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GRAHAM NASH AND JIM MESSINA
BENEFIT CONCERT AT THE HERMOSA BEACH
COMMUNITY CENTER
Thanks to everyone who came out to the
March 24, 2006 Guacamole Home Grown event to support the Algalita
Marine Research Foundation. Below are some pictures that
we posted to share.
Graham Nash
photo: Buzz Person
Jeff Pevar - Graham Nash - James Raymond
photo: Buzz Person
Jim Messina and Friends
photo: Buzz Person
PRESS RELEASE
GRAHAM NASH AND JIM MESSINA TO APPEAR
IN A BENEFIT
CONCERT AT THE HERMOSA BEACH COMMUNITY
CENTER
Rock music legends Graham
Nash and Jimmy
Messina will appear together in a benefit concert on Friday, March
24, 2006 at 8:00 pm at the Playhouse Theater at the Hermosa Beach Community
Center, 710 Pier Avenue, Hermosa Beach. The fourth in the Home Grown Benefit
Concert Series produced by the Guacamole Fund, the concert is in support
of the Algalita Marine
Research Foundation and Watershed Expo 2006
The Expo is an interactive learning experience
free to the public, offering information and educational entertainment
for Southern California residents of all ages and interests, and will be
held on Saturday March 25, 2006 at the Hermosa Beach Community Center,
710 Pier Avenue in Hermosa Beach, California. Bring the kids and please
carpool, bike, walk or use public transportation. Algalita Marine Research
Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of
the marine environment through research and education.
Concert ticket prices are $45 for general
admission and $75 for reserved seats. A limited number of Golden Circle
seats, including an artist reception with Graham Nash and Jim Messina following
the show, are available at $200. There are no service charges. Reserved
and Golden Circle seats may be purchased by calling (562) 598-4889 or online
at www.algalita.org.
General Admission tickets are only available at Dietz Brothers Music in
Manhattan Beach, the Bike Shop in Hermosa Beach, and Dive ‘n Surf and Rhythm
and Notes in Redondo Beach.
Graham Nash, one of the most enduring figures
in popular music, began his career as co-founder of the British rock group
the Hollies, where he became part of one of the most influential and best-known
groups in rock ‘n roll history. In 1969 he joined David Crosby and Steven
Stills to form Crosby, Stills, and Nash and became part of another of the
best-known groups. Crosby, Stills, and Nash were inducted into the Rock
Hall of Fame in 1997. Besides his remarkable talents as song-writer, guitar-player,
and singer, Graham Nash is also a photographer, artist, and writer, and
dedicated environmentalist.
Jim Messina, a native Californian, has
worked with some of the greatest rock stars in rock history: the Buffalo
Springfield, Joni Mitchell, Leon Russell, Neil Young, and was a founding
member the country rock band Poco. In the early 70s he joined up with singer/songwriter
Kenny Loggins, and as Loggins and Messina the duo became one of the most
popular acts of the era. He continues to write and record on his own and
with Antara Blasius and Delilah Poupore.
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