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Riverfolk benefit features
Fogerty keyboardist
Bob Malone
ASTORIA — Riverfolk, an
organization that works to
help homeless individuals,
will hold a benefit concert
7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16,
at Clatsop Community
College’s Performing Arts
Center (588 16th St.).
Doors open at 6 p.m.
The concert features
Bob Malone, the key-
boardist for Creedence
Clearwater Revival’s John
Fogerty who also plays on
Ringo Starr’s upcoming
album.
The show also presents
Dan Weber, an award-win-
ning songwriter; Alexa
Wiley, a singer-songwriter
and activist; and Tom May,
a legendary folk performer
who played with Gordon
Lightfoot, and is the found-
er and host of the national-
ly syndicated public radio
program “River City Folk.”
Riverfolk will be
raffling off a brand new
Epiphone guitar, six-CD
“Anthology of American
Folk Music edited by Har-
ry Smith” box set, and two
one-year season passes to
every show at the Penin-
sula Arts Center in Long
Beach during the program.
Raffle tickets are $10 and
available at downtown
Astoria locations.
The organization will
also have a live auction
for a dinner to be held at
the highest bidder’s home,
with local sushi chef Jessi
Anderson. Concert attend-
ees will be able to purchase
a sampling of Anderson’s
treats in the lobby before
the show.
Riverfolk, State Sen.
Betsy Johnson said, is a
“homegrown charity that
helps people in securing
a state ID, a license, a
birth certificate, or maybe
even military separation
documents. An ID is often
a path to recovery, and
critical for someone trying
to get back on their feet.”
The concert is “an
opportunity to help your
neighbors help themselves,
by getting foundational
documents, and a path to a
brighter future,” she said.
General admission tick-
ets are $20, but a limited
number of VIP packages
are available, including
a front-row seat, dinner
at Fulio’s Restaurant, a
Bob Malone CD and an
autographed poster. The
package costs $175.
Tickets are available
at riverfolkastoria.com/
concert.
For more information,
visit riverfolkastoria.com/
benefit, facebook.com/
riverfolkastoria and twitter.
com/riverfolkinfo.
OCEAN PARK, WASH. — Ocean Park Library is in for
a treat.
Former Nashville songwriter Geof Morgan
will present a concert 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 15. In
addition to writing Ronnie Milsap’s “20-20 Vision,”
Barbara Mandrell’s “Love is Thin Ice,” and Dickie
Lee’s “The Busiest Memory
in Town,” Morgan recorded
for MCA Records in the early
1980s.
But the Nashville com-
mercial music scene was not
for Morgan, and he moved to
Bellingham in 1982, where
his songwriting took a turn to
more Pete Seeger-type songs
with a social conscience.
He recorded several albums
under
the Flying Fish folk
Geof Morgan as a
label
with
songs such as “It
young man
Comes with the Plumbing”
about men’s difficulty express-
ing feelings and “Casey at the Bat” about pressures
to succeed.
Morgan toured the U.S. with his music but
found that the birth of his daughter made him want
to stay home more. He became executive director
of Whatcom County Family and Community Net-
work, a position he held for 30 years while studying
community organizing.
Morgan still lives in Bellingham with his wife,
Liz Wade. They both sing and tour with the Kul-
shan Chorus. The wit and wisdom in his songs, his
sincere and personal style, and his awesome guitar
playing are not to be missed.
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Geof Morgan
Tickets on sale for inaugural Peninsula Rhythm & Blues Festival
OCEAN PARK, WASH. — Blue
skies turning pink, gold
and orange; stars shining;
evergreens surrounding an
outdoor stage; and blues to
make the heart weep with joy.
All of this is coming to
Ocean Park’s Wilson Field
with a new music event: the
Peninsula Rhythm & Blues
Festival.
The inaugural event will
be held 6 to 10 p.m. Friday,
Sept. 15; and noon to 10 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 16.
Ocean Park musician and
resident Clint Carter, of the
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Franco Paletta
North Coast Blues Band,
is spearheading the project.
Community groups, business-
es and local music lovers are
working together to bring this
first-ever blues event to Ocean
Park.
The Ilwaco High School
Jazz band will open the fes-
tival. Featured bands will be
local, and there will be a large
Portland music presence.
South Pacific County
Humane Society offers adult
beverages in support of the
shelter. Food vendors will be
present.
Parking will be available
on site.
Visit peninsulabluesfest.
com for information on this
musical addition at the heart
of the peninsula. Look for the
Brown Paper Tickets button to
purchase tickets and guarantee
a spot at the extravaganza.
Tickets for Friday evening
are $15. Saturday afternoon
to evening tickets are $18. A
small service fee is charged
for transactions.
A funding effort for up-
front expenses is underway at
youcaring.com. Sponsorships
and volunteer opportunities
are also available. Contact
Clint Carter at clintcarter-
blues@yahoo.com, or call
360-244-5823.
Also check out facebook.
com/peninsulabluesfestival.