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Oct 12, 2008 7:00 pm (Sunday)
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Event details: Blake Lewis (from American Idol) with Carlotta
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With his spiky blond tips and dry sense of humor, this beatbox champion, Blake Lewis proved he was also a strong vocalist when he made it to the final 12 on Season 6 of American Idol. Singing since age 5, he performed with the Columbia Boys Choir in junior high and even toured Europe with the outfit. At 17 he took up beatboxing under the moniker BShorty, but he never abandoned his first love, honing his vocal skills in the a cappella group KickShaw, until AI put him in the national spotlight. Lewis upped his game every week, tackling contemporary arrangements and courting the teen girl set. His strategy paid off with a second place finish behind winner Jordin Sparks. [All-Ages]
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Blake Lewis
Lewis was born in Redmond, Washington to Dallas and Dinah Lewis as the only child in the family of Welsh, German and Irish descent. He attended Kenmore Junior High and later Inglemoor High School. Lewis started beatboxing at seventeen after he was inspired by Matthew Selby, a former member of the Los Angeles-based a cappella group M-Pact, of which fellow Idol semi-finalist Rudy Cárdenas is a member. Lewis was a member of the a cappella group KickShaw for four years after graduation from high school in 1999. He quit the group in 2002 and became a full-time musician going by the stage name "Bshorty". In high school, Lewis participa...Post a Countdown Widget
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