New Zealand Blues Roots & Groove Festival 2023 Lab Band

Kevin Downing 101 Lab Band w/ Chris Cain
The Kevin Downing Lab Band Special Guest from the USA Mr. Chris Cain …… and Palmerston North own vocalist Erna Ferry

The Kevin Downing Lab Band is a 17-piece guitar orchestra run by Kevin Downing who is an internationally recognised guitar education specialist. The band plays a mixture of jazz and blues and has a reputation for backing some of the world’s greatest jazz and blues guitar players and singers. Some of the tunes being played are also written by Grammy-nominated artists, especially for the band.

The band has been running for 32 years and has propelled many players coming through it into successful professional careers in music. This band is a one of its kind in New Zealand, and all the players in the band are current students or teachers at Kevin’s guitar school in Palmerston North.

Special Guest: Mr Chris Cain from the USA
Special Guest vocalist Erna Ferry.