BEST LOCAL ROCK BAND / ARTIST

KFD

Manned by a group of local music veterans, KFD brings a different ideal to the cover band in central Illinois. Pulling off songs as varied and tricky as Live and Let Die, Bennie and the Jets, Billy Jean and Don’t Do Me Like That, the rocking quintet goes to the extreme and eclectic when covering the covers. With Perry Zubeck of Cats on Holiday fame on keys and vocals, Mike Williams of Lost Boys and Misspent Youth on lead guitar and harmony, Kortney Leatherwood, multi-instrumentalist, rhythm guitarist, and lead vocalist, Shaun Tobin of Lost Boys on lead and harmony vocals, plus drums and Steve Gragert of the Dirty Ernies on bass and harmony, the experienced group brings down the house using John Cota for sound engineer and Nate Wilson on lights and production for that real rock show feeling wherever they play. Bands receiving honorable mention for considerable vote gathering include Nil8, Hipbone Sam and Broken Stone. Runner-up: Captain Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters