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CONTACT: Olga Wilhelmine (901-272-0049) Amy LaVere ( 901-278-3784) Memphis Midtown Musicians Come Together for Disaster Relief When the
Levee Breaks: A Benefit Concert for Katrina Survivors Memphis 3/4; These lyrics to the 1929 song by husband and wife Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie refers to the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, but are eerily prescient in 2005. In true, "indie" Midtown spirit, a loose and free-flowing coalition of some of Memphis"s best independent musicians are getting together for a night of musical relief Friday, October 14, 2005 at the Hi Tone Cafe. "When the Levee Breaks: A Benefit Concert for Katrina Survivors" will feature Jim Dickinson, Jimbo Mathus"s Knockdown South, Jack-O and the Tennessee Tearjerkers, Johnny Vomit and the Dry Heaves, Luther Dickinson (North Mississippi Allstars), Jimmy Crosswaith, the Bo-Keys, Paul Taylor, Amy LaVere, Olga, Monsieur Jeffrey Evans, Duff Durrough, plus other special guests. According to singer-songwriter and event co-organizer Olga Wilhemine,"Almost everyone in Memphis either knows someone or has since met someone displaced by Hurricane Katrina, and while the city of Memphis has already done a lot to help these survivors, our close-knit Midtown music family wanted to show our support the best way we know how " by playing our hearts out, getting" down and rockin" out!" Proceeds from the show will go to the Memphis Red Cross chapter. Tickets are $12, or $10 with a canned good donation. Additionally, the concert will be recorded and released in 2006 with CD proceeds benefiting local New Orleans charities working to rebuild the city, such as Tipitina's Foundation, whose mission is to provide instruments to students and musicians in the New Orleans area. For more
information contact Olga Wilhelmine (laolga@laolga.com) |