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A benefit concert for wounded veterans presented by RAISING RAIDERS in association with The Bull Run Concert Series.
FEATURING GE SMITH & BILL KIRCHEN, THE PERSUASIONS and VETTED, America's decorated Wounded Warrior Band.
Join the Bull Run as we raise funds for our wounded warriors at this eclectic evening of outstanding musicians paying tribute to our vets. 50% of your ticket purchase goes directly to Wounded Warriors.
Headlining the show are the MASTERS OF THE TELECASTER, GE Smith & Bill Kirchen and joining in will be The Persuasions and rock band Vetted, the first nationally recognized all wounded warrior band.
GE Smith - Through his six hit-making years with Hall & Oates, his decade long run as Saturday Night Live Band Leader, his touring stints with Bob Dylan, and his work with David Bowie, Peter Wolf and Mike Myers, GE Smith is widely hailed as a modern master of the Telecaster. In his honor, Fender created a newArtist's Series Tele.
Bill Kirchen first gained renown as lead guitarist and vocalist for Commander Cody & his Lost Planet Airmen, where the resonant twang of his battered Telecaster drove "Hot Rod Lincoln" into the Top Ten. He's played guitar on recordings and performances with Nick Lowe, Doug Sahm, Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris, Ralph Stanley, Gene Vincent, Link Wray, Danny Gatton andHoyt Axton. He won the 2000 Rock/ Roots Rock Instrumentalist of the Year,Roots Rock Album (Raise A Ruckus) and 1999 Instrumentalist of the Year at the WAMA Awards, as well as being a multiple winner in 1997 and 1998, receiving ten awards, including Songwriter of the Year.
Vetted is the first nationally recognized wounded warrior band in the US. They tour all over the nation, playing on military bases, and veterans functions for wounded warriors and their family. Their mission is to empower wounded warriors through a non-clinical form of therapy using music as their weapon against various disabilities with focus on suicide prevention, PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ) and TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury ).
The Persuasions - "The Kings of A Capella" From their humble beginning of singing on the streets of Brooklyn, New York in 1962, the earthy gospel infused voices of the legendary Persuasions have become a living American musical treasure celebrating 53 years in the art of a cappella singing.
"Afro-American music - the great fusion that gave us jazz, blues and rock and roll - is captured in its purest form by The Persuasions. For decades, they have been taking a-cappella music to ever-new heights, reminding generations of musicians that the human voice is the subtlest and most powerful of all instruments..."
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Date and Time
Saturday Nov 14, 2015
