SAM MYERS BLUES BENEFIT TO BE HELD AT GRANADA THEATER
FRIDAY, AUGUST 26
“Help Out Our ‘Brother Sam' Battling Cancer”
(DALLAS, TX – July 15, 2005) - On Friday, August 26, the Granada Theater in Dallas, Texas will host a fundraiser for legendary blues artist Sam Myers. Myers was diagnosed with cancer in February of 2005, and has been unable to perform with his infamous band, Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets, since December of 2004. Myers, best known as a blues vocalist and harmonica player, has been with The Rockets as their featured vocalist since 1986. Myers, along with The Rockets, have collectively won nine W. C. Handy-awards which are equivalent to the Grammy awards.
The benefit will feature Anson Funderburgh & the Rockets. Funderburgh, has been instrumental in organizing this fundraiser, and has invited his friends and special guests, Delbert McClinton and Jimmy Vaughan, to join in. The Sam Myers Benefit will also feature HashBrown & the Browntones, Mike Morgan & the Crawl and The Texas Horns.
All proceeds from the benefit will go towards the massive medical costs that have poured in from Myers' battle with cancer. The costs include continued medical care, treatments and follow-up Doctor visits.
A silent auction will be held throughout the night to bring in additional monies to benefit Sam Myers. Dean Guitars has donated an electric Bass guitar and electric six-string guitar, which will be autographed by the performing artists at the benefit, and auctioned off. Donations are also being collected by Brian “HashBrown” Calway and Renee Funderburgh and include original blues photos from Dick Waterman and much more.
General admission and reserved seating tickets will go on sale, this Saturday, July 16, thru the Granada web site, www.granadatheater.com and also available at CD World. The Granada Theater is located at 3524 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75206 and has been a landmark in the Dallas area for many years.
Sam Myers has been performing as a blues artist since his late teens dating back to the early 1950's. Performing for more than fifty years, Myers has dedicated his life to the blues. Myers, a Dallas resident since the mid-eighties, was a former drummer with blues-great Elmore James and has performed with countless others. It is only fitting that the Dallas and Fort Worth communities come together to help this legendary artist out on Friday, August 26.
If you are interested in making a tax-deductible donation to Sam Myers, the Southwest Blues Heritage Foundation, Incorporated (SWBHF, Inc.), is set up to receive your donation. Checks can be made out to Southwest Blues Heritage Foundation, Inc., (SWBHF, Inc.) with your check memo noted “Sam Myers” and mailed to: P. O. Box 710548, Dallas, Texas 75371-0548.
Anson & The Rockets along with Sam Myers would like to thank all those who have supported their band for more than nineteen years. They also thank everyone who has called and kept Sam in prayers throughout this year.
For further media information: Please contact Renee Funderburgh at 214.649.9523
or via e-mail: reneef@remax.net
Or Contact
Kathy Prather at 972.381.1604 – or via e-mail: kathy_prather@sbcglobal.net
For additional information or questions on Southwest Blues Heritage Foundation, Inc. please contact, its' Vice-President, Brian “HashBrown” Calway, at 214.328-4141 or e-mail him at Hashbb@aol.com.
The Southwest Blues Heritage Foundation is a non-profit, 501(c) 3, all-volunteer, corporate organization founded in 2001, for the purpose of supporting and promoting blues musicians and their music. The primary goals of this organization are to help educate musicians so that they may further their careers, provide financial relief for blues musicians and their families and to preserve, promote and perpetuate blues music for the Southwestern Region of the