominated in the categories of "Best Guitarist" and “Best Blues Band" this year (Matt took home the award for Best Guitarist last year). Oli Brown is in the running for "Best Male Vocalist" and "Young Artist of the Year,” both of which he was awarded last year. Oli is also nominated for "Blues Album of the Year" (which Schofield took last year). It seems there’s no stopping these two impressive British axe-men. The winners of the British Blues Awards will be announced at The Newark Blues Festival on September 11, 2011. Visit www.britishbluesawards.co.uk to place your vote and for more information on Matt and Oli visit their respective websites at www.mattschofield.net and www.olibrownband.co.uk

The "Bike Stop Pro Team" closed the 2010 season easily surpassing their 2009 results in virtually all events. Highlights included:

-Team members competing in 60 events
-55 podium finishes (25 gold, 15 silver, 15 bonze)
-3 World Championship qualifiers
-15 National Championship qualifiers
-5 State Championships
-2 Regional Championships
-10 Series Competitions
-2 All-Americans
-3 "Ironmen"

GO TEAM !

(for additional and detailed information go to www.bikestopproteam.com )

Eight BSPT Tri members have qualified for the 2010 USA Triathlon National

Championships in Alabama (Connie Peterson, Julia Peck, Alexandra Forte, Trey

McKinnon, Rusty Fancher, Andrea Fancher, Tracy Darensbourg, and Cathy Lee);

2 members have qualified for the 2010 ITU World Triathlon Championships in

Budapest, Hungary (Connie Peterson and Alexandra Forte); 1 member has

qualified for the 2010 XTERRA World Championships in Maui ; and 1 mountain

bike member has qualified for the 2010 USA Cycling Mountain Bike National

Championships in Colorado (Brian Marsh)!

GO TEAM!

Entourage Talent Associates, once again, proudly sponsors the Bike Stop Pro Team, for the 2010 season. Along with a supporting cast of local and regional sponsor organizations; the NorVa and National concert halls of Virginio, Cowan Realty, Culpeper Sport and Racquet Club, among others, Entourage Talent wishes the team the very best for the upcoming season.

The Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi band will soon be winging their way over

to Japan for a July 31st “special” appearance at and on the “Fuji Rock

Festival”, Japan’s MAJOR summer rock festival, something the Japanese

audience and promoters have been waiting for in GREAT anticipation and for

some time now!

As one of the proud sponsers of the Bike Stop Pro Team, Entourage Talent congratulates the BSPT and its' individual competitors for an exemplary inaugural season!

2 World Championship Competitors
2 National Championship Competitors
2 Regional Championships
4 Series Championships
32 Podium Finishes:
     14 gold
     13 silver
     5 bronze
50+ Total competitions

GO TEAM!

Entourage Talent Associates is proud to announce our nomination at the 21st Annual Pollstar Awards in the category of Boutique Booking Agency of the Year. We are thrilled to share this honor with seven other outstanding agencies and would like to thank all who voted for our nomination. This year's voting will be conducted entirely online, so if you are eligible, be sure to cast a vote for us! The final deadline for voting is January 13th, 2010, and the award ceremony will be held on February 17th, 2010 at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, CA. Congrats to all the nominees and see you in LA!

Congrats to BSPT member Alexandra Forte 2009 ITU World Age-Group Championships / Gold Coast, Australia 9/12 - Alex Forte made a trip half-way around the world to the Gold Coast of Australia as a member of Team USA for the Triathlon World Championships, finishing 43rd in her division and 120th overall among the female competitors in an

overall time of 2:19:02.

In an interview with Gibson Guitars, Derek Trucks said "Les Paul played until the day he died. I admire that... That's the way you live a life" Of his many achievements Trucks said, "You could take any one of the many things he did and it would have been enough for most people. Inventing multi-tracking and then the 1st great solid body electric guitar. The amount of things he pulled off is pretty astounding." Joe Satriani said in a statement "Les Paul set a standard for musicianship and innovation that remains unsurpassed. He was the original guitar hero and the kindest of souls. Last October I joined him onstage at the Iridium club in [New York], and he was still shredding. He was and still is an inspiration to us all." Of the sad news Leslie West explained that Paul was "as innovative as Hendrix or anyone close to it, he took the electric guitar to a new level - one everyone could understand. He was so far ahead of everyone else; he did not realize what he had done."