Using tongs, Jim Moran sticks a long, thin piece of wire into the small but very hot fire of the blacksmith’s forge.
When he removes the metal, the tip is white hot.
Seventeen years ago, Ted Etoll was asked to help put together a series of five battle of the bands shows at Albany’s Marriott Hotel. From those humble beginnings sprang Step Up Presents, which today is one of the Capital Region’s most prominent independent concert production companies. Since starting in 1991, Step Up has brought some of the biggest names in modern rock music to the region, including Fall Out Boy, Slayer and, more recently, a double bill with The Roots and Gym Class Heroes at Washington Avenue Armory, and the Experience Hendrix 2008 show at the Palace Theatre....
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