Old Virginia, Benbow and Texas Resaca Blues are the three bands candidates to win the victory in the V Band Contest that will be held this Friday from 9:00 p.m. in Room B of the Caem. A final presented by the Councilor for Culture, Ángel Fernández, accompanied by representatives of the three finalist groups.
Old Virginia was born at the end of 2018 and its members are: Adrián Serrano (guitar and lead vocals), Antonio Nuevo (bass, vocals and backing vocals), Justo Martín (solo guitar and arrangements) and Javier Jara (drums and percussion) They come from other bands and formations and have several albums and a good number of concerts. made. From a repertoire of national and international versions, They shape others, with a touch of distinction and personality, to make an attractive difference, have fun and go beyond convention. In turn, this makes them discover themselves and begin to develop their own themes, moving between the rock, blues, pop e indie. A fusion that compacts in a very personal style. Fresh and heartfelt themes, forceful character and lyrics between love and misfortune, between poetry, poison and rum.
Benbow is Óscar, composer, singer and guitarist. Their songs talk about love, heartbreak, the illusion of life. His music is influenced by various musicianslike Bon Jovi, White Lion, Silvio Rodríguez or Camilo Sesto. Electric and acoustic guitars, pianos, bass, drums and voices make up the songs, although the song compositions are fundamentally made with an acoustic guitar and his voice.
Texas Hangover Blues es rock and roll, funky, rockabilly y rock blues. They have 15 years of filming uninterruptedly by the national rock and roll and blues scene. It is a project created by guitarist Antonio Oliva in 2004. In 2011, an EP of 5 songs called 5 Classics in Texas Style was released. In subsequent years he went on a tour full of concerts, playing as the opening act for Los Suaves in Salamanca. In 2013 they performed a series of concerts dedicated to the figure of Steve Ray Vaughan, which led them to play at festivals and blues circuits throughout Spain. His style is raw, powerful, lively and casual, a blues rock with a southern character in every sense, in which they also mix their Rockabillies influences and the powerful riffs of a rock and roll band. In 2017 they presented their single in the purest Tejano style ‘De Salamanca a Luisiana’. In 2018 they released their third album, ‘We Love Rock and Roll’, an intense and electric album composed by and for live performances, vibrant and fun songs in the key of rock and roll and blues with the characteristic and penetrating blues guitar riffs. from texas. They have shared the bill at different festivals with international artists such as Revolver, Mikel Erentxun or Nacha Pop.
FINAL V BAND COMPETITION
The final of the IV Municipal Band Competition will begin on Friday, at nine at night, with a performance by Old Virginia. It will follow at 9:45 p.m. Benbow’s performance and the night will close Texas Resaca Blues at 10:30 p.m.
Next the jury will deliberate and the name of the band will be announced winner, who will receive the recording, mixing and mastering of a complete album at Arcane Planet Studioswith a maximum of ten themesa free rehearsal space for a year at one of the Arcane Planet Studios locations, a concert promoting the album in 2025 and a studio photo session.
The band that remains second position will get the recording, mixing and mastering of a complete album on Arcane Planet Studios, with a minimum of five and a maximum of ten topics.
And the group that comes in third place will get the recording, mixing and mastering an EP at Arcane Planet Studios composed of a minimum of two and a maximum of five songs to choose from by the band.
He jury It is made up of: Mario Vercher and Rubén Tostado, representing the Salamanca City of Culture and Knowledge Foundation, and Fernando Sánchez, Ernesto Llanos and Juan José Rodríguez as experts linked to the artistic, musical and cultural sector of the city of Salamanca.
