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A Thermopolis resident won the title of overall champion at the second annual Wyoming Singer Songwriter Competition in Ten Sleep.
Rob Weimann, who took second in last year’s event, was …
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A Thermopolis resident won the title of overall champion at the second annual Wyoming Singer Songwriter Competition in Ten Sleep.
Rob Weimann, who took second in last year’s event, was named Wyoming’s best singer-songwriter of 2019 in voting by a panel of musicians and audience members during the final round held at the Ten Sleep Brewing Co.
The finals on Sept. 22 capped weeks of competition by about 85 musicians who entered preliminary rounds at communities around the state.
Judging was done by a professional panel including select past competitors as well as professional Wyoming musicians and leaders in the industry.
Judging in the finals round covered both artists and individual songs. Audience members at the finals were also invited to vote for their favorite songs and performers.
After being picked as the favorite performer by both the judges’ panel and the audience members, Weimann expressed appreciation for the event’s organizer, Jon Gardzelewski.
“Jon has really given the songwriters of Wyoming an outlet to share their work in a very welcome environment,” Weimann said. “The whole setup is very refreshing in a way that challenges songwriters and lets them be exposed to local music that they’ve most likely, never heard. It’s an opportunity to meet other songwriters and begin networking.”
Winning first place from the panel of musicians for the best song of the competition was Tracy Locken of Gillette with her song “Head Case,” while audience members selected the song “14/16/20 Blues” by Cody’s Kalyn Beasley as their favorite. Among audience members, Beasly ranked as the second-best singer-songwriter.
Videos from this year’s event can be found on YouTube: https://youtu.be/7QNFMSkX3Lo
Winning this year’s event has already led to Weimann being booked for a couple of festival events in the summer of 2020 as well receiving some air time on Wyoming Public Radio.
In the meantime, he will begin playing gigs in Thermopolis and around the state.
He’s also working on his first record, which should be released sometime in the spring of 2020.
