Performers
Location
Lake George, NY— This event may happen at various locations in the city.
About
Ghost Town Blues Band
Recently headlining the blues stage at the Montreal Jazz Festival and appearing at the Lucerne Blues Festival in Switzerland, Beale Street’s latest success story is Ghost Town Blues Band — a Tennessee Music Award Winner, 5-time Blues Blast Music Award Nominee, and International Blues Challenge Runner-up.
Not your grandpa’s blues band, their live show has been captivating audiences in the U.S., Canada and Europe with their “second-line horn entrance,” cigar box guitars and electric push brooms, and Allman Brothers–style jams.
The band’s stage show and energy has been called the best new, live blues shows in the world.
Horns, harmonies and homegrown instruments combined with an energetic, roots-rich festival set make Ghost Town Blues Band one of the must-see live acts on the festival scene today. Garrett Marshall (drums) and Matt Karner (bass) form a punishing rhythm section behind multi-instrumentalist/frontman Matt Isbell, whose raunchy cigar box guitar licks and raspy, "Dr. John-like, whiskey and gravel-soaked" vocals drive the sound. With the addition of Grayson Smith on B3, the grooves go from fresh to funky.
Ghost Town Blues Band has performed across the U.S., Europe and Canada at over 175 festivals and will announce almost a half-dozen international tours in 2026.
GTBB’s new album Shine debuted at #1 on the Billboard Blues Chart.
"GTBB shows what can happen when the past is distilled through young sensibilities, voices, and instruments. This is 21st century blues at its best." – Living Blues Magazine