This very special anniversary concert @ BCA will honor the memory and life of one of our founding board members John Murphy.
BCA’s first concert in 2017 was organized by John. He shared a birthday with Neil Young, November 12… John was very helpful with his ties to the local music scene and suggested Mike MacDonald, a longtime friend of his, for the Neil Young Tribute @ BCA on Nov 12, 2017. Mike will return to BCA with his one man Neil Young Band to perform the anniversary show of our first concert at BCA.
John’s contributions to the Syracuse Blues Festival will be recognized at the concert; Premier CNY Bluesmen, Ron Spencer and Tom Townsley will perform a few blues songs. Thank you to these very talented local musicians for participating in this concert to honor John Murphy. We miss John and his unique perspective, his beautiful energy and spirit and his enduring love of live music… so supportive of local musicians. We are grateful to have known John, call him friend and have him on our board to help guide our music programming and to this day his efforts to support and shape our mission at BCA are greatly appreciated and not forgotten…