Al Guerrero Memorial Recording Grant 

Al Guerrero was a friend of mine. His encouragement and help is now gone with his untimely passing. In his honor, I am offering an annual grant in his name. The Al Guerrero Memorial Recording Grant will be awarded annually to an artist that has demonstrated a willingness to help other musicians and strives to be the best at their craft and has an open mind toward music. - Wayne Becker

Everyone knew “Al G.”  Al Guerrero was the musician's musician.  As with most area musicians he knew, Al never once hesitated to jump on a microphone and grab a tambourine to join in on anyone's gig whenever he felt like it.  He has hosted most of the area jams for the Lehigh Valley Blues Network, The Raven's Nest, and the Lehigh Valley Blues Fest LVBN Jam Night over the years as well as performed with his own band Al G. & Shades of Blue.  His performing history crossed all genres of music and his most prominent events were likely performing at the Pocono Blues Festival in 2001 with Zora Young and also backing the late Caesar Diaz for many years.  He has played with nearly every blues band and musician in the area at some point or another and was a longstanding member of Blues Power and BC & The Blues Crew for many years. His father, a drummer, had a band that included Al and his brother Dave from their early teens.  Al had performed ever since; first on guitar and later playing bass.  From reggae, folk, jazz, soul, funk, rock, to blues, Al was always known as the walking encyclopedia of music; knowing the words and fingering for anything put in front of him. His music was his life and all the people surrounding the music were his closest of friends.  Al lived life every day without hesitation and that is how we will all remember him.  – Bev Conklin

Qualifications 
1. Artists cannot be under contract with any other music industry affiliate. 
2. All applications must be submitted with a cassette or CD demo. 
3. All compositions must be original with all copyright ownership belonging to the artist. 
4. Applicant agrees that her/his likeness, process history and finished demo can be used for with full disclosure by Westwires Recording USA. 
5. Applicants must submit a completed application with demo tape/CD postmarked no later than June 30. 
6. MP3 and email applications are not acceptable. 
7. All applications will be reviewed from July, 1 through July 30. 
8. Grant award will be made in August. All decisions are final.

Click here to Download the Grant Application