Five Firsts: Bear Campo of Black Mountain Symphony

NAME: Bear Campo
BAND AFFILIATION: Black Mountain Symphony
INSTRUMENTS: piano, synthesizers, accordion, hand percussion

1. THE FIRST ALBUM I EVER BOUGHT WAS … Bryan Adams’ “So Far, So Good”
2. THE FIRST CONCERT THAT I EVER SAW WAS … Yanni
3. THE FIRST MUSICAL INSTRUMENT I EVER OWNED OR PLAYED WAS … Piano
4. THE FIRST SONG THAT I EVER PERFORMED IN PUBLIC WAS … “Jim” with the band, Downstairs
5. THE FIRST BAND I WAS EVER IN WAS … This band, known first as Downstairs, then Justice Once, and now Black Mountain Symphony

Bear Campo and his bandmates in Black Mountain Symphony will be performing in support of their recently released self-titled CD at Jillian’s in Albany on Friday (January 22) and again at Caffe Lena in Saratoga Springs on Wednesday (January 27).