SWIM Across the Sound Benefit Concert

PROGRAM:

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm       Refreshments and Silent Auction

7:00 pm – 10:00 pm     Benefit Concert

Christopher Robin, The Center Street Band, To The Max, Shade, Daniela Cardillo, and Holden Truelove

OVERVIEW:

Classic Rock musicians will gather at the Westport Country Playhouse on November 20, 2010 in memory of Keith Lebo and Jim DeSantie for "A Night of Music". Performers will include Christopher Robin who has played with Gregg Allman, The Marshall Tucker Band; Robert Cray and B.B. King. Playing with Robin will be his guitarist Steve Addabbo, a Grammy-nominated producer and producer of Christopher's latest release "Truth". Also performing will be The Center Street Band, of which Lebo was a guitarist from 2005 until his illness in 2009. CSB has also played with The Marshall Tucker Band and opened for Blue Oyster Cult, Molly Hatchet, and John Cafferty (Beaver Brown).

Other musicians will include To The Max, a Fairfield County band that has supported and performed for several fundraisers in the area, and Shade, reuniting just for this event.  Special guests include Daniela Cardillo, a young new guitarist and songwriter and Holden Truelove, who will perform Keith Lebo's original music. At age 9, Truelove appeared on stage with The Marshall Tucker Band and living blues legend Buddy Guy. At age 12 he recorded his first CD. Now in his twenties, Truelove still performs, frequently sharing the stage with well known artists.

Keith Lebo, a lifelong area musician started playing clubs at 14 years old. He played in several area bands during his musical career. Keith passed away from pancreatic cancer in 2009. One year later his brother-in-law, Jim DeSantie passed away from pancreatic cancer. Jim was a proud Marine and proud of his country. He lived his life with a high moral standard that never wavered. Their wives, Charlene Lebo and Suzanne DeSantie organized this benefit concert in memory of their husbands.

Tickets for this special event are $100, $75 and $50. Keith Lebo's final CD will also be for sale at the event. All proceeds will be used to help those who are fighting pancreatic cancer. Funds will support education, screening and patient support services through the St. Vincent's SWIM Across the Sound Pancreatic Cancer Center. Contact the Westport Country Playhouse box office at 203. 227.4177, or go on-line at www.westportplayhouse.org