Voodoo Blues Challenge finals ("Band" category)
Mid-City Lanes Rock 'n' Bowl
New Orleans, La.
Oct. 8, 2010

The finalists in the "band" category were Danny Alexander's Blues Band, Joe Simon's Big 3, Ernie Vincent & the Top Notes, and Lil Red & Big Bad. At the end of the night Lil Red & Big Bad were announced as the winners.

In addition to the finalists, Big Daddy 'O and Little Freddie King performed short sets.


Set 1: Danny Alexander Blues Band*
1 1:36
2 3:20
3 Going Back to Big Mamou 2:05
7:01
* This set was cut short due to technical difficulties.



Set 2: Ernie Vincent
1 intro 12
2 6:05
3 Jealousy 5:40
4 6:29
5 Things I Used to Do 4:16
6 Just a Little Bit 3:28
26:14


Set 3: Big Daddy O' (Owen Tufts)
1 Owen speaks :26
2 2:28
3 2:09
4 3:10
5 2:12
6 4:32
7 3:06
18:07


Set 4: Joe Simon's Big Three
1 4:15
2 5:03
3 St. James Infirmary 5:26
4 Down Yonder 4:48
5 Big Fat Woman 3:57
23:31


Set 5: Lil Red & Big Bad
(Nancy Gros, vocals; Charlie Hermann, guitar; Jeff Ruello, guitar; Sandy Maillho, bass; Willie Panker, drums; Marc Ballard, sax; and Greg Villafranco, keyboards)
1 stage intro :20
2 3:53
3 4:50
4 4:27
5 4:08
6 Shoes for my Blues 5:11
22:52


Set 6: Little Freddie King
1 stage intro 15
2 2:23
3 3:51
4 9:34
16:05
(23:05 with stage announcements)


total time: 113:52





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Note: The Little Freddie King set was marred by a few dropouts and glitches that were inherent in the broadcast (the mp3 stream had the same dropouts):

* 0.93-second gap at 3:11 into Track 2 removed
* A hiccup at 3:14 could not be repaired
* Another 0.93-second gap at 3:27 into Track 2 (during applause) was edited out.
* A hiccup occurred at 3:29 into the song (also during applause). 0.37-seconds was edited out.
* A 1.2-second gap at 9.2 seconds into Track 3 was removed

The other sets did not seem to be affected by dropouts.