| Saturday, June 11, 2022 - Tas Cru |
| Band Website: tascru.com |
AMERICAN SINGER - SONGWRITER - BLUESMAN - Raucous, rowdy, gentle, sweet, eccentric, quirky, and outright irreverent are all words that fittingly describe Tas Cru. and testify to his reputation as a one of the most unique of bluesmen plying his trade today. |
| Saturday, June 18, 2022 - The Lancasters ft. Scotty Mac |
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The Lancasters are the latest project headed by long time area Scotty Mac. Focusing almost solely on the exciting period in pop culture known as "The British Invasion". The excitement gets brought alive again when this "Fab 4" take the stage and take you from Liverpool to London! |
| Saturday, June 25, 2022 - Hanzolo |
| Band Website: facebook.com/HanzoloMusic |
| Hanzolo is an original funk/ reggae band based in Cooperstown, NY. With groovy soulful originals and fun funky covers, Hanzolo delivers music that makes people move. It's members are long time friends who grew up with each other and developed similar tastes for music that comes from the soul. The group, Hanzolo, was officially started om 2015 but the members have been playing together in different arrangements since 2005. Their bio has always been to entertain, to make people happy and to make them dance! |
| Saturday, July 2, 2022 - Erin Harpe and The Delta Swingers |
| Band Website: erinharpe.com
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"Electric Boogie, Blues & Beyond!". Erin Harpe has been called "one of the most dynamic, talented and exciting roots rocking blues women on the scene" by Living Blues Magazine. The singer, guitarist, songwriter, producer, and leader of the Boston Music Award-winning band, Erin Harpe & the Delta Swingers, was named New England’s "Blues Artist of the Year" in 2019. Hailed as "an authentic blues chanteuse", as well as a celebrated guitarist and purveyor of early country blues, Erin grew up learning finger-style acoustic guitar from her dad, Neil Harpe, a DC-area performer, visual artist and vintage guitar expert. She’s been compared to legendary blues-women like Memphis Minnie, JoAnn Kelley, Rory Block, Maria Muldaur, and Bonnie Raitt, and recognized as "the next star in the acoustic blues" by TheCountryBlues.com, which recently wrote that "Erin Harpe has it all... the skills as an exceptional guitar fingerpicker, the musical heritage and knowledge, a wonderful voice, great stage presence and star-quality good looks to boot." Erin has toured all over the US and Europe, opened for ZZTop, Buddy Guy, James Cotton, Honeyboy Edwards and more, headlined festivals, and released three critically-acclaimed albums on the VizzTone label, which earned accolades from Living Blues, Downbeat, Sing Out!, Vintage Guitar, and many other highly-regarded publications, and charted in the Roots Music Report Charts, the iTop Top 100 Blues Albums AND Relix Jamband Radio Charts!
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| Saturday, July 9, 2022 - Jimmy Wolf |
Band Website: jimmywolf.com
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JIMMY WOLF is an award-winning singer-songwriter-guitarist who brings a new and exciting energy to the world of blues and rock. He takes the Delta-Chicago blues, 50s rock and R&B and mixes these genres with chainsaw guitar and over driven voice to create a soulful music experience.
Jimmy has toured with many of the great names in blues over the years, including Jimmy "Fast Fingers" Dawkins, Bill Doggett and Larry "Texas Flood" Davis. He has shared the stage with a number of blues legends -- Buddy Guy, Jr. Wells, Albert King, Albert Collins, Johnny Copeland, Millie Jackson and Little Johnny Taylor. Jimmy lived in Memphis for several years and was a regular on Beale St. playing the clubs and Handy Park with bands consisting of Big-T, Jimmy Ellis, Fred Sanders, Jerome Miller, Ringo Jukes, Harry Bridgewater, Big Jerry and Levi Williams.
Jimmy is a Turtle Clan Mohawk from upstate New York. In 2008, he was awarded a "First Nations Composer & American Composers Forum Grant for Outstanding Performance and Lasting Contribution" and was honored for "Best Blues Release" at the 10th annual Native American Music Awards. In November 2014, Jimmy was awarded "Best Male Artist" of the year at the 15th annual Native American Music Awards. May 3rd 2015 Jimmy was inducted into the New York State Blues Hall of Fame at a ceremony held in Oneida,N.Y.
Jimmy is known as a "Local Blues Legend" in his home territory of upstate New York and tours nationally with his band, The Jimmy Wolf Band.
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Saturday, July 16, 2020 - The Mopar Cams |
| Band Website: themoparcams.com
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| A three-man wrecking machine that is hellbent on delivering only the finest in rockabilly and psychobilly! The Mopar Cams have an authentic rockabilly swing that will make you want to dance, drink, clap your hands and stomp your feet! |
| Saturday, July 23, 2022 - Becca Frame and The Tall Boys |
| Band Website: facebook.com/beccaframeandthetallboys
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Based in upstate New York, Becca Frame and the Tall Boys provide a timeless presentation of powerful vocals, and transcendent lyrics. Combined with polished yet improvised guitar work (Brian Shafer), intoxicating dynamic rhythm (Steve O'Connell and Daniel Colon), and captivating keys (Brian Mangini), the band provides a strong dedication to stir the soul. Each song has its own desire and persistence to leave the audience wanting to hear more. |
| Saturday, July 30, 2022 - Petroff Family Review |
| Band Website: facebook.com/petroffreview |
Fathers and Sons, Brothers and Friends. The Petroff Family Review brings together two generations and decades worth of musical performance onto your stage.
