{"id":10702,"date":"2011-12-07T23:00:22","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T04:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=10702"},"modified":"2011-12-08T08:14:31","modified_gmt":"2011-12-08T13:14:31","slug":"rock-town-hall-seeks-field-of-64-specifically-named-dedicated-backing-bands-for-competition-to-determine%e2%80%a6once-and-for-all%e2%80%a6rock%e2%80%99s-greatest-backing-band-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/rock-town-hall-seeks-field-of-64-specifically-named-dedicated-backing-bands-for-competition-to-determine%e2%80%a6once-and-for-all%e2%80%a6rock%e2%80%99s-greatest-backing-band-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock Town Hall Seeks Field of 64 Specifically Named, Dedicated Backing Bands for Competition to Determine\u2026<em>Once and For All<\/em>\u2026Rock\u2019s Greatest Backing Band Ever!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_10709\" style=\"width: 379px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10709\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10709\" title=\"silverbullet_nightmoves\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/silverbullet_nightmoves.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"369\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/silverbullet_nightmoves.gif 369w, https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/silverbullet_nightmoves-300x289.gif 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10709\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">#2 seed Silver Bullet Band with some guy named Seger.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In what promises to be one of\u00a0the most-definitive <em>Once and For All<\/em> tournaments ever, Rock Town Hall seeks a field of <strong>64 specifically named, dedicated backing bands<\/strong> for a competition to determine\u2014once and for all\u2014rock&#8217;s greatest backing band ever! Before the competition can take place, we need YOUR help in determining the field.<\/p>\n<p>Entry criteria are simple:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The backing band must have an official name, used on an album cover or other branded piece, and be tied to a specific artist, such as Bill Haley\u00a0<em>&amp; The Comets<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>The backing band cannot be merely a backing band for hire and\/or\u00a0studio backing band (eg, Booker &amp; The MGs).<\/li>\n<li>The backing band&#8217;s official name\u00a0must\u00a0have been officially in use while it was backing its lead artist (eg, The Band was not officially known as &#8220;The Band&#8221; until after\u00a0having backed Bob Dylan, so they would not\u00a0qualify).<\/li>\n<li>Unless the leader and his or her backing band are an a capella group, strictly vocal backing bands do not qualify (eg, Smokey Robinson&#8217;s Miracles).<\/li>\n<li>Additional criteria may be added, as necessary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Backing bands will be bracketed into 4 conferences of 16, as follows:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The Legacy Conference<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0Expansion Conference<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0Classic Conference<\/li>\n<li>The Rebel Conference<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Only one backing band has been seeded at the start of this process, <strong>The Silver Bullet Band (Bob Seger)<\/strong>, drawing a #2 seed in the Classic Conference. They were offered the top seed, but chose to begin play at a slight disadvantage.<\/p>\n<p>Let us begin the selection process for the remaining <strong>63<\/strong> contestants. You may suggest a conference and any supporting documentation with your nominations. Following seeding, which is expected this weekend, the tournament will proceed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In what promises to be one of\u00a0the most-definitive Once and For All tournaments ever, Rock Town Hall seeks a field of 64 specifically named, dedicated backing bands for a competition to determine\u2014once and for all\u2014rock&#8217;s greatest backing band ever! Before the competition can take place, we need YOUR help in determining the field. Entry criteria <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/rock-town-hall-seeks-field-of-64-specifically-named-dedicated-backing-bands-for-competition-to-determine%e2%80%a6once-and-for-all%e2%80%a6rock%e2%80%99s-greatest-backing-band-ever\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[342],"tags":[125,88],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10702"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10702\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}