Rock For Kosair 5: The Aftermath
The 5th annual Rock for Kosair at Phoenix Hill Tavern went down last Friday night, November 20. If you missed this once-a-year concert where some of Louisville’s most popular rock and metal acts performed to raise money to buy Christmas gifts for the children of Kosair Hospital, well you missed a memorable night. 100% of the proceeds from the event will benefit the Kosair kids and Kosair Charities.
Nova Red was one of the featured acts in the saloon.
THE RESULTS ARE IN!!!
With nearly 700 people in attendance, the event raised a whopping $4,470 off donations made at the door. An additional $549.90 was raised from the prize giveaways and the official Rock for Kosair T-shirt sales. This brings the total amount raised from the event to $5,019.90. Way to go to all who came out and supported this great cause! Together, we have enabled a few extra smiles to be had for the children and families of Kosair Hospital.
Dave Moody of Magnetic Flux autographs some of the official RFK memorabilia that was given away.
THOSE WHO DESERVE CREDIT
- Eddy Metal - First and foremost, the man who started Rock For Kosair five years ago. Eddy works tirelessly in promoting this event and making sure that the event consistently delivers some of Louisville’s best rock and metal acts, and asks for nothing in return. Great job Eddy!
- Phoenix Hill Tavern - Louisville’s most recognizable and popular live music venue really makes a difference every year by donating 100% of the cover-charge. Thanks to Kim Donze and everyone at PHT for their continued support of this worthy cause!
- Clay Cook with Dirty Cheese Productions - This guy may have logged as many hours as myself and Eddy by giving Rock For Kosair an “image.” That’s right, Clay is the creative extraordinaire responsible for designing all the flyers, posters, T-shirts, and stage banners that were associated with the event. Great job Clay!
- 93.1 The Fox - Thanks to everyone at 93.1 The Fox who donated a bunch of radio ads, and especially Mudd for hanging out for almost the entire night and making sure the bands got a proper stage introduction. Mudd has been a long-time supporter of Louisville’s original music scene and he continues to prove it over and over again.
Listen to our interview with Mudd on 93.1 The Fox by clicking the link below under the media links section.
- WLKY 32 TV – A special thanks to the morning news producers at WLKY for inviting us to go on air to publicize the event on live TV. Watch the live interview on WLKY by clicking the link below under the media links section.
- Big Al with Harleywood T-shirts - From the T-shirt sales alone, we raised $130. Thanks to Al for not only donating the actual T-shirts, but his time for producing them!
- All the sponsors - A special thanks to all the additional sponsors who donated either their products or services to the event for the prize giveaways that raised $419.90. This includes: First Quality Music, Uncle Samms Jams, Professional Musicians Center, Game Force & Game Factor, ACME Ink Tattoos, and Dr. Bryan Fox at Mortenson Family Dental.
- All the performing bands - All the bands really rocked it out for the kids! A special thanks to BoneJinn for donating 100% of their own T-shirt and CD sales proceeds to the RFK fund. Another special thanks to the guys in Two Pump Chump for bringing a PA system and managing the sound in the taproom. Way to step-up guys!
- Sean with Hellawicked Productions - Did I really just witness a show where pre-published set times were actually upheld? Yep! That’s because Sean was cracking the whip and keeping the bands on time according to the published stage schedule. Good job dude!
Demi Demaree of Plan of Man and the VilleBillies performed in the saloon.
So, as you can see, not only did many people and organizations donate their time, talent, or service to Rock For Kosair, but a few went above the call and were happy to do so.
Chico with Magnetic Flux was impressive on the skins.
WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT?
With every yin, there is a yang, and as much as I hate to publish this, there are a couple of guys who pulled a heinous and extremely selfish stunt on this benefit concert. Who and what you ask? Max and Mark Maxwell with Spanky Lee, who are also the owners of Mom’s Music. Just minutes before Spanky Lee was suppose to take the stage, I received a tip from an unidentified person that Spanky Lee would not be playing. Immediately I sent a text message to Max Maxwell to validate what I thought was just a bad rumor. Max’s response to me was “Mark and I booked another gig and we couldn’t cancel that gig. We also couldn’t put Spanky Lee together properly.” “Hmmm. I smell bullshit,” I immediately thought to myself.
As it turns out, the other “gig” was at a nearby casino bar. Really, Max and Mark Maxwell? Playing for a bunch of drunken degenerate gamblers was more important then helping raise money for the children of Kosair Hospital? Of which you agreed to play several months ago. Really? On top of that they apparently weren’t even going to give myself or Eddy any type of notification they were not playing.
If actions speak louder than words, then the Maxwell’s proved two things with this stunt: (1) that they are a bunch of disorganized idiots by double-booking themselves, and (2) they are a bunch of heart-less arrogant pricks because they had no intention of giving Eddy or myself any notification of that they wouldn’t be playing. Never mind the commitment they made to play the show. Never mind the children of Kosair Hospital whom all of this was for. Never mind the Spanky Lee fans that were at PHT looking forward to seeing them play.
It’s now overwhelmingly evident why Mom’s Music is apparently having a hard time keeping their doors open. Please do the Louisville music community a favor and just go out-of-business. To all musicians in Louisville, if you ever needed a good reason NOT to patronize Mom’s Music, let this be it. Enough said.
ROCK FOR KOSAIR MEDIA LINKS
- Click here to view a slideshow of photos from the show.
- Click here to listen to the interview on 93.1 The Fox with Mudd about the show.
- Click here to see the TV interview on 32 WLKY that was recorded with event founder Eddy Metal, and performing artists Sailor from 16 Bones and Bobby O from Magnetic Flux.
- Click here to view a story on MSNBC.com
- Click here to read and interview with Eddy Metal on Examiner.com
- Click here, to download the official Rock For Kosair 5 show flyer here.
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