LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-MAY 15, 2019…THE ACOUSTIC FOR A CURE CONCERT IS NOW AN ANNUAL EVENT CREATED BY BAY AREA ROCK LEGENDS SAMMY HAGAR AND JAMES HETFIELD. THE GOAL OF THE CONCERT IS TO RAISE NEEDED FUNDS AND AWARENESS FOR THE PEDIATRIC CANCER PROGRAM AT UCSF BY BRINGING TOGETHER SOME OF THEIR LEGENDARY FRIENDS AND THROWING A MUST SEE CONCERT.
IN PAST YEARS, ARTISTS HAVE INCLUDED GREEN DAY’S BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG, JERRY CANTRELL, TRAIN’S PAT MONAHAN, MOTLEY CRUE’S TOMMY LEE, LINDA PERRY, CHAD SMITH, BOB WEIR, NANCY WILSON, JOE SATRIANI, AND EVEN A SURPRISE APPEARANCE FROM ADAM SANDLER, AND MANY MORE.
THIS YEAR SCHEDULED ARTISTS PERFORMING INCLUDE:
TOM JOHNSTON OF THE DOOBIE BROTHERS, CHAD KROEGER OF NICKELBACK, LUKAS NELSON, JOE SATRIANI, RICK SPRINGFIELD, NANCY WILSON OF HEART, AND SAMMY HAGAR AND THE CIRCLE.
HERE ARE SOME OUTSTANDING MOMENTS FROM PAST SHOWS
PAT BENATAR
2014
AND 2017 WHEN DAVE GROHL FILLED IN FOR JAMES HETFIELD
AND ADAM SANDLER
