Rock 2 Rebuild Benefit Concert For Katrina Relief

Capital District residents were treated to an exciting evening of top notch music recently, and turned out to show their support for hurricane victims at the Concert For Katrina Relief . NYCAP Music was honored to be a part of the benefit concert, which was organized by Rock 2 Rebuild who also organized the very successful Tsunami Benefit Concert earlier this year which raised over thirteen thousand dollars for Habitat For Humanity.

Concert organizers, George Kansas and Jeffery Mirel put together an extensive lineup of talent with performances by The Refrigerators, ZOX, Conehead Buddha featuring Peter Prince, Super 400, The Kamikaze Hearts, and Sensemaya with the 2Dance4Ever dancers. New Orleans singer, songwriter Chip Wilson was a special guest, making the trip from his hometown in The Big Easy to perform at the concert.

The popular blues group Nite Train earned the distinction of opening the event by single-handedly raising close to four thousand dollars thru ticket sales. Valerie Webb and her band Venomentality captured second place in "The Palace Challenge" and performed in the mezzanine. Acoustic stage performers included Buck 250, The LWT Singers, and Slim Pickins.

The benefit concert was a great success made possible by the wonderful folks at Rock 2 Rebuild, The Palace Theatre who graciously host the event, Mayor Jennings and The City of Albany, many generous local sponsors, the musicians who donated their time and their talent, and the contless number of volunteers including security, stagehands, and sound engineers who all gave generously of their time to help make the evening run smoothly.