Robert Earl Keen Taps Tyler Childers, Miranda Lambert for Massive Texas Flood Benefit
Keen told Rolling Stone last week when he announced the benefit that he prioritized 'ensuring the musical intent was solid.' Keen's home of Kerrville was in the center of the hardest hit areas of the floods that began on July 4 and have so claimed more than 130 lives. In discussing the impact on Kerrville and the surrounding Hill Country, as well as the daunting recovery and relief efforts that lie ahead, he said, 'Do as much as you can, for as long as you can.'
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Tickets will go on sale Friday at noon/CT at whitewaterrocks.com. General admission starts at $99, and attendees have the option to purchase tickets for local first responders to attend; all proceeds will benefit the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country. The event will also offer both live and recorded streaming options for fans unable to make it to the 5,600-capacity venue.
An ongoing series of benefit shows, house concerts and donations from concert tickets and merchandise sales started soon after the flooding. Keen's festival is the third to bring major country artists into the fold. George Strait is hosting Strait to the Heart on July 27 in Boerne, Texas. The King of Country will be joined by William Beckmann, Ray Benson, Wade Bowen, Jamey Johnson, and Riley Green for the exclusive, intimate dinner-and-concert event. Meanwhile, Pat Green — who lost family members in the flood — will host a flood relief livestream on Wednesday night at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. Lambert and Ragweed will join Green, along with Dierks Bentley, Flatland Cavalry, Kaitlin, Butts, Ty Myers and others.
Here's the full confirmed lineup for 'Robert Earl Keen and Friends: Applause for the Cause' — presented by Buc-ee's: Keen with special guest Tyler Childers; Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall, and Jack Ingram (performing together); Cross Canadian Ragweed; Aaron Watson; Catie Offerman; Cleto Cordero of Flatland Cavalry; Cody Jinks; Hayes Carll; Jamestown Revival; Jamey Johnson; Jason Boland; Josh Abbott ; KAZIMI; Kelsey Waldon; Kolton Moore; Pug Johnson; Radney Foster; Randy Rogers; Ray Wylie Hubbard; Ryan Bingham; Sarah Jarosz; Terry Allen; Vincent Neil Emerson; William Clark Green; Josh Weathers; Kyle Park; Rob Baird; The Texas Trio.
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