Greenville, Mississippi musician and Hill Country Records recording artist Ron Etheridge took First Place recently in the Memphis Region of the Hard Rock Live Band Contest. Ron was ranked #1 out of 147 acts to perform at the preliminary contest on Saturday, March 21. He beat out four full bands with his solo performance to take first place. Ron will compete again on April 4 in Memphis, and if things go well, he will go to Barcelona, Spain to play a festival in front of an expected 60,000 people later this year.