If you don’t know already, the month of September is known as Blue September in the hope of raising awareness about prostate cancer.Every year about 600 men in New Zealand die of Prostate Cancer.
So... what can we do?
Well, in association with the Auckland Live Blues Club, The Jukes will be performing on Sunday 6th September (4pm start) at the Family & Naval Hotel (situated on the corner of K' Rd and Pitt Street) and donating the fee from the gig to the Foundation.
We will also be inviting a gold coin donation (or two) from the crowd on the day... and you will be pleased to know that, despite the recently publicity about what percentage of your donated money goes to charities these days, 100% of the money donated goes directly to the Prostate Cancer Foundation.
If that wasn't enough reason to come along, the band might be fortunate enough to be joined by a very special guest; Bill Cherry, who is currently on his holidays in New Zealand.
Bill knows his blues...
During his early years in Chicago Bill spent time with, Buddy Guy, A.C. Reed, Otis Rush, Junior Wells, Muddy Waters, Siegel-Schwall, Linn County, and many others.
He became particularly close to Luther "Georgia Boy" "Snake" Johnson, who was playing guitar with Muddy at the time.
He and Luther spent a great deal of time together when the band was in Chicago, with Luther trying to teach Bill how to play the blues, and Bill trying to teach Luther how to read music.
Bill's involvement with the Las Vegas Blues Society included being an officer of the organisation for 7 1/2 years (6 1/2 years as President) and also led to his being elected to the board of the Blues Foundation in Memphis, a position he held for four years.
After moving from Las Vegas, Bill and his wife are now residents of La Paz, Mexico, where he has assembled some of the top musicians in La Paz to resurrect his band, who perform two nights a week at the El Paraje Roadhouse.
Bill Cherry and his amigosSo that's a couple of reasons to join in but of course, but this is isn’t about promoting the band; it’s about raising awareness about prostate cancer, so you can always donate or check out what else is going in Blue September via the foundation's web site Blue September web site for more details.
