The character of life and the information cycle lately means we sadly pinball from one tragedy to a different. The horror of a pure catastrophe is chased by the small print of some political scandal, proceeded by the newest mass taking pictures to the purpose the place one thing that occurred two months in the past can really feel like historic historical past.
However the folks of Texas haven’t forgotten concerning the tragic flooding within the Hill Nation on July 4th, and proceed to indicate up for his or her fellow neighbors, with no fatigue displayed. Although many different advantages have transpired all all through Texas and america to assist of us rebuild, Robert Earl Eager’s was the primary main one to be introduced, and in the end grew to become one of many greatest with some $3 million raised.
Thursday, August twenty eighth will without end be remembered for setting a capability document on the Whitewater Amphitheater in Braunfels, TX, together with the ultimate monetary tally. The fund was seeded with $1 million to start out off by Arch “Beaver” Aplin of the distinctly Texas Buc-ee’s gasoline stations.
The over eight-hour presentation will be streamed now on the YouTube web page of Robert Earl Eager, and donations are nonetheless coming in. The present was glorious, with many top-name collaborations like Ryan Bingham, Jamey Johnson, and Cody Jinks performing in a songwriting spherical, Cleto Cordero, Randy Rogers, Josh Abbott, and William Clark Inexperienced performing in one other, and yet one more with Hayes Carll, Radney Foster, and Ray Wylie Hubbard.
In between the larger units you had artists like Pug Johnson and Vincent Neil Emerson performing for each the large crowd in attendance, and the various hundreds who tuned in on-line. Hill Nation native Sarah Jarosz, Kelsey Waldon, and Kazimi additionally performed early units, whereas a reunited Cross Canadian Ragweed, and the “Marfa Tapes” lineup of Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram, and Jon Randall regaled the viewers.
And naturally, Robert Earn Eager capped all of it off, with a particular look by Tyler Childers backed by Robert Earl Eager’s band. All the good moments could possibly be extrapolated right here, however actually, the perfect factor to do is to look at.
Past the video although, beneath you could find some moments frozen in time and captured dwell, memorializing the musicians who volunteered their time for the trigger.
As Kerrville resident Robert Earl Eager mentioned,
“We all know that music is magical. It’s a binding power like no different. Music can relieve our grief, heat our hearts, and convey strangers collectively within the celebration of life … Our mission to do as a lot as we are able to, for everybody we are able to, for so long as we are able to, will proceed far into the longer term. We wish our music to function a reminder of at the present time because it echoes by way of the canyons of time.”
Apologies to any performers not pictured or talked about.
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