Billy Price Band

Hard Rock Cafe and CE Presents welcome Billy Price Band on Friday, June 21, 2024! Entry and seating for event attendees begin at 7:00 PM. General Admission tickets are required for entry and are available for purchase at Eventbrite.com. General Admission tickets do not reserve a seat. Contact the venue directly for table and booth seating accommodations. This event is open to all ages with alcohol available for purchase to attendees ages 21 and over. Valid identification is required for the purchase and/or consumption of alcohol. Learn more about Billy Price Band: 2016 Blues Music Award (BMA) Winner and frequent BMA nominee Billy Price first attracted national attention during his three-year association with guitarist Roy Buchanan. Price is the vocalist on two of Buchanan's LPs, That's What I'm Here For and Live Stock. Since then, with the Keystone Rhythm Band, the Billy Price Band, and solo projects, Billy Price has recorded and released a total of 20 albums, CDs, and DVDs. Price’s album This Time for Real, with the late Chicago soul singer Otis Clay, received a 2016 Blues Music Award in the category of Best Soul Blues Album of 2015. His 2018 album Reckoning, produced by Kid Andersen at Greaseland Studios for Vizztone, was nominated for a 2019 Blues Music Award in the category of Best Soul Blues Album of 2018. His 2019 album Dog Eat Dog, also produced by Andersen, was nominated for a 2020 BMA for Best Soul Blues Album of 2019. He also received BMA nominations for Best Male Soul Blues Artist in 2020 and 2022. In 2022, he released a 3-CD compilation retrospective of his career on GetHip Recordings titled 50+ Years of Soul. The Billy Price Band, based in Billy’s hometown of Pittsburgh, Pa., consists of Dave Dodd (drums), Tom Valentine (bass), Lenny Smith (guitar), Jim Britton (keyboards), Eric Spaulding (sax), and Joe Herndon (trumpet). They won the Pittsburgh City Paper Readers Poll in 2021 and 2022 as the top blues band in the city.