Steve Daub has been busy in the last few weeks. Not only did he enjoy some time in New Orleans, he had a birthday and was honored to be a judge at the recent Albany Business Improvement Districts recent event to help determine which bands would be part of the summer’s Alive at 5 series. …
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Downtown Albany Blues Competition – Friday May 3 0
Click here to view the interactive map 10 blues bands compete for a chance to play at Alive @ 5. All bands play from 5 pm to 9 pm and there is no cover charge at any of the venues. The winner will be determined by combining audience vote and scores from Judge Steve Daub, …
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Memphis Tales: Steve Kirsty 0
Steve Kirsty spent his 19th birthday in Memphis at the International Blues Challenge. For a musician, that is a dream come true. Kirsty played bass and traveled down to the IBC with Tas Cru as part of the Tortured Souls Rollin Down Three Rivers Tour. He had not been there before. “It was my first …
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Memphis Tales: Jeremy Walz 0
Jeremy Walz has traveled to Memphis several times, but he says each trip gives him a different musical perspective. It was quite a week. “It was a busy week and a really good time,” said Walz. ”Tas opens up the week on Tuesday with the Rum Jam Boogie and kicks off the next several days …
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Review: Chris Thomas King @ the Linda 0
Sporting a top hat and vest, Grammy-winning artist Chris Thomas King, perhaps best known to casual music fans as “Tommy Johnson” in the Coen brothers’ film O Brother, Where Art Thou?, played a diverse set of songs for an appreciative crowd at The Linda. Born Chris Thomas, and taking the regal surname (as a likely …
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Memphis Tales: Joe Lowry 0
Joe Lowry says that has not been able to stop talking about his days in Memphis. With Bacco the Bassman and Gregory Nash the Second Mile Blues Band, he won CRBN’s Blues Band Showdown and traveled south to be part of the International Blues Challenge. They spent the week taking in all the experiences the …
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