CONGRATS! Kitchener's Gary Cain is a Finalist in Six String Theory Competition!

Kitchener Bluesman, Gary Cain earned a spot as one of the a finalists (4th place) of the Blues Guitar category in the Six String Theory Guitar Competition on June 7, 2016.

Links: Gary Cain, More Gary Cain Stories, Video above courtesy of Gary Cain

Carter Low (Vancouver) tied for the Grand Guitar Prize and won in the Blues Guitar division. Other Canadian finalists include Kris Schulz from Vancouver, Sudbury's Jamie Dupuis (Acoustic Guitar) and Montreal's Jasmin Lacasse Roy (Classical Guitar)

Video above courtesy of Carter Low

The prestigious, international contest is judged by such luminaries as Joe Bonamassa, Steve Vai, Keb Mo', Vince Gill, Sonny Landreth and many other.  Musicians enter two YouTube videos for the competition.  There was also a similar Rhythm Competition.

Here's a full list of winners:

Guitar Categories

Blues

• Winner: Carter Low - Canada
• 1st Finalist: Hayden Fogle - USA
• 2nd Finalist: Tommy Benson - USA
• 3rd Finalist: Gary Cain - Canada 
• 4th Finalist: Marc Athlan - France 
• 5th Finalist: James Howard - USA

Classical

• Winner: Stephen Lee - Indonesia 
• 1st Finalist: Ricardo Giuffrida - Brazil 
• 2nd Finalist: Dominic Flynn - USA
• 3rd Finalist: Alex Park - USA
• 4th Finalist: Giorgi Kveliashvili - Georgia (Country)
• 5th Finalist: Jasmin Lacasse Roy - Canada

Acoustic

• Winner: Rhythm Shaw - India 
• 1st Finalist: Sandor Nanasi - Hungary 
• 2nd Finalist: Kris Schulz - Canada 
• 3rd Finalist: Antonio Palumbo - Italy
• 4th Finalist: Jamie Dupuis - Canada 
• 5th Finalist: Dan Bankhurst - USA

Overall:

• (Tie): Carter Low (Blues) - Canada/Roland Balogh (Jazz) - Hungary/ 

Jazz/Fusion

• Winner: Roland Balogh - Hungary 
• 1st Finalist: Roman Nochevnyy- Turkmenistan
• 2nd Finalist: Pablo Romeu - Brazil
• 3rd Finalist: Ilya Kamaldinov - Russia 
• 4th Finalist: Eduardo Belloni - Brazil 
• 5th Finalist: Jan Jakut - USA 

Rock

• Winner: Tom Caunt - UK
• 1st Finalist: Elmo Karjalainen - Finland
• 2nd Finalist: Craig Pirtle - USA
• 3rd Finalist: Luke Fortini - Italy 
• 4th Finalist: Jorge Almarales - USA
• 5th Finalist: Luciano Silva - Brazil 

Rhythm

• Winner Peter Skrabak - USA
• 1st Finalist: Viktor Geczy - Hungary 
• 2nd Finalist: Brad Bailey - USA
• 3rd Finalist: Yu Ooka - USA
• 4th Finalist: Orion Meshorer - Israel 
• 5th Finalist: Jesse Sullivan - USA

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Other Instruments:

Piano

• Winner: Nicolas Hetko - USA
• 1st Finalist: Michael Ragonese - USA
• 2nd Finalist: Yakub Saputra - USA
• 3rd Finalist: Tim Dvorkin - USA
• 4th Finalist: Katarina Kochetova - Serbia 
• 5th Finalist: Brian Clay - USA

Bass

• Winner: Isaias Elpes - USA/Brazil 
• 1st Finalist: Bryan Ladd - USA
• 2nd Finalist: Brandon Rose - USA
• 3rd Finalist: Joe Duran - USA
• 4th Finalist: Jacob Smith - USA
• 5th Finalist: Naoki Isobe - Japan 

Drum

• Winner: Raphael Pannier - France 
• 1st Finalist: Yesaya Soemantri - Indonesia
• 2nd Finalist: Shedly Abraham - USA
• 3rd Finalist: Jeroen Truyen - Germany 
• 4th Finalist: David Hodek - Slovakia 
• 5th Finalist: Jacori Robinson - USA

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