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| Saturday, August 6, 2022 - Dealt the Blues |
| Band Website: facebook.com/dealttheblues |
Dealt The Blues is a Capital Region band that specializes in classic blues, R&B, and classic rock and roll.
Randy Staats (vocals, guitar, harp), Joe Hirt (guitar, vocs), Frank LaFalce (bass, vocs), Rocky Petrocelli (drums).
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Saturday, August 13, 2022 - Morris and The Hepcats |
| Band Website: facebook.com/MorrisAndTheHepcats |
Morris and the Hepcats is a band that originally played rockabilly music and now has evolved to playing everything from Elvis to the Stone Temple Pilots!
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| Saturday, August 20, 2022 - The Parlor Cats |
| Band Website: theparlorcats.com |
| The Parlor Cats are a hard-hitting Chicago blues party band from Binghamton, NY. They are the premier blues band of the Southern Tier and it's not hard to understand why! Their following of fans grows with every gig they play. This animated band grooves with a great sense of humor, as well as a diverse and a cumulative knowledge of music that is very cool. |
| Saturday, August 27, 2022 - Amy Ryan Band |
| Band Website: amyryanband.com - facebook.com/AmyRyanBand |
Formed in 2014, the Amy Ryan Band quickly established a strong following for themselves on the Capital Region music scene as the winners of the Capital Region Blues Network's 2015 qualifying competition to represent the Capital Region at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee in January 2016.
In 2021 the band released its first album "Shake and Shimmy" to critical acclaim:
"...on Johnny "Guitar" Watson's "Want Me Some Love" - the disc's opening track - I'm in blues heaven. Within the first sixty seconds of the song, Amy already showcased her softness, her strength, and her amazing vocal range - and with over five minutes to go she had already put a smile on the Blewzzman's face..."
- Peter "Blewzzman" Lauro, Blues Editor @ www.Mary4Music.com
"As soon as the album starts off, the band instantly makes clear to its listeners many of their musical influences. Steeped in blues, swing, and soul, much of this album is highly reminiscent of the musical stylings found on an assortment of classic albums from the late 1960's and early 1970's."
- Lucas Garrett, Nippertown
In early 2022 Shake and Shimmy placed at #29 on the Roots Music Report's Blues Album chart (alongside heavyweight blues contenders such as the Tedeschi-Trucks Band and Tinsley Ellis). The album remained on RMR's Soul Blues Album chart for over 2 months - a major achievement for a self-released album.
For the second time since their inception in 2019 the Amy Ryan Band has been nominated for "Blues Artist of the Year" at the Capital Region Thomas Edison Music Awards ("the Eddies").
With a repertoire that includes band adaptations of Amy's self-penned solo tunes, newly minted originals and select covers the Amy Ryan Band rocks the blues. |
| Saturday, September 3, 2022 - Nite Train |
| Band Website: nitetrainband.com
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The Nite Train band is a brilliant combination of jumpin’, guitar-fired, hard-edged Rockin' Blues, Classic Rock and R & B!
Nite Train has just been voted BEST Blues Band AND BEST original blues lyrics by Capital District Original Music Association. |
| Saturday, September 10, 2022 - Soul Sky |
| Band Website: facebook.com/soulskyband
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Soul Sky is a dynamic, bluesy, jammy, rock band with excellent guitars and an awesome rhythm section. Music that will move your body and soul. Featuring the talents of Jeremy Walz, Tom Dolan, Jeff Prescott, Joe Mele and Mark Emanatian.. |
| Saturday, September 17, 2022 - Hop City Hellcats |
| Band Website: hopcityhellcats.com
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From the heart of the I-88 corridor come THE HOP CITY HELLCATS with a heapin’ saddlebag of original songs mixing classic outlaw country and blues and an always-evolving blend of tasty covers that blew out of honkytonk jukeboxes back in the day. |
| Saturday, September 24, 2022 - Sundown |
| Band Website: facebook.com/thesundownband
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SUNDOWN -Top 40 country music, with a few oldies, classic and 80's rock thrown in. SUNDOWN has been performing since it's beginning in 2001. |
| Saturday, October 1, 2022 - Hanzolo |
| Band Website: facebook.com/HanzoloMusic
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Hanzolo is an original funk/ reggae band based in Cooperstown, NY. With groovy soulful originals and fun funky covers, Hanzolo delivers music that makes people move. It's members are long time friends who grew up with each other and developed similar tastes for music that comes from the soul. The group, Hanzolo, was officially started om 2015 but the members have been playing together in different arrangements since 2005. Their bio has always been to entertain, to make people happy and to make them dance! |
| Saturday, October 8, 2022 - The Nate Gross Band |
| Band Website: musicbynategross.com facebook.com/NateGrossMusic
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Combining Blues, Soul, Americana, Swing, Latin, Jazz and traditional sounds with monster sized guitar licks, The Nate Gross Band has a sound that has been captivating audiences at some of the most respected Festivals and Venues. Nate has shared the stage with legends such as Levon Helm, Tommy Castro, Dickey Betts, G.E Smith, Jim Weider, Arlo Guthrie, JD Simo, Commander Cody, Walter Trout, Willie Nelson, Shemika Copeland, and JJ Grey to name a few. When not on the road, Nate owns a private music studio where he is teaching over 50 students a week. As a multi instrumentalist, Nate teaches the importance and love of The Blues and Traditional Music styles. |
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