submitted by Kevin O’Malley
A free summer concert will be held Saturday July 22 in Hoosick Falls Wood Park from 4 to 8 pm. [Private]The band Blues for Breakfast, led by former Hoosick Falls Resident Charlie Frazier, will rock the summer evening. For many years Charlie was part of the legendary Hill Road Band, a popular Hoosick Falls group.
Blues for Breakfast is the brainchild of WIZN DJ Charlie Frazier, a native of Hoosick Falls who hosts a Sunday morning show of the same name. Sensing the Champlain Valley’s potential interest in a no-nonsense, partying, houserockin’ blues-rock band, in June of ’91 he pulled together a group of the Burlington area’s best musicians to perform at Vermont’s annual Discover Jazz Festival Blues Jam.
Buoyed by the response, they decided to ride the wave and not let a good thing slip away. The band’s reputation has been growing ever since. More than a decade later, they’re still going strong–packing dancers into clubs across northern Vermont, New York and New Hampshire.
They’ve headlined concerts for Burlington’s First Night celebration, played the annual Lake Champlain Blues Cruises, for the Burlington Mayor’s Arts Council in Battery Park, rocked out the Church Street Marketplace, the Plattsburgh Mayor’s Cup and the Saranac Lake Chamber of Commerce.
With over 200 songs in their repertoire, there’s something for every musical taste! Occasionally augmented by the Over Easy Horns, and other special guest artists, the “House Band of the Champlain Valley” mixes a rockin’ blend of blues, originals, R&B, Dead and reggae, that’ll have you energized and dancin’ all night!!!
Beverages and food will be available on site and from various downtown location’s. After Blues For Breakfast. The music continues at the Sand Bar with The Not Rightt Band at 9 pm.
For more information go to, www.hoosickfalls.com or the Facebook page, Blues for Breakfast Hoosick Falls Show. [/Private]