Battle of the Bands Results, Round 1

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Tonight was the season premiere of my radio show, Dr. John's Record Shelf (the tenth season!). And we introduced our new feature, as discussed on this blog several times in the past few months: a Battle of the Bands (you can see the brackets here, here, here, and here). Two of the number one regional seeds were in action, with the Byrds (playing "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better") taking on Thee Midniters ("Whittier Blvd.") in the Southwest bracket, and Creedence Clearwater Revival (with "Fortunate Son") matching up with the Sonics ("Psycho") in the Northwest. In both instances, the top seed won in unanimous decisions.

The Byrds

Joining Art Vandelay and myself, as our potentially tie-breaking third judge, was my brother-in-law Tom. So the Byrds and CCR move on to round two next Spring. It turned out to be a fun part of the show, and I'm looking forward to seeing how the entire thing plays out over the coming months. Here's hoping the listeners enjoyed it too.