The bugs Beddow band plays Trombone Driven Party Blues & Funk - Hot, Danceable, Rockin' Rhythm & Blues that delivers plenty of Vocals, Horns, and Dancing. Things really get cookin' with an Excellent Vocal Blend atop Rockin' Blues Rhythms and a Sparkling Horn Section that is punctuated by searing electric guitar work. With numerous recordings and awards, including the 2007 Detroit Music Award for Outstanding Rhythm & Blues Group, it's easy to see why this group is a hometown (Detroit) favorite. “West Bloomfield Music Teacher Honored as Top Bandleader October 9, 2012. The bugs Beddow band has just been awarded the title of #1 R&B Band in Detroit by WDIV’s Vote 4 the Best!" Mr. Beddow is a 20 year West Bloomfield resident. In addition to being a bandleader, vocalist, trombonist, and flutist for his own band, he is the K-5 music teacher at Roosevelt Elementary and a 6th grade band director at Abbott Middle School, both in the West Bloomfield School District in the state of Michigan. After school, when he’s not gigging with his band, he teaches private lessons on trombone, trumpet, tuba, sax, and flute at the Orchard Lake School of Music in Sylvan Lake and West Bloomfield’s Marshall Music on Haggerty Road. He also serves as Vice President of the Orchard Lake Philharmonic Society ( www.olpsmusic.org )and has received numerous awards for classical music performances on trombone. Beddow is a member of Advent Episcopal Church, where he occasionally performs Christian music on flute and bass guitar. Bugs Beddow has shared the stage with Spyro Gyra, Earl Klugh, Blood, Sweat, & Tears, Christian McBride, Boz Scaggs, Robert Cray, & Eddie Money as well as providing music to award winning actor Jeff Daniels for a decade. Mr. Beddow can also be found on numerous recordings with artists like Mitch Ryder and Earl Klugh. In 1992, he was in the movie "Hoffa" with Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, and Armand Asanti. Bugs Beddow plays the trombone and his awesome band plays Trombone Driven Rhythm & Blues and Funk. Award Winning Party Music that is defined as "Hot, Danceable, Rockin' Rhythm & Blues that delivers Plenty of Vocals, Horns, and Dancing". Things really get cookin' with an excellent Vocal Blend atop Classic Rockin' Blues Rhythms and a Sparkling Horn section that is punctuated by searing Electric Guitar work. They have won the Detroit Music Awards for Best R&B Band five times. Bugs Beddow maybe known the world over, but he calls Detroit his home. Official Website: Bugs Beddow Band