OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE: Sam Myers Benefit- Aug 26 @ Granada Theater
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Please find the attached RELEASE on Sam Myers Blues Benefit, to be held
August 26 at the Granada Theater, Dallas, TX
Tickets go ON SALE tomorrow at www.granadatheater.com and CD World.
We appreciate your listing of this important event.
If you have any question, or need further information- just let me know!
Thank you -
Kathy Prather, PR
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cell 214.697.7877
TEXT OF PRESS RELEASE BELOW:
For immediate release:
SAM MYERS BLUES BENEFIT TO BE HELD AT GRANADA THEATER
FRIDAY, AUGUST 26
"Help Out Our 'Brother Sam' Battling Cancer"
(DALLAS, TX - July 15, 2005) - On Friday, August 26, the Granada Theater in
Dallas, Texas will host a fundraiser for legendary blues artist Sam Myers.
Myers
was diagnosed with cancer in February of 2005, and has been unable to perform
with his infamous band, Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets, since December of
2004.
Myers, best known as a blues vocalist and harmonica player, has been with The
Rockets as their featured vocalist since 1986. Myers, allong with The
Rockets, have
collectively won nine W. C. Handy- awards which are equivalent to the Grammy
awards.
The benefit will feature Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets. Funderburgh, has
been
instrumental in organizing this fundraiser, and has invited his friends and
special guests, Little Milton, Delbert McClinton, and Jimmie Vaughan, to join
in. The Sam
Myers benefit will also feature Hash Brown & The Browntones, Mike Morgan &
The
Crawl, and The Texas Horns.
All proceeds from the benefit will go towards the massive medical costs that
have
poured in from Myers' battle with cancer. The costs include continued medical
care, treatments and follw-up Doctor visits.
A silent auction will be held throughout the night to bring in additional
monies to
benefit Sam Myers. Dean Guitars has donated an electric bass guitar and
electric
six- string guitar, which will be autographed by the performing artists at the
benefit, and auctioned off. Donations are also being collected by Brian
"Hash Brown" Calway and Renee Funderburgh and include original photos from
Dick Waterman and much more.
General admission and reserved seating tickets will go on sale this saturday,
July
16, thru the Granada website, www.granadatheater.com and also available at CD
World. The Granada Theater is located at 3524 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, Texas
75206 and has been a landmark in the Dallas area for many years.
Sam Myers has been performing as a blues artist since his late teens dating
back to the early 1950's. Performing for more than fifty years, Myers has
dedicated his
life to the blues. Myers, a Dallas resident since the mid-eighties, was a
former
drummer with blues great Elmore James and has performed with countless others.
It is only fitting that the Dallas and Fort Worth communities come together
to help
this legendary artist out on Friday, August 26
If you are interested in making a tax-deductible donation to Sam Myers, the
Southwest Blues Heritage Foundation, Incorporated(SWBHF, Inc.), is set up to
recieve your donation. Checks can be made out to Southwest Blues Heritage
Foundation, Inc. (SWBHF, Inc.) with your check memo noted "Sam Myers" and
mailed
to P. O. Box 710548, Dallas, Texas 75371-0548
Anson & The Rockets along with Sam Myers would like to thank all those who
have
supported their band for more than nineteen years. They also thank everyone
who
has called and kept Sam in prayers throughout this year.
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For further media information:
Kathy Prather at 972.381.1604- or via e-mail: kathy_...@sbcglobal.net
For additional information or questions on Southwest Blues Heritage
Foundation,
Inc. please contact, its' Vice-President, Brian "Hash Brown" Calway, at
214.328-
4141 or e-mail him at Has...@aol.com.
The Southwest Blues heritage Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)3,
all-volunteer,
corporate organization founded in 2001, for the purpose of supporting and
promoting blues musicians and their music. The primary goals of this
organization
are to help educate musicians so that they may further their careers, provide
financial relief for blues musicians and their families and to preserve,
promote and
perpetuate blues music for the Southwestern Region of the U. S. A. For
example,
since it's founding, the foundation has assisted Joe Jonas and Lady Lotion and
numerous blues musicians, as well as, the funeral costs for east Texas blues
man
Henry Qualls
For further media information; Please contact Renee Funderburgh at
214.649.9523
or via e-mail: ren...@remax.net
Or contact Kathy Prather at 972.381.1604- or via e-mail:
kathy_...@sbcglobal.net
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