Winning Bands Announced for the Downtown Albany Blues Music Competition, 5/4/12
13 homegrown blues bands performed at 13 different venues throughout downtown Albany last Friday evening in the inaugural Downtown Albany Blues Music Competition battle of the blues bands, sponsored by the Downtown Albany BID.
According to estimates, more than 1,000 headed downtown to get down with the blues and vote for their fave bands of the night.
The top three vote-getters of the battle of the bands will be joining forces for a triple-bill Blues Night on Thursday, July 5, as part of the City of Albany’s free Alive at Five concert series in Riverfront Park at the Corning Preserve.
And here are the three winning bands:
THE GEORGE BOONE BLUES BAND, who performed at Pearl Street Pub
JOE LOWRY & THE SECOND MILE BLUES BAND, who performed at Blue 82
BLACKBOARD BLUES, who performed at Jillian’s
Really had hoped Mark Emanation & Folding Sky would be among the winners. If we do this next year (I hope, I hope) let’s do it a Friday OTHER than 1st Friday so there isn’t the competition. So much to see there was no time to spend enjoying the bands.
Hear hear, Folding Sky were excellent at Taste!