NEWS RELEASE
FIRST ANNUAL
CANCER SUVIVOR CONCERT
FOR RELEASE: CONTACT: Mark LA Smith / playNon.com /573-424-2590
22 September 2010
The concert is a fund raiser for cancer patients to help pay for meds and food for their families. The concert is in conjunction with the Vincent P Gurucharri MD foundation that supports cancer patients’ families. It is a cause that has touched every family.
“I lost my wife, Sandi, a little over a year ago to cancer,” says Mark “LA” Smith, promoter of the event. “I really wanted to do something for the families that are going through this right now. I felt like I should use my connections as a musician to do the kind of event that would make Sandi proud.” We are putting together a Concert with all the proceeds going directly to cancer patients.
Each year we are honoring one person who had cancer, this year it is Sandi Smith a 42 year survivor whose motto was “never give up”. (Bio on Sandi Smith)
The excitement around Robert Cray (www.robertcray.com) never ends. The laid back guitar master was first seen nationally as the bass player in the party band in the movie Animal House. Since his Grammy in 1982, he has toured with Eric Clapton, had Fender name guitars after him. He just finished a European tour and came home to an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
The night offers even more excitement with the addition of Billy D & The HooDoos (www.billydandthehoodoos.com) as the opener. Billy D was born in Chicago, cut his teeth in L.A. and is coming to Columbia from The Pacific Northwest. Billydhoodoos.com
Tickets for Robert Cray at MU go on sale Thursday September 23, 2010 through the University Concert Series Website http://www.concertseries.org or you can call the box office at 573-882-3781.