Battle of the Bands Update

Rare Earth

So Round One of the Battle of the Bands unfolding on Dr. John's Record Shelf has come to an end. We polished off the Midwest Bracket last night with a couple of upsets. The Knickerbockers (seeded 14) took down no. 3 Lynyrd Skynyrd, and no. 10 Rare Earth knocked off the Box Tops (7), both by two to one scores with Don Fisher and Natalie Rosiek serving as this week's guest judges.

The Knickerbockers

"Lies" was the Knickerbockers song that toppled "Sweet Home Alabama: by Skynyrd, while Rare Earth played "I Just Want to Celebrate" against the Box Tops "Cry Like a Baby." The Midwest Bracket ended up with six of the eight matches producing upsets, leading to some interesting secod round pairings. Chicago will take on the outsiders; the Crickets go up against the Shadows of Knight; the Rock'n Roll Trio squares off against the Knickerbockers; and Rare Earth will meet the Gants.

Over the next few days I'll try to post the songs that will be played in Round Two, which will take place after Christmas through the first couple months of the new year. In the meantime, if any readers would like to volunteer to be a judge, let me know in comments, and we'll figure out how to make that work.