A couple of months ago, I wrote a post called, “See The Music”, about the photography of Jim Marshall. Now, I have long been a big fan of Marshall’s work but, what I didn’t know about was Jim’s involvement with MSFriends and the Rock for MS fund raising programs.
More than ten years ago, Jim Marshall hired Amelia as his assistant knowing she had MS, and since then Jim has become a passionate advocate for the needs of people living with MS.
MSFriends is dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with Multiple Sclerosis. Having received the diagnosis of primary progressive M.S. myself, a couple of years back, it does my heart good to see people doing this work.
On July, 23rd, MSFriends will be putting on a Rock for MS event that will include an auction featuring Marshall’s work as well as that of other prominent photographers.
Through Jim’s influence, other well-known rock photographers such as Henry Diltz, Baron Wolman, Neal Preston, Michael Zagaris and others are now pitching in to donate their work for auction or sale. MSFriends has established a powerful, high profile presence in three of the most important music and photography centers in this country: San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York.
Rock for MS
July 23rd, 2008
Key Club
West Hollywood, California
310-274-5800
Here is the link to the gallery page where you can see some examples of pieces that will be up for auction.
Now, I know that there are a some regular readers that live in SoCal. You guys need to get on over to the Key Club this Wednesday (more details at the website). Here’s a formal invite.
Those of you, who aren’t going to be in Sunny Cali, can still show your support by visiting the Rock for MS store, where you can find items like a very nifty Jimi-guitar pick-necklace, T-shirts and Jim Marshall prints.
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Tags: jim marshall, M.S., MSFriends, Multiple Sclerosis, Rock for MS
Gary wrote,
just put a post up over at my place - one of the guitar players I know also has MS, though we haven’t discussed it in any detail
Link | July 22nd, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Pribek wrote,
Thanks for spreading the word Gary. You’re a good man.
Link | July 22nd, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Gary wrote,
glad to help!
Link | July 22nd, 2008 at 1:28 pm