Chris Wuerth, who arranged and promoted the event, shared this mini-review of the show.
“Josh Williams led a stellar band with Rob Ickes dobro, Jesse Brock mandolin, Mike Barnett fiddle, Paul Kowert bass and Gary Filgate banjo, playing an hour and a half set of Tony’s songs. The second set featured Tony Trischka’s solo banjo, and Phil Rosenthal, formerly of the Seldom Scene. Chris Eldridge and Dominick Leslie played Church Street Blues, among others. One of the highlights of the evening was Josh Williams and Chris Eldridge playing, in unison and note for note, the entire Tony Rice solo from Cattle In the Cane. The whole band got back on stage for a long and fired up Nine Pound Hammer. The concert, presented by GuitartownCT Productions of Hamden, CT, raised almost ten thousand dollars, which will be given to Tony, along with a guest book signed by most of the patrons.
It was amazing, Tony’s spirit was fully in the house. I hope he can translate all the support into some positive energy that will help him recover physically and emotionally, and get back out on the road again. Fingers crossed.”
Sounds like a magical night. Hats off to Chris for staging this concert, to all the artists who donated their time, and to the music lovers who came out in support.
