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April 15, 2022HVCC Presents Double B & the New Orleans Drive-by Band on April 21
Double B and the New Orleans Drive-by Band will bring horns, an accordion, Hammond organ and more to transport its audience to The Big Easy during a noontime concert on Thursday, April 21, in the Bulmer Telecommunications Center Auditorium at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy. The hour-long concert, presented by the Cultural Affairs Program, is free to all. The program also will be livestreamed at www.hvcc.edu/culture.
Double B – AKA Bob Button, one of the region’s most sought-after musicians, took up the trumpet after discovering the legendary Louis Armstrong in 1965. Fast forward through five decades of teaching, playing, recording with or opening for many great local and global bands (The Sharks, Blotto, Little Feat, Tower of Power), Double B now rides with the New Orleans Drive-by Band. Performances stir up a gumbo of dance music, audience participation and soulful vocals that is a mix of Jazz, New Orleans Funk, R&B and Gospel-infused Soul. The band includes Bob Assini, drums and spoons; Marcus Benoit, tenor sax; Boot Calkins, guitar, harmonica, accordion, vocals; Mike Kelley, Hammond organ; Jon Paul, bass; and Jeff Roberts, trombone and tuba.
The concert by Double B and the New Orleans Drive-by Band is the final Cultural Affairs Program event for the Spring 2022 semester. Programs will resume in September 2022.
Visit www.hvcc.edu/culture for the livestream access link.
