In the early morning hours of June 28, 2008, Jason Statts and Dave Williams were on their way to meet up with friends after the debut show of their band Surt the Destroyer. They were tragically and unnecessarily shot on a street in Ardsley Park, leaving Statts paralyzed.
The music community has done an amazing job of rallying around this cause and helping support Statts. There have been concerts and auctions happening every few months to help raise money to offset medical expenses and more. On June 12th, there will be a benefit at Savannah Station featuring live music, food and more. Tickets are $25 in advance, or $30 at the door, and include complimentary beer and wine (cash bar for liquor), as well as performances by the 8-Tracks, Joe Nelson, the Josh Maul Blues Band, and several other local acts. Doors open for a preview of the auction items at 4:30pm, and the event starts at 6pm. You can get advance tickets at Primary Arts, The Jinx, and several other spots around town.
You want to talk about a good cause, this is it. Get over there.
For more info, check out the Statts benefit website.
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SUAF Announces Lineup for Benefit Concert May 9th
The Savannah Urban Arts Festival has announced the lineup for it's big benefit concert that will be the culmination of 6 days of events. 8PM, May 9th @ the Morris Center, SUAF will present two Savannah natives who have gone out and done big things with music - Grammy winner Anthony David, and electro-soul diva Brittany Bosco (they both went to the same high school too, although at different times).
The fact that the show consists of two locals who had to leave the city to make career moves just demonstrates how much the city itself needs to improve its creative infrastructure. Second-tier cities across the country suffer from a massive talent-drain where every artist with a chance to do big things has to move to ATL, NYC, LA or wherever else talented folks go, and it means that their hometowns suffer by an ongoing inability to support their own artists.
This will be a great event, and probably one of the best shows in Savannah all year. For more info, check out www.savannahurbanartsfestival.com - and by the way, big up to Paragon Design for all their help with the website.
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