RHS sophomore and band mates walking with the kings and queens of blues this weekend at Memphis festival

By Zant Reyez/The Johnstown Breeze

It started with the video game “Guitar Hero,” where people play along with classic and popular rock songs by pressing five colored buttons – green, red, yellow, blue and orange – on a plastic guitar. You have to hit the right color button on the guitar with the same color that scrolls down the screen as the music plays.

Jake (JT) Ellingson of Johnstown gave up the plastic guitar and colored buttons for the real thing and one color: blue.