Blues Extravaganza III: The Billy Price Band and the Nighthawks

I have known Washington D.C.'s great blues band, The Nighthawks, since the early 1970s, and have been proud to call them my friends ever since.

Blues Extravaganza I was sometime around 1978 or 1979: on the show were the 'Hawks, the newly formed Billy Price and the Keystone Rhythm Band, and my former band, the Rhythm Kings. It was organized and promoted by the owners of a bar in Swissvale, PA called Fat City and held at the Leona Theater in Homestead, PA.

Blues Extravaganza II was...well, to be honest, I can't remember what Blues Extravaganza II was. But I know there was one.

Which brings us to Blues Extravaganza III, which will be held at the Palisades Ballroom, 501 Water St., in McKeesport, PA on Friday, September 11. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. You can call 412-678-3955 for tickets.

We are planning to have a lot of fun that night, which will include sets from both bands and a jam session at the end of the night. We hope you will make plans to be with us.

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Coming in August

Things are great with the Billy Price Band. We have some great shows coming up that we want to tell you about, but first, let me catch you up with news.

Jimmy Britton and I had a great tour in France with our buddy Fred Chapellier and his fine band in May. Our latest CD with Fred on Bonedog Records, Night Work, continues to sell briskly and receive great reviews throughout the civilized world. And the Billy Price Band has been staying busy, playing lots of great shows including a recent concert for a big crowd at Hartwood Acres in Pittsburgh.

This coming Friday, August 7, the Billy Price Band will help to welcome back the Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers with a concert at Latrobe Municipal Football Stadium in Latrobe, PA, where the Steelers train every year before the season begins.

We'll be performing at 6:30.

The following night, August 8, we'll be playing in Oakdale, PA at North Fayette Township Community Days at N. Fayette Municipal Park. That show starts at 8:00.

As a Penn State graduate and State College, PA inhabitant during my formative years, I will always retain a special love for the lush valleys, cool springs, and rolling hills of Central Pennsylvania.

We'll be playing three consecutive nights in Central PA in mid-August: August 14 at the Tussey Mountain Ski Area in Boalsburg, August 15 at the Terrace Room of the Genetti Hotel in Williamsport, and August 16 for our annual outdoor concert on the banks of the mighty Susquehanna in Lock Haven.

Details for all of these events, including ticket information, are on our schedule page.

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