"Rock for the River" - Save the River! Benefit Concert

The first "Rock for the River" benefit for the Save the River! organization will be held at the Clayton Opera House on Friday, July 2nd, 2004. Featured acts include Jay Nash, the bennett cale project, Gabriel Mann, Paper Sun, Joe Purdy and Eliza Moore.

LOS ANGELES, CA (PRWEB) June 19, 2004 --- The first Rock for the River" concert will be held on Friday, July 2nd, 2004 at the Clayton Opera House to benefit the Save the River! organization.

Jay Nash, a Los Angeles musician by way of Syracuse, New York, is making his homecoming in a big way. Nash spent most of his summers playing guitar in the 1000 Islands area and considers it home. He has been involved with Save the River! for the last five years, from River Day in the summer of 2000, which featured a few local musicians performing acoustic sets.

Nash approached Save the River! with the idea for an entire night of great music to raise awareness for the organization and its cause. The result was Rock for the River." Joining him for this concert will be 1000 Islands native Eliza Moore, as well as other favorites on the L.A. independent music scene -- the bennett cale project, Gabriel Mann, Paper Sun and Joe Purdy.

Advance tickets can be ordered through www.savetheriver.org for $20. Tickets will also be available at the door for $27. The Clayton Opera House is located at 403 Riverside Drive in Clayton, New York.

For further information and to set up interviews with the artists, please contact Ngoc Hoang at 626.673.0535.

About Jay Nash:
Jay Nashs music can alternately make audiences rock out with his powerful guitar or make them sit at rapt attention listening to his starkly truthful lyrics. He has been supporting the bennett cale project and Gabriel Mann on guitar for the past several months, and is embarking on his own tour of the Rockies in July. His band features Matt DelVecchio on bass and Chris Lovejoy on drums. For more information, visit www.jaynash.com.

About the bennett cale project:
The bennett cale project has been taking their vintage California soul" sound on the road in support of their recently completed debut album, Goodbye Kirkwood Drive," released on How Lucky Are We? Music. The bcp features Bennett Cale on vocals and guitar, Jay Nash on guitar, Albie Dunbar on bass, and Dan Potruch on drums. Visit them at www.thebcp.com.

About Gabriel Mann:
Passionate lyrics and energetic keys highlight Gabriel Manns pop-rock sound. He recently performed at SXSW and completed tour dates across the country supporting Jamie Cullum. He is backed by Carson Cohen on bass and Adam Marcello on drums. Visit the website at www.gabrielmann.com.

About Eliza Moore:
Grindstone Island native Eliza Moore is bringing her fiddle back to the river after tours through Western Europe and North America. For more information, visit her website at www.elizamoore.com.

About Paper Sun:
Paper Sun is Joel Eckels on vocals and guitar, Sally Jaye on vocals and keys and Adam Marcello on drums. Their new album is due out soon, with one track being featured in the upcoming Jennifer Love Hewitt film, If Only..." Visit their website at www.papersun.com.

About Joe Purdy:
Joe Purdy is a five-piece band fronted by vocalist/guitarist Joe Purdy. For more information, visit www.joepurdy.com.

About Save the River!:
Save the River! is a non-profit, member-based environmental organization whose mission is to preserve and protect the ecological integrity of the Thousand Islands Region of the St. Lawrence River through advocacy, education and research. For more information on the organization, visit www.savetheriver.org.
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