Friends of the Oppressed Lovers of Truth - A JAMFA Benefit for the Community

Harm None, a benefit for Rick Burton, featuring Jerry Miller, Moby Grape guitarist, will be held at 'Fabulous Fifties Conference Center', in Tacoma on March 12, 2005. Located at 455 St Helens. The benefit is being put together by Debra Kennard and the many friends of Jerry Miller and Moby Grape. 2The goal is to provide funding to secure a location for JAMFA, the Jerry A. Miller Foundation for Advancement of the Arts, an organization dedicated to the Advancement of the Arts in the community. JAMFA will provide facilities so musicians can concentrate on music and make a reality their ideas written and formulated within and for the community. Jerry Miller, once heralded as the best guitarist in San Francisco, is interested in a church that he went to as a child, mainly because it is in the community and there he can use it for an out reach for local musicians and teach music. JAMFA will also provide additional funding for the Tacoma Performing Arts community.

(PRWEB) February 6, 2005 -- Jefferson Airplane founding member, Bob Harvey will be the headliner for the upcoming benefit. Bob found his way back to writing and recording music with the band "San Francisco Blue". The name was chosen because San Francisco and Bluegrass music are the roots of his music. Bob founded the Slippery Rock String Band in 1963 and reformed the band in late 1965 after leaving the Airplane. What San Francisco Blue is all about is rooted in bluegrass music but strongly influenced by both folk-rock and psychedelic music. Over the past several months, Bob has been recording a new studio Album called "Hurting for People". The title cut is a song originally written by Bob Harvey and Skip Spence (Moby Grape) when they were both members of Jefferson Airplane.
Don Stevenson (drummer for Moby Grape), will be there also.
The concept of the benefit came to Debra Kennard, a long time friend of Jerry Miller's, when she found out that JAMFA was in need of a place to locate.

Other local bands that will be there to help raise money for this cause are, 'It Don't Matter' with bassist Rick Burton, who was bass player and founding member of Jerry Miller's band, 'DiaBando'. Also, 'The Billy Shew Band', Knuclehead and Ender Brothers. The bands that are contributing to this benefit are doing so because they respect Jerry Miller and fully realize the vital service to the community JAMFA will help to fulfill.

Tickets will go on sale at the door for $10.00 a head. Music starts at 1:00pm.

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