Benefit for Jennifer

Long time, no bloggy.  Many apologies, of course.  I have been super-duper busy, trying to give everything I’ve got to music in 2010.  We are off with a bang.  So much in the works:

• I’m shooting music videos for GHOSTS and GIMME MORE in the next couple of months
• I’ve booked a sexy little west coast tour with superstar Aiden James.  We are playing together in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle at the end of March.
• I’m mere minutes away from getting CD copies of my EP ‘NEVER WAS.’  I will be selling them at shows and will hopefully have set up the online order system by tonight.
• I’ve nearly completed my next EP release – still untitled – with producer George Stanford.  You’ve heard ‘Anthem’ and ‘Subterranean,’ but we have 2 more songs to round out the EP and I will release it before the summer.  I’m excited to include ANTHEM on that EP because I don’t think it got its due when I hastily released it on its own last August.  I think it’s a powerful song for today’s social climate and I’m excited for more to hear it.
• I’ve booked performances at Pride Festivals in Milwaukee, WI and Phoenix, AZ with more to come!

But the big news of the day is a benefit concert that I have organized on February 10th in Los Angeles.  Over the last few months, I have gotten to know a great girl named Jennifer Kaplan.  I don’t want to lay it on real thick because the simple facts are powerful enough and they alone moved me  to action.

The facts are these:  Jennifer has multiple sclerosis.  A while back, she lost her job and then her health insurance.  We are trying to raise $6000 to cover the cost of 1 year of a medicine that slows the deterioration of the brain.  Can you help?

I put together a great night of music in Los Angeles, featuring musicians who are not only among the most talented I know, but also have the biggest hearts.  I handpicked each of them and I am deeply proud to share the stage with Syd, Keeley Valentino, and George Stanford.

Here are the deets:

A Benefit for Jennifer – Music for MS

featuring Christopher Dallman, George Stanford,

Keeley Valentino, and Syd

Wednesday 10 February 2010

Molly Malone’s

575 S Fairfax Avenue

Los Angeles, CA

8pm $10

I don’t expect to raise close to $6000 at the concert alone.  $6000 is a lot for one  person, but $1 from 6000 people sounds like something we can achieve!  If you do not live in Los Angeles and still want to contribute, please do so HERE!  Want to help but don’t have the money!?  Spread the word!  Post this on your Facebook wall, Tweet it to your followers and ask them to retweet.  Together, we can make this happen!

cut and paste this link for Facebook, Twitter, etc… http://www.chrisdallman.com/jennifer

Want to check out the music of the other performers?  Click on the pictures below to go to their sites!