An evening of music and support for Jerry Klein will take place on Saturday, Jan. 21, at 8 p.m. at the Great Aunt Stella Center. Klein is currently fighting esophageal cancer and non-alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver. He was a columnist, promoter, producer and radio personality for more than two decades in the Charlotte area.
Klein was writer for Creative Loafing beginning in 1992, writing exactly 365 columns before his final one in 2001.
The event will include performances by Beth Chorneau, JD Wilson, Rusty Knox, The Cloers, Donna Duncan, Mike Strauss, David Childers, Eric-Scott Guthrie, Hope Nicholls, Ron Gattis, Chuck Johnson, John Tosco and Wayne Powers. Keb Mo and David Wilcox have prepared special videos for the evening.
Tax-deductable donations of any amount to DRUMSTRONG are being encouraged at the door. You can also help via PayPal to scott@drumstrong.org and note “The Jerry Klein Fund.”
Checks should be made payable to ::
DRUMSTRONG
725 Providence Road #210
Charlotte, NC 28207
Memo line on check should note “The Jerry Klein Fund”
This article appears in Jan 17-23, 2012.
I met Jerry face to face during the Charlotte 1990 Earth Day anniversary preparations and celebrations. He magnanimously offered to put up the money for a benefit concert at Memorial Stadium – the site of the old weekend concerts back in the 1970’s but for some reason not enough people agreed with that plan. We had a huge turnout anyway with many people being very generous with time & money like Jerry.
I did not make it to the Aunt Stella affair I hope it went well, I plan to contribute online what I can.
Hopefully this information will not be needed but I am sure he is aware of Anthony Atala, M.D., at Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine. They grow tissues there for severe cases like transplants.
Wishing Jerry well