How goes it? I hope your all doing well! We are finally drying out here in Texas. In case you weren't aware, we had record rainfalls, during the month of May. While the rainfall was welcome and we needed it, it also caused widespread flooding in many areas of the state. Many areas have had a lot of damage, as a result.
One of the areas affected by the flooding is a place called Wimberly, Texas. Wimberly is located in Central Texas (close to Austin). It sits near the Blanco River. With all of the rain, the Blanco River flooded and caused widespread damage to the Wimberly area. Many of these folks lost everything.
Our friend Rocky Lott, of the Rocky Lott Band decided to do something about this, by organized a supply roundup and benefit concert to help the folks in Wimberly and the surrounding areas. They will be selling t-shirts and collecting necessary supplies for the relief effort. Needed items are sunscreen, bottled water, non-perishable food items, childrens clothing, blankets, new pillows and of course monetary donations.
The benefit will take place this Saturday, June 6th at Grease Monkey Burgers in Arlington. The street address is 200 N. Mesquite Street. Roy and I will be doing an acoustic song swap with Tommy Dussault from 1-2pm. You can check out Tommy here https://m.facebook.com/tommydussaultmusic and here https://www.reverbnation.com/tommydussault
Here is the rest of the performance schedule:
2:20-3:20pm-James Lann, Mark Allen Atwood, Rocky Lott
3:40-4:40-Tom Fleischer, James Gilliland, James Kaul
5-6 (maybe til 6:30) Rocky Lott with Marc Holtsclaw and special guest Doc Wesson
A big thank you is in order for Rocky Lott for putting this together. Roy and I are honored to be a part of this. Do yourself a favor and check out the Rocky Lott Band here www.rockylott.com He has some of his awesome music here, that you can listen to, as well as all sorts of other cool stuff. The weather should be great so c'mon out if you can. Any donations, support, etc.. would be greatly appreciated as well.
After that, we are not done. Roy and I will then travel over to Fort Worth, to catch up with the rest of the band, for a full band show over at Central Market-Hulen on Saturday evening. If you've never been to Central Market, you should come check it out. They have a great outdoor beer garden, plenty of great food, and to top it all off, a great playground area for the kids. You can turn them loose to do their thing and you can do yours. This is an early start time, as we start at 5:30pm.
Lena Pope owns the land that Central Market is on. They end up having a lot of weddings there through the spring and summer months. Their is a wedding scheduled at the Chapel for Saturday at 6:30pm. During this time, no music is allowed. This would be a perfect opportunity to go check out the store. If you've never been in a Central Market, then you are in for a treat. This is not your everyday ordinary grocery store. It's hard to explain, you'll just have to come and see it for yourself.
Once we get the word that it's ok to continue, we will resume the show. We will be their until 9pm. Central Market is located at 4651 W. Freeway #100, Fort Worth, Texas 76107. If your in the area, stop on by! We would love to see you!
Ok, that's about all I have for now, thanks for reading and I'll talk to ya later!
