| JOHNNY CASH BAND CAPS SEASON FINALE AT EL CAJON CONCERTS ON THE GREEN By Miriam Raftery Put on your dancing shoes! Each Friday night through September 7th, the City of El Cajon is sponsoring free Concerts on the Green. For the last month of summer, featured rock & roll, country, big band, and zydeco performances. The season finale will be a concert by Cash’d Out, the premier Johnny Cash tribute band—and the only Cash imitator endorsed by the official Johnny Cash website. Close your eyes and you’ll swear the Man in Black has been resurrected and is singing live onstage! Recent gigs have included the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, House of Blues in L.A. and the opening of the Johnny Cash exhibit at the Fender Museum of Music & the Arts. Listen to Cash’d Out songs here: http://www.myspace.com/cashdout. Other upcoming artists include the Farmers, formed by surviving members of the Beat Farmers, a homegrown San Diego country-blues-rock band that drew international fame until singer/drummer/guitarist Dick Montana died onstage of a heart attack in 1995. Now the Farmers are receiving recognition in their own right, earning a Lifetime Achievement honor from the San Diego Music Awards in 2005 and releasing the top selling CD (Loaded) at the milesofmusic.com website. Theo & the Zydeco Patrol cooks up a fiery blend of Cajun and Zydeco dance music that has its roots in Louisiana. After Hurricane Katrina, Zydeco Patrol members helped organize a relief trip to bring aid to survivors in New Orleans. This year marks the 10th anniversary of concerts on the Green, which provide free entertainment as well an economic boost to the community. Last year, more than 11,000 people attended the live concerts, raising over $4,000 through raffle sale tickets to benefit downtown El Cajon. The influx of music fans also helped businesses in the city’s heart. Concerts are held from 6-8 p.m. Fridays at the Prescott Promenade on Main Street, one block east of Magnolia. On Friday, September 7th, FM 94.9 radio is sponsoring a pre-concert Happy Hour party from 4 -6 p.m. at Mangia Bene’s Italian restaurant, right next to the concert site. Upcoming concerts are: August 10: Theo & the Zydeco Patrol* Listen to a clip of the Theo & the Zydeco Patrol song Big Feet August 17: The Variations (Big Band) August 24: The Cat-illacs (Rock & Roll) Listen to a clip of the Cat-illacs song The Letter (cover song) August 31: The Farmers* (Rock & Roll) Listen to a clip of the Farmers song Walk It Away September 7: Cash’d Out (Johnny Cash Cover Band) Listen to a clip of Cash’d Out’s I’ve got Stripes: http:www.myspace.com/cashdout Commemorative CDs with songs by all artists from this year’s Concert on the Green may be purchased at https://ssl7.chi.us.securedata.net/downtownelcajon.com/shop_form.asp. For more details on the concerts, which are sponsored by the City of El Cajon and local merchants, visit: http://www.downtownelcajon.com/event_cotg.shtml. |
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