01/05/2026
HUGE GRATITUDE to all that attended and contributed to our annual Birthday Bash fundraiser at Mr. G’s last night!
Thanks to Mr. G’s for providing the ample room for it again this year.
We were successful in raising several dozens of dollars for a worthy cause!
A BEATLES sized THANK YOU to the four bands who donated their time and talents for this cause:
-It’s Not You, It’s Me
-DC Shakedown Acoustic
-Soul Circus Trio
-Julie Baker Project
Hefty gratitude to Jeff Flowers (a MERF board member) for providing and running the sound for this event. This is no small expenditure of time and effort and I can’t thank him enough. I hope you all will consider contacting him if you have need of professional sound reinforcement in the future.
Big thanks to Jeff Slyn who arranged for several extra volunteers that really were helpful especially with setup and tear down.
Special recognition to Kurt Bendl and Friends-O-MERF volunteers and T-shirt models April Vaught and LaVerne Roby. Both of whom are also founding members of BB.
And last but not least… thanks to the MERF board members Kathleen Streble (also a founding member of BB), Deanna Soday and Jeffrey Overbee for their considerable efforts towards making this event a success!
And most importantly, everyone seeing these words please keep an eye out for musicians and other live music workers who are unable to gig even temporarily due to illness, injury or other reasons. Please refer them to MERF. There’s an excellent chance that we will be able to provide assistance thanks to events like last night’s.
That’s why we are doing this.
Butch Ellis
President
Musicians Emergency Resource Foundation
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In 1982, a group of dedicated musicians in Louisville, Kentucky, came together to support a fellow artist injured in an accident. The overwhelming community response not only met but exceeded the immediate needs, inspiring Marvin Maxwell to establish the Musicians’ Emergency Resource Foundation (M...
