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A SUMMARY OF BAND
HIGHLIGHTS
2008
is Bluz House Rockers 12th Year Together
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Release of
self-titled cd of original tunes - got radio
airplay locally and in Denmark
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Featured on Saratoga
Christmas Wish cd to benefit the Make-a-Wish
Foundation
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The only area band
to perform four times at Albany’s 15,000 seat
Pepsi Arena, including:
-playing at the “New York
State Salutes America” festival hosted by Governor
Pataki
-performing as the only area
band in the MILLENIUM SPECTACULAR on New Year’s Eve, 2002. The event
was the cornerstone of Albany’s First Night
Celebration, billed as “an evening of
divas,” starring national acts Roberta Flack and Vonda Sheppard (from Ally McBeal),
and Trish Anderson and her Bluz House Rockers
-playing a benefit for the
Tornado Relief Fund after the Mechanicsville tornado
hit
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Performing for
more than 100,000 fans in 1999, including:
-opening for Pat Benetar
at Albany’s Empire State Plaza
-participating in the “Rockin
by the River” festival near Buffalo with Marshall
Tucker, Little Feat, and the
Fabulous Thunderbirds
-the Harley Rendezvous
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Many other high profile gigs
-co-headlining AM-JAM
with Rick Derringer
-playing with Eddie Money
at Albany’s Alive at Five for 12,000 fans
-playing with Loverboy at
Albany’s Alive at Five for 13,000 fans
-performing at Albany’s
Tulip Festival with Delbert McClinton and Marsha
Ball
for 30,000 fans
-starring at area
festivals, including Lobster Fest and the Troy Flag
Day Festival, often called the largest flag day
celebration in the United States, and at Albany and
Saratoga First Nights
-performing at the grand
opening of the Turning Stone Casino Hotel and the
Saratoga Gaming and Raceway (“Racino”)
-performing three years in a
row for the Republican National Committee and at
various benefits throughout the
region
-playing at the area’s number
one rock DJ’s wedding (Bob Wolf from “Wakin Up with the Wolf” on PYX 106)
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