Well it is official,
Blues For A Cause
will be a part of
July 4th
Lakeview Amphitheater
Pine Bluff, Ar.
Headliner
Hadden Sayers
Click the pic below!
Back to the Blues!!
With Special Guest
Saints of Yesterday
&
The Blue Thirds!!
Tracey & I at Ground Zero!!
Happy New Year to All!!
Keep on Bluesin'
Happy New Year to All!!
Keep on Bluesin'
Above Image from the X-mas Jam
Pictured left to right Tracey Powell, Joe Powell with Blues For A Cause & David Hughes from the Spa City Blues Society & Unknown Legends
Entertainment
Member of
Pictured left to right Tracey Powell, Joe Powell with Blues For A Cause & David Hughes from the Spa City Blues Society & Unknown Legends
Entertainment
Member of
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R.I.P. Michael Burks
click on link below for details
about the Michael Burks Memorial
Hadden Sayers
w/special guest
Saints Of Yesterday
Saints Of Yesterday
&
The Blue Thirds
Blues For A Cause ~ A Helping Hand
The idea of the benefit-festival stemmed from a long-standing friendship between the late Mark Sallings, (a highly respected and talented blues musician) his widow Sandra Sallings, and John "Critter" Killingsworth, the beneficiary of the concert proceeds. John AKA Critter and Sandra share a mutual friend: Joe Powell and this is where the inspiration began.
Killingsworth revealed to Sallings that he had contracted lung cancer and had little or no means of paying to treat the disease. Sallings subsequently contacted Powell. She, Killingworth, and Powell discussed Killingsworth's situation and came up with the idea of a blues benefit concert to help Killingsworth. Powell is himself, a cancer survivor and Sallings currently has a very close family member facing his own battle. Killingsworth, when speaking with Sallings about the event, stated:
"If anything positive has come out of this terrible illness, it's folks joining together to create an annual event to help others facing devastating circumstances. That's really heavy and it touches my heart deeply to be a part of this ~ seeing everyone working together like this, well, I'm honored." [John Killingsworth - Cancer Patient]
Blues For A Cause, A Helping Hand was organized with a stated purpose which is to:
Help folks pay their medical bills, or other health related costs, when times are really tough, with funds raised from Blues Benefits & Music Festivals.
As always we are so looking forward to everyone being able to enjoy some good music, food and lend that helping hand to someone in need.
The song you hear playing in the background is a song that was written and performed by Mark Sallings, for John (Critter) Killingsworth, Titled Critter! The song can also be heard at Hello Memphis, where it has been available for download since 2006!
John unfortunately lost his battle with cancer on November 9th 2011, but thanks to John and his love for the Blues and his sheer determination to make the best of life while he was here, BFAC had the opportunity to evolve and can now continue to help those in similar circumstances!
Please do your part & help support BFAC!
Joe Powell
CEO
Blues For A Cause
Check out Joe Dempsey's photos from the
Blues Music Awards 2012 by clicking on the picture below!!
Blues Music Awards 2012 by clicking on the picture below!!
Click on the Blues man above & become a member of the Blues Foundation!
The Autographed Acoustic Guitar that was raffled off Sat. Sept. 17th at the end of the show was won by
Elizabeth Barker from
Muldrow, Oklahoma
Congratulations!!
Muldrow, Oklahoma
Congratulations!!
Blues For
A
Cause
A
Cause
A Helping Hand
Good music!
Good food!
Good times!
...but most of all...
Good Cause!
The Premier will be on April 13th in Clarksdale Mississippi!
Click on the Link Above
for more info!!
Big LLou Johnson & myself !!
