Big Valley Jamboree

If it hadn't been for his bass guitar, there's a chance the injuries Billy Currington's bass player suffered in that stage collapse at the Big Valley Jamboree in Camrose, Alberta could have been worse. As it is, Alex Stevens had to have surgery on his left arm for a severed artery and nerves. Stevens tells the Edmonton Journal he had put his bass guitar on his back and it protected him. He says he's convinced that if he hadn't been wearing his bass, his pelvis or back would have been crushed.One person died and 75 others were injured on August 1st when a powerful wind roared through the popular country music festival with no warning, causing the main stage to crumble.