The Races are sponsored by the Mohawk Valley Heritage Corridor Commission . We are celebrating our fifth year of providing free concerts to the public. In 1999, Ernie celebrated his 74th birthday and 60 years of performing the blues. In 1995, Ernie and his band took first runner-up in KLON's National Blues Talent Search in Los Angeles. Ernie and his band have also performed at the Apollo Theater in New York City and in 1996, performed at The Buddy Guys Blues Fest in Chicago, where they were honored with its second Critic's Choice column in the Chicago Reader .
Selections are traditional, original, sentimental, funny and some are toe-tappin' barnburners.
John teaches music at Bennington College in Vermont. Jay now works for a local TV station in the Albany area. He also works with the Joey Thomas Big Band as their lead vocalist, while at the same time he performs throughout the country, performing the songs of the Doo-Wop era to the present. They employ as many as a dozen different instruments. They tour the country performing lively folk, fiery Celtic tunes, sea shanties and engaging comedy.