AMEN WINS MAIDEN EDITION OF BANDS ALIVE

30TH MAY 2008

The maiden edition of Bands Alive drew the curtains down last Friday as AMEN took the first position with a price of  Two thousand Ghana cedis and a set of instruments. 

It all begun with the discovery of twelve bands, their mission was to play live band music, ranging from pop music through soul music and right down to our high-life and hip-life music, when the concept of reviving life band music, was introduced through the Bands Alive competition, many were skeptical of its success.

However, week after week, the bands proved to Ghanaians, that there is hope for live band music, and all it needs is the push and the help of veteran instrumentalists like Charles Amoah, who is known for the great skills he exhibits behind the drums, Mac Tontoh, who is a trumpeter, and has contributed immensely to the success of the Osibisa Band, just to mention a few.

In the initial stages, the twelve bands, which had interesting names like liberty, The Sax, M1, Trinity, S-Touch, 3*3, Kakra, Warriors, CAF, BIB, Big Shot, and down to Amen, were given the task of performing to their audience, and soliciting for votes, in their quest to become the sole winner, or at least part of the last four bands for the final stage.

The choice of Kwasi Kyei Darkwah, a.k.a KKD, the host of Bands Alive, was indeed a smart move by the organizers, not only does he have good diction, he has proven to be a guru in the field of emceeing, which he begun way back in time, and every second on the stage he adds spice to make the show as lively as possible.

The evicted bands comprising Trinity, Caf, Kakra and Warriors warmed the stage before the competition. It was indeed a delight to watch them display. Liberty took the second price with a set of instruments and 1,000 Ghana cedis whilst the third price of 3,000 Ghana cedis went to BIB. MI took the fourth price of 2,000 Ghana cedis.

Bands Alive, “Living the Music”.