AllWNYRadio Kickoff
Wednesday, 5. April 2006, 00:50:20
On Saturday April 1, 2006, I went to the kickoff party for the AllWNYRadio.com kickoff party. It was held at the UAW Hall in Lockport.
AllWNYRadio.com was something new to me. Apparently, it's a streaming radio station that features local music. Kind of the same thing I am doing, only as a stream.
The owner, Scott, contacted me on MySpace and I figured I'd go check it out. It was a good time.
They had four bands play that evening, Jeremiah Dean Band, Gil Transit, Limited Freedom and Blues Justice.
The Jeremiah Dean Band was quite good. Pretty standard rock from a four-piece band.
Gil Transit came up next and was, in my opinion, the best band there that night. Another four-piece, they were strong lyrically and fell somewhere in the range of progressive rock.
Limited Freedom was a three-piece band of young teenage kids. Their parents were their roadies, helping set up and make sure every little thing was right. I could almost feel them squirm under their over-attentiveness :-) But they were good. The singer has an excellent rock and roll voice and their playing was quite good too. The crowd was suitably impressed, or else was all relatives :-) Not the best band there, but not bad at all and watch out for these guys, they are only going to get better as they work at it.
Finally, they closed the show with Blues Justice. I had seen them play once before so I wasn't in for any surprises. As the only blues act of the night, they were tough to compare to the other groups, but the veteran performance by their lead singer showed they are pros. His harp playing was great and left me wishing for more of it.
All in all, it was a fun night. It was lightly attended, but as word gets out and they hold more of these (as they promise) it should be a good venue to showcase local talent. One good thing, it was pretty family-friendly, unlike going to a bar to see a band play. While they did serve beer, under careful control, it was open to all ages, a refreshing thing, these days.
AllWNYRadio.com was something new to me. Apparently, it's a streaming radio station that features local music. Kind of the same thing I am doing, only as a stream. The owner, Scott, contacted me on MySpace and I figured I'd go check it out. It was a good time.
They had four bands play that evening, Jeremiah Dean Band, Gil Transit, Limited Freedom and Blues Justice.
The Jeremiah Dean Band was quite good. Pretty standard rock from a four-piece band.
Gil Transit came up next and was, in my opinion, the best band there that night. Another four-piece, they were strong lyrically and fell somewhere in the range of progressive rock.
Limited Freedom was a three-piece band of young teenage kids. Their parents were their roadies, helping set up and make sure every little thing was right. I could almost feel them squirm under their over-attentiveness :-) But they were good. The singer has an excellent rock and roll voice and their playing was quite good too. The crowd was suitably impressed, or else was all relatives :-) Not the best band there, but not bad at all and watch out for these guys, they are only going to get better as they work at it.
Finally, they closed the show with Blues Justice. I had seen them play once before so I wasn't in for any surprises. As the only blues act of the night, they were tough to compare to the other groups, but the veteran performance by their lead singer showed they are pros. His harp playing was great and left me wishing for more of it.
All in all, it was a fun night. It was lightly attended, but as word gets out and they hold more of these (as they promise) it should be a good venue to showcase local talent. One good thing, it was pretty family-friendly, unlike going to a bar to see a band play. While they did serve beer, under careful control, it was open to all ages, a refreshing thing, these days.
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