GRASSROOTS ACOUSTICA #19
2ND ANNUAL AULD LANG SYNE EDITION
One Degree To Edward Tree
Saturday, January 10, 2009
7-10 p.m.
Talking Stick Coffee Lounge
1411C Lincoln Blvd (@ California)
Venice, CA
CAST
Ben Carr, Brad Colerick, David Serby, Jane Bolduc, John Stowers, Jeff Kossack, Karen Tobin, Spencer Davis, Wendy Conrad
ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE
Tom Gramlich & Byron Pfeifer with Dan Raziel
HOST
Mark Islam
SPECIAL GUEST
Lisa O’Kane
GUEST OF HONOR
Edward Tree
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [1/2/2009]
ED TREE FOR FREE!
[VENICE, CALIFORNIA] – For its first show of the new year, Grassroots Acoustica’s 2nd Annual Auld Lang Syne Edition fetes guitargod, songwriter, Bum Steers bandmate & prolific producer Edward Tree to raise contributions for San Pedro-based women’s substance dependence treatment center House of Hope at The Talking Stick Coffee Lounge on Saturday, January 10th with a 7 pm start time.
With a roster that’s doubled since last year’s, One Degree To Edward Tree brings together a short list of performers who’ve logged considerable hours in control rooms & on concert stages with the mild-mannered Mississippian whose chops from fretboard to mixing console have made him a local hero to many coffeehouse colleagues including the returning Spencer Davis, David Serby, Karen Tobin, Jane Bolduc, Lisa O’Kane, Jeff Kossack, Wendy Conrad & bassist Taras Prodaniuk as well as first-time Grassroots Acoustica visits by Brad Colerick, Ben Carr, & John Stowers, all of whom the guest of honor plans to sit in with.
In keeping with the Auld Lang Syne theme, resident duo Tom Gramlich & Byron Pfeifer reunite with Dan Raziel, the only guest ever to bring a b-bender guitar to the Grassroots Acoustica stage, to perform as a trio on the series for the first time in over a year, while host/curator Mark Islam will likely horn in on harmony vocals behind anyone who’ll let him.
Since 1955, House of Hope has provided a safe, clean and sober environment for substance abusing and substance dependent women with a sincere desire to stop drinking & using. Licensed and certified by the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs and nondiscriminatory in its admission process, House of Hope’s 6-month primary care residential program offers individual & group counseling, 12-step meetings, relapse prevention, & anger management, and a substance-free living community provides a bridge between a structured setting and independent living for 37 women who graduate from the primary program.
For further information regarding House of Hope and its programs, volunteer opportunities and wish list, or to make a secure donation, please visit www.houseofhopesp.org.
Now bounding towards its second anniversary thanks to finding a permanent home at the new Lincoln location of The Talking Stick, Grassroots Acoustica has raised $11,435 in purely voluntary donations which have, over the span of 18 monthly shows, brailled books for the visually impaired, bought shoes for Southland schoolkids, given marching orders to a team of Alzheimer's awareness walkers, contributed toward laptops for kids in transitional housing, supported efforts to preserve riparian habitat, provided vocational & avocational scholarship for senior citizens & at-risk youth, sprung a few pups from the pound, and even helped to rescue teenagers from human trafficking rings.
Venice’s Talking Stick Coffee Lounge is located at 1411C Lincoln Blvd (@ California). Starting at 7 p.m., the 3-hour event is free & open to the public, and while there is no cover charge or suggested minimum, 100% of any donations to collection baskets will benefit House Of Hope.
GRASSROOTS ACOUSTICA
NON-PROFITS TO DATE
Children Of The Night
The Blank Theatre Company
Project Angel Food
WeSpark
The Linda Blair WorldHeart Foundation for Animal & Human Welfare
The Nicolette Larson Pediatric Endowment at Mattel Children's Hospital/UCLA
A New Way Of Life Reentry Project
Echo Park Film Center
Friends Of The Los Angeles River
Showing People Learning & Technology
School On Wheels
The Celebration Theatre
Shoes That Fit
Alzheimer's Association California Southland Chapter - Memory Walk |
